The Commodores
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helloooooooooooo, is it me your looking for?
lionel = the commodores imo if he never was in the group i'd never have paid attention.
And produced by Swamp Dogg!!!
The Commodores' Uprising album, which came out in 1983, is a collection of their late '60s cuts, including covers of Sing A Simple Song, Who's Making Love and Keep On Dancing. The album is mostly funky instrumentals.
Two of these songs were released on an Atlantic 45 in 1969 ("Keep On Dancing"/"Rise Up").
I have this album on a CD, under another name and likely another label, but it's basically the same material. Excellent album, and if they never made another record, you'd be hearing these sides on an Aaron Fuchs compilation and we'd all think they were the tuffest rare funk album south of the Propositions.
As far as the Motown records they were known for, they were actually a decent funk band before disco and Lionel Richie's sappy ballads kicked in. I've got an early 7" they did on the Mowest label (Motown subsidiary), 1972's "Don't You Be Worried." Like a lot of funk from that time, there's just as much rock influence as there is soul. I think Motown was generous enough to include this side on their Anthology album, but I don't remember offhand.
Don't like them as much after the mid-seventies, although "Easy" and the post-Lionel "Night Shift" are guilty pleasures...
I will take this shit over pretty much any rare funk record out there.
Dollar bin essential.
Rare or common don't matter - if it's good, it's good.
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