Alvin Cash - Windy City Workout The Essential Dance Craze Hits & Rarities 1964-73 (2CD)

CHARLY

£17.08

Format: 2 x CD
Catalogue No.: CHARLY646XP
Barcode: 5060767442487
Release Date: 14 Oct 2022
Genre: Soul

Chicago soul music is one of the many regional variations that proved nationally popular during the 1960s and this unique collection celebrates the career of one of the city’s many stars Alvin Cash. An often overlooked sub-genre of 60s soul music is the almost never-ending stream of dance craze records which caught the national imagination, and Alvin Cash was among the leading exponents. Windy City Workout is the first ever legitimate CD release devoted entirely to Cash’s recordings. Disc 1 begins with his only LP release named after his biggest hit, ‘Twine Time’ and continues into Disc 2 with all of his single releases in chronological order. This deluxe memorabilia-laden package features notes from the eminent Chicago blues and soul expert Robert Pruter, and the track listing denotes all the chart placings he secured on America’s pop and R&B charts. Cash’s recordings for Mar-V-Lus, Toddlin’ Town, Seventy-Seven and Sound Stage Seven are all included. Also featured are three tracks, all cover versions, which only ever appeared on a now ultra-rare Toddlin’ Town LP, Wilson Picket’s ‘Funky Broadway’ and two Arthur Conley hits, ‘Funky Street’ and ‘People Sure Act Funny’. Dances with instructions include The Twine, The Boo Ga Loo, The Bump, The Barracuda, The Boston Monkey, The Penguin, The Freeze, The Charge, The Popcorn and second only to The Twine, and The Ali Shuffle, a dance which Alvin dedicated to Mohammed Ali.

1. Shake A Tail Feather
2. Feel So Good
3. Twine Awhile
4. Doin' The Ali Shuffle
5. Hawk Eye
6. Diff'rent Strokes For Diff'rent Folks
7. The Charge
8. The Bump
9. Whip It On Me
10. Twine Time
11. Fool That I Am
12. Alvin's Bag (aka Funky Bag)
13. The Barracuda
14. Keep On Dancing - Part 1
15. You Shot Me Through the Grease
16. Keep On Dancing - Part 2 (Instrumental)
17. In Need Of Love
18. Funky '69
19. Moaning And Groaning
20. Burn Just A Hair 21. Shake
22. Poppin' Popcorn - Part 1
23. Poppin' Popcorn - Part 2
24. Do It One More Time
25. Un-Wind The Twine
26. People Sure Act Funny
27. The Penguin (Tuxedo Bird)
28. Funky Street
29. Funky Broadway
30. Boston Monkey
31. The Philly Freeze
32. Alvin's Doin' His Thing
33. No Deposit - No Return
34. It's Party (Party Time)
35. Doin' The Creep
36. Alvin's Boo-Ga-Loo
37. Let's Do Some Good Timing
38. I Don't Want It (If It Don't Look Good)
39. Funky Washing Machine