VA / Soul Jazz Records Presents - Miami Sound 2 – More Funk & Soul From Miami, Florida 1967-74 [2LP]

Soul Jazz Records

£27.52

Format: 2LP
Catalogue No.: SJRLP541
Barcode: 5026328005416
Release Date: 27 Sep 2024
Genre: Funk

 Soul Jazz Records’ new ‘Miami Sound 2’ is a superlative collection of 1970s soul, funk, disco and boogie featuring tracks from legendary artists such as Betty Wright, Timmy Thomas, Gwen McRae, Milton Wright, T-Connection and many more, all released on the mighty TK Records musical empire based in Miami, Florida.
 Throughout the 1970s, founder Henry Stone’s TK Records rose up to be one of the most important forces in black music, successfully pioneering the evolution in musical fashions from the early gritty funk and soul at the start of the decade to the arrival of disco in the mid-70s.
 This album is a rollercoaster journey across soul, funk, disco and boogie, a party-rocking dancefloor-filling collection of monster tracks that includes million-selling hits such as Betty Wright’s classic ‘Clean Up Woman’, Timmy Thomas’s ‘Why Can’t We Live Together’, T-Connection’s ‘Do What You Wanna Do’, anthemic rare groove club hits including Gwen McCrae’s massive ‘All This Love I’m Giving’ and Milton Wright’s ‘Keep It Up’, plus a host of hard-to-find gems and rarities from the likes of Raw Soul Express, Chocolate Clay, Beginning of the End, Robert Moore, Clarence Reid, Little Beaver, Paulette Reeves and many more.
 TK Records functioned more like a close-knit family than a typical record company. Based in the industrial Hialeah district of Miami, music man Henry Stone surrounded himself with a host of creative artists, musicians, songwriters and producers who created an immediately identifiable TK sound as well as making musical stars out of many of its artists.
 ‘Miami Sound 2’ comes with extensive sleevenotes as well as an exclusive interview with Steve Alaimo, co-founder with Henry Stone of this musical empire. The album also features the photography of TK in-house photographer Larry Warmoth, whose rarely seen striking and unique images of Gwen McRae, Betty Wright, Clarence Reid and others offer a fascinating window into the pioneering record company.
 Press - Reviews & features in Mojo, The Wire, The Guardian, The Times, The Telegraph, Pitchfork, Irish Times, The Observer, Clash, Vice, Metro, Record Collector, Uncut, Independent, Q.

Tracklisting
Betty Wright - Clean Up Woman
Miami - Party Freaks
Gwen McCrae - All This Love That I'm Giving
Beginning Of The End - Monkey Tamarind
Latimore - I Get Lifted
Raw Soul Express - Burn The Candle
Chocolateclay - Free (I'll Always Be)
Betty Wright - I Love The Way You Love
Little Beaver - Concrete Jungle
Jimmy 'Bo' Horne - Clean Up Man
Timmy Thomas - Africano
Charles Allen - Winterman
T-Connection - Do What Ya Wanna Do
Robert Moore - Jimmie Bo Charlie
Milton Wright - Keep It Up
Clarence Reid - Ten Tons Of Dynamite
Timmy Thomas - Why Can't We Live Together
Little Beaver - We Three
Paulette Reaves - Do It Again
Lynn Williams - Kisses, Kisses, Kisses