Evans Pyramid Pre-order Contest!»
Cultures of Soul Records is proud to bring to you an anthology of the music of Evans Pyramid. This album features all of the officially released singles plus four previously unreleased tracks. Andre Evans was the mastermind behind Evans Pyramid, a seasoned performer and session player in Boston throughout the ’70s. Full of unique disco and boogie stylings, the LP includes all of the rare singles such as “Never Gonna Leave You,” “Dip Drop,” “No I Won’t” and “I Want Your Body,” as well as a recently discovered 45 that featured two top-notch disco tracks – “Dance A Thon” and “Rubber Band.” The album also includes four unissued tracks taken from the original demo tapes.
The CD version comes out on May 22nd and the LP is out on July 24th. As you may have heard the rumors there was an unreleased Evans Pyramid album that was only pressed up as a test pressing with Andre creating his own hand drawn cover. We have had Andre try and recreate the same hand drawn cover with the test pressings of our release and we have 4 to raffle off! Pre-order either the CD or LP now to be entered into a contest to win your very own copy of this one of a kind album. You can pre-order at our Bigcartel Store.
Tracklisting:
1. Never Gonna Leave You
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2. Dip Drop
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3. No I Won’t
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4. Soul Petrol
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5. I Want Your Body
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6. Simply Say I Love You
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7. Dance-A-Thon
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8. Rubber Band
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9. Sugar (Previously Unreleased)
10. I’ve Got A Rush For You (Previously Unreleased)
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11. Where Love Lives (Previously Unreleased)
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12. Party Like It’s 2001 (Previously Unreleased)
For Sale – Third World»
Third World – Self-Titled LP
Holy Grail local Boston spiritual jazz. Featuring band leader Abdul-Hannan. Vinyl and cover both in VG+ condition. Sale Price $450 Buy
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Afro Kelenkye Band!»
With the help of Voodoo Funk’s Frank Gossner we are putting out unreleased material from the Afro Kelenkye Band. Led by Jagger Botchway, the group recorded the legendary rare Ghanaian Funk album, Moving World. Soon after the group went back into the studio to record more tracks but ran out of money. The recordings were left on the shelves until Miles Cleret from Soundway Records found them some 40 years later and brought them to Frank’s attention. The track “Jungle Funk” sees the group relax into a mid tempo Afro funk groove. “Mother Africa” is a guitar driven Afro psychedelic instrumental with a fuzzed out guitar solo. “Too Bad Girl” features a dark melody and a laid back trumpet solo. “Munchin’ Session” grooves with trumpet riffs galore. Mastered from the original reel to reel tapes and pressed on 2 x 45s and housed in a thick collectible jacket cover designed by Frank Gossner. Out now! You can buy it here for $14.99. Limited to 1,000 copies.
Jungle Funk
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Mother Africa
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Munchin Session
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Too Bad Girl
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Darling Dears on NPR!»
This happened a few weeks ago but we are still excited about it. NPR and Oliver Wang featured our release by the Darling Dears as one of the top all time long lost soul songs. You can check it out here:
http://www.npr.org/2012/04/09/150291830/5-long-lost-soul-songs
We gave these one of a kind autographed reprints out to anyone who pre-ordered the Darling Dears. We’ve still got some left so if you buy the Darling Dears 45 from our store we’ll send you out one for free. While supplies last.
Cultures of Soul On Paris DJs»
The folks over at Paris DJs graciously asked us to do another mix for them! This time it features cuts from our latest release, Afro Kelenkye Band along with classic and rare african funk!