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fred wesley - a blow for me, a toot to you (33rpm lp)
fred wesley - a blow for me, a toot to you (33rpm lp)
MEDIUM Vinyl Record
WEIGHT 180gr (black vinyl) 33rpm
CONDITION sealed
COVER Standard
CONDITION COVER M mint
SERIALNUMBER No
LIMITED Yes
MISCELLANEOUS Stereo
COVER DAMAGES No, we take care about that
MUSICIAN HOMEPAGE funkyfredwesley.com
Jerome Brailey - drums
The Brecker Brothers - horn
George Clinton - background vocals
Bootsy Collins - bass, drums, guitar, background vocals
Phelps "Catfish" Collins - guitar, background vocals
Gary "Mudbone" Cooper - background vocals
Randy Crawford - background vocals
Rick Gardner - trumpet, background vocals
Glen Goins - guitar
Richard "Kush" Griffith - trumpet, background vocals
Michael Hampton - guitar
Robert "P-Nut" Johnson - background vocals
Taka Khan - background vocals
Lynn Mabry - background vocals
Maceo Parker - alto sax, tenor sax, background vocals
Garry Shider - guitar
Dawn Silva - background vocals
Frankie "Kash" Waddy - drums
Fred Wesley - trombone, background vocals
Bernie Worrell - keyboards, synthesizer, background vocals
up for the down stroke - 9:14
a blow for me, a toot to you! - 7:23
when in doubt: vamp - 4:25
between two sheets - 6:52
four play - 8:05
peace fugue - 6:02
Thanks to their first-class training in funk and soul while playing in James Brown’s Band, Fred Wesley and Maceo Parker were the obvious choice when it came to participating in George Clinton’s P-Funk empire – the Godfather of Soul had had an enormous influence on Clinton anyway
In 1977, Clinton and Bootsy Collins produced "A Blow For Me, A Toot For You", the début album by Fred Wesley & the Horny Horns – an ensemble with Wesley on the trombone, Parker on the tenor and alto saxophone, as well as Rick Gardner and Richard 'Kush' Griffith on the trumpet
The majority of the numbers are by Clinton and Collins, so it is not really surprising that much of the LP is pure P-Funk
The album begins rather gloomily with a remake of Parliament’s "Up For The Down Stroke", and the influence of Parliament is also unmistakable in the other numbers
With regard to the instrumental numbers, "Four Play" fuses funk and jazz, while Wesley’s atmospheric "Peace Fugue" reflects the CTI sound of the 1970s
Actually "Peace Fugue" is the work which least sounds like Clinton on this LP
"A Blow For Me, A Toot For You" scarcely ranks behind Parliament’s "Mothership Connection" or Funkadelic’s "One Nation Under A Groove" and is certainly more than just a recommendable LP, which every funk lover should get to know
RECORDING 1977 at 1 - United Sound Systems Detroit, and 2 - Hollywood Sound Recorders Los Angeles
ENGINEERING 1 - Jim Vitti, 2 - Jim Callon
LABEL Atlantic
RE MASTERING --
RE RELEASED 2021
AVERAGE RATING 4 ½ Stars out of 5
PRESSING by Pallas
MADE IN Germany
STYLE Jazz / Funk / Soul
AVAILABLE as long as inventory
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