You Gotta Have Soul: Raw Sonoran R&B And Funk
Label | Zia Records – ZIA002 |
Series | Audio Recorders Archives |
Format | Vinyl, LP, Compilation, Red |
Barcode | 0711574902910 |
Country | US |
Released | 19 Jun 2020 |
Genre | Funk / Soul |
Style | Rhythm & Blues, Funk |
'RAW SONORAN R&B AND FUNK (1957-1971)' - In the late '50s and on through the 1960s, Phoenix, Arizona, was home to a thriving R&B scene. Though no other song catapulted onto the national charts like Dyke and the Blazer's signature 'Funky Broadway,' inspired by the South Phoenix road of the same name, regional soul and funk acts picked up steam in the Valley of the Sun as established artists passed through on the way to the West Coast and performers traveled along the bustling Southern California to Texas black corridor. Culled from the vaults of Arizona music archivist and legendary Arizona disc jockey John "Johnny D" Dixon, 'You Gotta Have Soul: Raw Sonoran R&B and Funk (1957-1971)', compiles essential desert R&B rarities, from Chuck Womack and the Sweet Souls' breakbeat heavy 'Ham Hocks & Beans' to the raw snap of Jimmie "Playboy" McKnight's 'Little Anne' to the brown-eyed Latin soul of Eddie Dimas & the Upsets.
A1 | – Chuck Womack & The Sweet Souls | Ham Hocks And Beans (Part 1) | |
A2 | – Lon Rogers& The Soul Blenders | Too Good To Be True | |
A3 | – The Tads | Wolf Call | |
A4 | – Jimmie "Playboy" Knight, Henry "Mojo" Thompson | Little Ann | |
A5 | – Eddie Dimas And The Upsets | Cry, Cry Cry | |
A6 | – Butch McGhee | Stacked | |
B1 | – The Four Dimensions | You Gotta Have Soul | |
B2 | – Brother Zee And The Decades | Smokey The Bear | |
B3 | – The Soulsations | Funky Night Club | |
B4 | – Little Worley & The Drops | Who Stole My Girl | |
B5 | – Chuck Womack & The Sweet Souls | Ham Hocks and Beans (Part 2) |
Compilation Producer – Steve Duncan
Compiled By – Jason P. Woodbury
Lacquer Cut By – J. Powell
Supervised By [Oversight] – John P. Dixon
Transferred By [Original Taper Transfers] – Jack Miller
This is a collection of Raw Sonoran R&B and Funk music that was created in Arizona from 1957-1971.
Matrix / Runout (Side A, etched) – ZIA002 SIDE A J. POWELL
Matrix / Runout (Side B, etched) – ZIA002 SIDE B J. POWELL