These funky Nothern Soul tracks are full of interesting organic sounds that show a lot elements prevalent in American soul from the late 60's mish-mashing with funk and classic disco. Contact features Edwin Starr's unique vocal delivery that kind of reminds me of rockabilly singers from two decades earlier. Edwin Starr is most well known for his Motown hit War. The flipside features a slammin' disco track that would probably be better as a dub version, but the vocals are very unique.Edwin Starr - Contact
Edwin Starr - Working Song
This is the most listenable of his disco stuff by far. I have to say though, as a whole, Edwin's output in the sixties was much more palatable...
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love this track, cheese and all, had to buy it, didn't cost much either, cheers for the info
ReplyDeleteI love this song! I've been practicing my locking with Shabba-Doo to this song!
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