2007 - Dyke & The Blazers ‎– We Got More Soul (The Ultimate Broadway Funk) [mp3@320][mrtude42][h33t]

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Dyke & The Blazers - We Got More Soul (The Ultimate Broadway Funk)
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Biography from allmusic.com
by Richie Unterberger
Dyke & the Blazers were one of the first acts -- possibly the first notable act --
to play funk other than James Brown. Indeed, they often sounded like a sort
of junior version of Brown and the JB's, playing songs in which the rhythms
and riffs mattered more than the tune. Similarly, vocalist Dyke Christian
sang/grunted words that mattered more for the feeling and rhythm than the
content. Their best-known track, "Funky Broadway, " was covered for a
bigger hit by Wilson Pickett, though Dyke & the Blazers got a few more R&B
hits before Dyke was shot to death in 1971.
Arlester "Dyke" Christian was born in Buffalo, New York, in 1943, and by the
mid-'60s was singing and playing bass with the O'Jays backing band, the
Blazers. Dyke and some of the other Blazers were stranded in Phoenix when
the O'Jays' couldn't afford to bring them back to Buffalo, and the Blazers
based themselves in Phoenix, having no means to travel elsewhere. Their
"Funky Broadway" was released on the Phoenix indie Artco in late 1966, and
picked up for distribution by the L.A.-based Original Sound label. It became a
sizable R&B hit (and a small pop one), and may have been the first record to
use the word "funky" in the title.
As with James Brown, Dyke & the Blazers' records sold far better, and charted
much better, with the R&B audience than the pop one, which was for the
most part unaware of the band. In the late '60s and early '70s, Dyke and the
band issued a series of gut-bucket funk singles with scratchy guitar riffs,
greasy organ, hoarse vocals, and jazzy horns; all traits that James Brown and
his band had developed, admittedly. But Dyke did the style well (right down to
issuing several two-part singles), although not with a great deal of variety.
For some of his sessions, Dyke recorded in Los Angeles with musicians who
would later play in the Watts 103rd Street Band (guitarist Al McKay would
later be in Earth, Wind & Fire). According to Original Sound producer Art
Laboe, most of the singles came from 15-to-20-minute jams that were edited
down to a length that could fit on the 45 RPM format.
Dyke & the Blazers had Top Ten R&B singles with "We Got More Soul" and "Let
a Woman Be a Woman -- Let a Man Be a Man" in 1969, and smaller sellers with
"Uhh, " "You Are My Sunshine," and "Runaway People." Dyke Christian, sadly,
was fatally shot on the street in Phoenix on March 13, 1971.

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Review from allmusic.com
by Richie Unterberger

Subtitled The Ultimate Broadway Funk, no one's going to beat this as the
ultimate Dyke & the Blazers compilation. The two-CD, two-hour-and-20-minute
set has everything they released on 45 or LP between 1967-1970, including
unedited full-length versions of seven of their singles, no less than 13
previously unissued tracks, and even some radio station promos. It could be
that less intense funk/Dyke fans might wish for a more succinct single-disc
comp concentrating on the official singles, especially as, like many single-artist
funk anthologies, the grooves get a little similar-sounding over the course of
two-plus hours. Then again, if you like the group enough to get a Dyke & the
Blazers collection in the first place, you might well be the type who thrives on
such lengthy dwellings on the primeval funk groove. And as such grooves
went, few were better (and very few artists, if any other than James Brown,
did them earlier) or earthier than Dyke & the Blazers, even if it turns out that
session musicians (including members of the Watts 103rd Street Rhythm Band)
often played the parts of the Blazers in the studio. The anthology is
conveniently divided into one disc of their 1966-1967 sessions (all held in
Phoenix, where the band was based at the time) and a second of their 1968-
1970 sessions (which all took place in Hollywood), though the quality remains
consistent throughout. That counts the many unreleased tracks, which are
generally up to the standard of what the band officially released, including
some (like the ultra-kinetic -- if marred by some out-of-tune horns -- &"She
Knows It," the upbeat "Let's Do It Together," and the untypical serious ballad
"Why Am I Treated So Funky Bad?") that would have ranked among their
more interesting efforts had they been issued at the time. Alec Palao's
magnificent liner notes are the most thorough history of the band yet put to
print, including a detailed sessionography.

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Phoenix Tracklisting
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1. Dyke & The Blazers - Broadway Combination [03:23]
2. Dyke & The Blazers - City Dump [03:18]
3. Dyke & The Blazers - Don't Bug Me [02:34]
4. Dyke & The Blazers - Extra Funk [02:56]
5. Dyke & The Blazers - Funky Broadway Part 1 & 2 [05:27]
6. Dyke & The Blazers - Funky Broadway Time Part 1 [07:17]
7. Dyke & The Blazers - Funky Broadway Time Part 2 [04:27]
8. Dyke & The Blazers - KGFJ Promos [03:41]
9. Dyke & The Blazers - She Knows It [04:02]
10. Dyke & The Blazers - So Sharp [03:04]
11. Dyke & The Blazers - Swamp Walk [05:35]
12. Dyke & The Blazers - Soul Cake [10:06]
13. Dyke & The Blazers - Triple Funk [03:06]
14. Dyke & The Blazers - Booga Jivin' [06:02]
15. Dyke & The Blazers - Why Am I Treated So Funky Bad [05:24]

Playing Time.........: 01:10:31
Total Size...........: 164.29 MB

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Artist...............: Dyke & The Blazers
Album................: We Got More Soul (The Ultimate Broadway Funk)
Genre................: Funk / Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2007
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Information..........: http://www.allmusic.com/album/we-got-more-soul-mw0000745893
Ripped by............: Mrtude42 on 7/6/2013
Posted by............: Mrtude42 on 7/6/2013
Included.............: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U, CUE
Covers...............: Front


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Dyke & The Blazers - We Got More Soul (The Ultimate Broadway Funk)
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Artist...............: Dyke & The Blazers
Album................: We Got More Soul (The Ultimate Broadway Funk)
Genre................: Funk / Soul
Source...............: CD
Year.................: 2007
Ripper...............: EAC (Secure mode) / LAME 3.92 & Asus CD-S520
Codec................: LAME 3.82
Version..............: MPEG 1 Layer III
Quality..............: Insane, (avg. bitrate: 320kbps)
Channels.............: Stereo / 44100 hz
Tags.................: ID3 v1.1, ID3 v2.3
Ripped by............: Mrtude42 on 7/6/2013
Posted by............: Mrtude42 on 7/6/2013
Included.............: NFO, SFV, PLS, M3U, CUE
Covers...............: Front

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Hollywood Tracklisting
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1. Dyke & The Blazers - Black Boy [02:16]
2. Dyke & The Blazers - Booga Jivin' [04:31]
3. Dyke & The Blazers - Triple Funk [04:05]
4. Dyke & The Blazers - Funky Bull, Pts. 1-2 [06:51]
5. Dyke & The Blazers - Funky Walk Part 1 & 2 [06:29]
6. Dyke & The Blazers - I'm So All Alone [02:49]
7. Dyke & The Blazers - It's Your Thing [02:28]
8. Dyke & The Blazers - Let A Woman Be A Woman - Let A Man Be A Man[03:11]
9. Dyke & The Blazers - Let's Do It Together [07:23]
10. Dyke & The Blazers - Moon [06:13]
11. Dyke & The Blazers - My Sisters' And My Brothers' Day Is Comin'[02:18]
12. Dyke & The Blazers - Runaway People [05:16]
13. Dyke & The Blazers - Shotgun Slim [02:16]
14. Dyke & The Blazers - Soul Cake [02:58]
15. Dyke & The Blazers - Stuff [03:24]
16. Dyke & The Blazers - The Wobble [02:36]
17. Dyke & The Blazers - We Got More Soul [03:17]
18. Dyke & The Blazers - You Are My Sunshine [02:46]

Playing Time.........: 01:11:15
Total Size...........: 166.54 MB

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