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Andy Smith - Diggin' In The BGP Vaults (2008) CD Rip

Andy Smith - Diggin' In The BGP Vaults (2008) CD Rip

BAND/ARTIST: Andy Smith

  • Title: Diggin' In The BGP Vaults
  • Year Of Release: 2008
  • Label: BGP Records [CDBGPD 195]
  • Genre: Soul, Funk
  • Quality: FLAC (tracks + .cue,log,scans)
  • Total Time: 58:19
  • Total Size: 381 MB(+3%)
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Tracklist

1. The Blackbyrds - Wilford's Gone
2. Dave Hamilton - Cracklin' Bread
3. Betty Moorer - It's My Thing
4. Ripple. I Don't Know What It Is But It Sure Is Funky
5. Ann Alford - Got To Get Me A Job
6. Billy Garner - I Got Some
7. Booker T & The MG's - Sing A Simple Song
8. James K-Nine - Live It Up
9. 87th Off Broadway - Can't Get Enough
10. Funk Inc. - Smokin' At Tiffany's
11. Harold Mabern - I Want You Back
12. Wilbur Bascomb And The Blue Zodiact - Just A Groove In G
13. Dyke & The Blazers - Let A Woman Be A Woman - Let A Man Be A Man
14. Billy Garner - Brand New Girl
15. Chester Randle's Soul Senders - Soul Brothers Testify Part 1
16. Rufus Thomas - Itch & Scratch Part 2
17. Pazant Brothers - Skunk Juice
18. Spanky Wilson - Sunshine Of Your Love
19. The Generation - I'm A Good Woman
20. Ron Buford. Chicken Tracks
21. The Soul Setters - Out Of Sight
22. Mel Davis - Just Another Smile
23. Roosevelt Matthews - Mine Exclusively
24. Billy Hawks - (Oh Baby) I Believe I'm Losing You
Andy Smith - Diggin' In The BGP Vaults (2008) CD Rip

As the BGP label has specialized in reissues of rare soul, funk, and soul-jazz, at a glance you might mistake this 24-track compilation for more of the same. It's not quite a straightforward anthology of mid-'60s to mid-'70s sides, however, but a "mix" CD put together by DJ Andy Smith. What that means is that these aren't quite the two-dozen tracks in their original versions. Instead, there are some modern remixing/embellishments in the form of scratching, editing, stuttering rapid-fire repeats of snippets, and crossfading between cuts. As such things go in the remix world, the treatment here is fairly mild, the main devices being those crossfades and elimination of gaps between the songs, facilitating the kind of nonstop music valued by many club patrons. Certainly Smith exerted good taste in the selection of vintage tracks administered by BGP, with Booker T. & the MG's, the Blackbyrds, Dyke & the Blazers, and Rufus Thomas being the only really big names here. The cuts (or, perhaps more accurately, source material) are pretty good-to-excellent stuff that generally hybridizes dance-oriented soul and funk, with the Generation's "I'm a Good Woman" (with future Cold Blood vocalist Lydia Pense) the standout among these obscurities. Purist collectors should note, though, that this is not the way to experience these cuts in their pure 100-percent unadulterated form, or even at their complete length, since bits are cut out of the original versions to facilitate the mix flow. Its true purpose is to serve as an approximately hour-long grouping of vintage soul-funk tailored toward the dance/club scene, or for those who find this sort of material easier to digest when dressed up with more modern production effects/touches.~Richie Unterberger



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  • Kolomito
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