what does BCB think of this?
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Bungo the Mungo
what does BCB think of this?
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chick draper
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Re: what does BCB think of this?
"Maggie" did not knock my socks off.
"Breaking Point" got a minor taint tingle going. Horn arrangement was nice, but could of been a notch tighter. Little Wilson Pickett flavor.
"Breaking Point" got a minor taint tingle going. Horn arrangement was nice, but could of been a notch tighter. Little Wilson Pickett flavor.
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Davey the Fat Boy
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Re: what does BCB think of this?
I had the opposite reaction. "Breaking Point" is good, but falls squarely into a sub-James Brown kinda thing. I eat that stuff up so its all fine by me, but there is a lot of it out there in the world.
"Maggie" on the other hand is a pretty deceptive little record. At first it seems like a fairly standard lightweight soul ballad - but the arrangement is really something. I like it.
"Maggie" on the other hand is a pretty deceptive little record. At first it seems like a fairly standard lightweight soul ballad - but the arrangement is really something. I like it.
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king feeb
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Re: what does BCB think of this?
I enjoyed both sides. I'd never heard of the guy before, but that was quite good.
I thought "Maggie" had some real nice changes in it- it reminded me a bit of The Friends of Distinction's "Grazin' In The Grass" in terms of melody... and I'm a sucker for that type o thing.
I liked "Breaking Point" too. The vocal was topnotch testifying and that bass player really earns his bucks. Excellent get-up-off-your-ass stuff.
I'd be interested in picking up a Johnny Williams disc on the basis of these two numbers. I wonder if anything is available...
I thought "Maggie" had some real nice changes in it- it reminded me a bit of The Friends of Distinction's "Grazin' In The Grass" in terms of melody... and I'm a sucker for that type o thing.
I liked "Breaking Point" too. The vocal was topnotch testifying and that bass player really earns his bucks. Excellent get-up-off-your-ass stuff.
I'd be interested in picking up a Johnny Williams disc on the basis of these two numbers. I wonder if anything is available...
You'd pay big bucks to know what you really think.
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king feeb
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Re: what does BCB think of this?
I did some legwork, and found that:
1) Johnny Williams' music is not very available. I saw no compilations with his songs on them. It seems that he maybe only made two records: "Maggie" b/w "Breaking Point" in 1968 and an earlier single "Woman" (which also had "Breaking Point" as the B-Side) in 1967.
2)The singles were released on the the Twilight/ TwiNight/ Daylight family of labels out of Chicago, who also released early records by Donny Hathaway, The New Colony Six and Syl Johnson. More info HERE.
3) A guy named Johnny Williams was also involved in the early Philly soul scene a couple of years later, and did some notable arranging and songwriting for acts that would later emerge under the Gamble/ Huff umbrella... but is he the same Johnny Williams? I don't know...
1) Johnny Williams' music is not very available. I saw no compilations with his songs on them. It seems that he maybe only made two records: "Maggie" b/w "Breaking Point" in 1968 and an earlier single "Woman" (which also had "Breaking Point" as the B-Side) in 1967.
2)The singles were released on the the Twilight/ TwiNight/ Daylight family of labels out of Chicago, who also released early records by Donny Hathaway, The New Colony Six and Syl Johnson. More info HERE.
3) A guy named Johnny Williams was also involved in the early Philly soul scene a couple of years later, and did some notable arranging and songwriting for acts that would later emerge under the Gamble/ Huff umbrella... but is he the same Johnny Williams? I don't know...
You'd pay big bucks to know what you really think.
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soundchaser
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Re: what does BCB think of this?
Yeah, not bad at all, although I definitely preferred the first song. Nothing you haven't heard a million times before, but if that style of music floats your boat in a big way, then I see it could be a winner. I particularly liked the video filming the turntable: extra points for that.