oh no, childrens choir singing. Avoid these 2 songs. Lets hope the last song finishes the album on [the ape is)] high.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 October 2021 19:56 (two years ago) link
no, its 3 shitty disco songs to finish with. Consider this a 3/5 album now.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 October 2021 19:57 (two years ago) link
unless you like generic disco, you can upgrade it to 4/5!
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 October 2021 19:58 (two years ago) link
Now for "Getting In The Mood" from 1980.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 October 2021 20:03 (two years ago) link
Still disco influenced funk but while nothing outstanding, nothing too bad. I guess it was quite a different band yet again to the one that they had early on. Worth a listen.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 October 2021 21:01 (two years ago) link
On to 'Energize' now.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 October 2021 21:02 (two years ago) link
not too shabby, a lot less disco influence (except for Wired For Love - which was decent actually) and sounded like they had a more up-to-date sound for the 80s. Still a bit indistinguishable from other music of the period 3/5. Still no sign of the latin influences of the early days
I prefer my funk hard edged and intense.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 October 2021 21:50 (two years ago) link
Barbara Mandrell did some great stuff in the early 70s verging on blue eyed soul.
Mandrill have a Sanctuary compi containing is it the first 3 lps on 2cds
― Stevolende, Thursday, 7 October 2021 22:09 (two years ago) link
I have 5 Mandrill LPs bought in the late 1990s and another 4 I ordered from Discogs. On CD, I have the Fencewalk compilation.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Thursday, 7 October 2021 23:28 (two years ago) link
So the seller cancelled the sale of Mandrilland as he said he must've sold it in the shop.
It's cheap enough in the USA but the shipping is 30 notes and a lot of the discogs copies look beat up, but 30 notes is far too much for shipping.I'll wait until an affordable copy shows up in the UK.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Wednesday, 13 October 2021 21:15 (two years ago) link
I give up on buying it.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Saturday, 23 October 2021 16:29 (two years ago) link
I actually got mine in an auction, the only one I've ever attended and the only thing I bid on. A box of 70s jazz/funk (AWB, Crusaders, George Benson etc.) Some were in sad shape and got binned, most were okay and sold at record shop for enough to recoup my bid. ($20-ish?) I think Mandrilland may have been one of the only ones I hung on to.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 25 October 2021 20:27 (two years ago) link
It's really quite cheap in the USA, but the postage is a killer.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Monday, 25 October 2021 20:34 (two years ago) link
Yeah, holy crap that's insane! That auction is also where I got my Meters Rejuvenation LP, now that I remember.
― Three Rings for the Elven Bishop (Dan Peterson), Monday, 25 October 2021 20:46 (two years ago) link
Thankfully I have that one, bought 3 Meters LPs (reissues) in the late 90s from FOPP in the west end of Glasgow for a fiver each.
― Pfunkboy AKA (Oor Neechy), Tuesday, 26 October 2021 10:11 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Friday, 5 November 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Saturday, 6 November 2021 00:01 (two years ago) link