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01. Rhythm Makers - Can You Feel It (Part 1)
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02. Rhythm Makers - You Better Believe It
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03. Rhythm Makers - Soul On Your Side
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04. Rhythm Makers - Zone
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05. Rhythm Makers - Funk-N-You
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06. Rhythm Makers - Street Dreamin'
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07. Rhythm Makers - You're My Last Girl
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08. Rhythm Makers - Monterey
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09. Rhythm Makers - Can You Feel It (Part 2)
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ARTIST
RHYTHM MAKERS
TITLE
Soul On Your Side
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
BE WITH RECORDS
CATALOG #
BEWITH 089LP
BEWITH 089LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
5/19/2023
Reissue, originally released in 1976.
The Rhythm Makers
'
Soul On Your Side
is flawless proto-disco funk. The Bronx-based band -- that later went on to form heavyweight disco outfit
GQ
-- originally released this treasure in 1976 and it's long been a hard-to-find record. It's also rare to find a record this hard. Captivating funk at its rawest, no doubt. Storming out the gate with the rollicking Loft/Garage staple "Can You Feel It (Part 1)", the listener is immediately put on notice that this LP is just a little bit special. The title track, "Soul On Your Side", is a classic dancer and the basis of GQ's future hit "Disco Nights". But it's perhaps "Zone", a huge
Baldelli
track, that the record is best known for. Hypnotic psyched-out cosmic-disco/cosmic funk, it's an unrelenting groove that really thrusts the party into hyperdrive. With doses of scintillating Latin and pulsating African rhythms driving the pumping tune, atop an unstoppable bassline and imaginative, soul-slathered keyboard figures, it's basically a full-on funk assault. You might need a lie-down after this. But there's no let-up on the B-side, immediately grooving thanks to "Funk-N-You", a laidback glider that just rolls in the sleek style. Gorgeous harmony skills are displayed on "Street Dreamin'". Beautiful and gritty funk, by turns. "You're My Last Girl" is an airy ballad with two leads before the legendary "Monterey" enters the fray. A much-sampled instrumental and heavy disco-funk nugget, it contains an amazing B-Boy drum break making the whole LP worth the price of admission. "Can You Feel It (Part 2)" closes out this spectacular set. The Rhythm Makers had been gigging around New York City since the late '60s, having initially come together as Sabu and the Survivors, named after bassist Keith "Sabu" Crier. They eventually -- for this album at least! -- settled on The Rhythm Makers and cut one record for the small De-Lite subsidiary Vigor. The core lineup featured
Crier
, keyboardist
Herb Lane
, drummer
Kenny Banks
, and rhythm guitarist
Rahiem Leblanc
. Mastered for vinyl by
Simon Francis
, cut by
Cicely Balston
for Alchemy at AIR Studios with artwork restored at Be With Records.
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