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01. East Of Underground - I Want To Take You Higher
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02. East Of Underground - Smiling Faces Sometimes
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03. East Of Underground - (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below, We're All Going To Go
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04. East Of Underground - People Get Ready
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05. East Of Underground - Getting Over
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06. East Of Underground - I'll Bet You / California Dreamin'
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07. East Of Underground - Pop Corn / Oye Como Va
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08. East Of Underground - I Love You For All Seasons
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09. East Of Underground - East Of Java
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10. East Of Underground - Walk On By
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ARTIST
EAST OF UNDERGROUND
TITLE
East Of Underground
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
VAMPISOUL
CATALOG #
VAMPI 319LP
VAMPI 319LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
6/13/2025
This wonderful and highly sought-after album was originally born from a promotional campaign by the U.S. Army to encourage recruitment. The recording perfectly captures the spirit of young America through songs written by
Sly Stone
,
Curtis Mayfield
,
Funkadelic
, and
Burt Bacharach
(via
Isaac Hayes
, of course). High-level soul and funk performed by brilliant anonymous musicians. Virtually impossible to find in its original edition, Vampisoul are now reissuing it once again thanks to a collaboration with Now Again. Pressed on 180g vinyl. Often, the most prized records by collectors hold unexpected stories. When they also feature incredibly high musical quality and only a few original copies are available, they become the holy grails of collecting. This is the case with this album, recorded by American soldiers stationed in Germany in the early '70s. During the Vietnam War, the U.S. Army organized a band competition among its soldiers. The winners would record a promotional album that would be distributed for free to encourage enlistment during such a turbulent time. The result was a double LP shared between the bands
SOAP
and
East of Underground
. Although East of Underground's repertoire consists of covers of soul and funk hits, the quality is surprisingly high: raw guitars, crushing drums, and brilliant vocal harmonies. When the label Now Again tried to reconstruct the story of East of Underground, they only managed to contact one of its members after digging through documents in the New York Library and collaborating with the U.S. Army.
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