Description
- Double Black LP Vinyl
- Deluxe Old Style Stoughton Tip-On gatefold jacket
- All tracks re-mastered
- Compiled by DJ Supreme La Rock
- New liner notes by Jonathan Zwickel with band interviews and rare archive photos
Track Listing:
A1 Epicentre Get Off The Phone
A2 Priceless Love In Your Life
A3 Don Brown Don’t Lose Your Love
A4 Deuce Your Love Is Fine (Lovin’ Fine)
A5 Push You Turn Me On (Portland Session Mix)
B1 Malik Din Trouble In Mind
B2 Romel Westwood I’m Through With You
B3 Teleclere Steal Your Love
B4 Steppen Stones Darlin Oh Darlin
B5 Cold, Bold, & Together Let’s Backtrack
C1 Seattle Pure Dynamite I Wonder Love
C2 Septimus Here I Go Again
C3 Priceless Look At Me
C4 Lenny Randle & Ballplayers Kingdome
D1 Unfinished Business Holding On
D2 Frederick Robinson III Love One Another
D3 Bernadette Bascom I Don’t Wanna Lose Your Love
D4 Robbie Hill’s Family Affair Don’t Give Up
In 2004, the first volume ofWheedles Grooveshone a light on the formerly unheralded soul scene in 1960s and 70s Seattle, followed by a new album in 2008, and then an award winning feature-length documentary film. The on-goingWheedles Grooveseries continues to present a vast chapter of the citys musical heritage that has little to do with long-haired rock dudes with guitars. No in the world ofWheedles Groove, platform shoes and pimp hats were the order of the day.
But unlikeVolume I, Seattles soul scene did not stop in 1975. A new volume,Wheedles Groove Vol. II, documents the period from 1972 to 1987, when funk was superseded by disco and modern soul. Heading into the 80s, artists in the Emerald City caught wind of the hip-hop and electro scenes that were growing in bigger cities across America, and gave the music their own distinct spin.
As the years unfurl in the tracks ofWheedles Groove Volume II, so does the recent history of American music, the songs tracing technological changes and social change, and musics move from the club to disco as live bands moved aside for DJs. Witness Septimus, on the cusp of both, blending a live drummer with a Roland drum machine and cutting Here I Go Again on a disco-friendly 12 single.
Separated from the major centers of soul music, Seattle was a scene that developed out of the gaze of the mainstream music industry, but one that moved just as fast. As John Studamire of the band Priceless remembers, A lot of the groups around town would have to incorporate that disco sound or youd sound totally dated.
Seattles size and location had a great effect on its sound. Artists on the scene were accustomed to playing small, discreetly segregated club shows and pressing short runs of 45s for local radio stations. Touring happened mostly on a regional scale and artists popped up in a variety of different bands. Fans ofVolume Iwill recognize some familiar names here: Robbie Hills Family Affair turn in the soul-jazz gem Dont Give Up and Cold, Bold & Together present the undeniable vocal beauty of Lets Backtrack.
Compiled and sequenced by Seattles DJ Supreme La Rock, this 18-track compilation will also introduce you to the long-forgotten blue-eyed soul boy Don Brown (Dont Lose Your Love) and frustrated talents Push, overlooked for record deals on account of singer Big Joe Ericksons larger-than-life heft (You Turn Me On). Theres Frederick RobinsonIIIand his gospel-funk protest tune Love One Another, Tony Benton of Teleclere being Seattles answer to Prince (Steal Your Love) and Seattle Mariners baseball star Lenny Randle recording a tribute to their infamous stadium
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