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A South Bronx Story

E.S.G., ESG | Format: Audio CD
4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Audio CD (2 May 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Pias Uk Ltd
  • ASIN: B00004TJ4D
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 92,790 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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1. You're No Good
2. Moody
3. UFO
4. It's Alright
5. Moody
6. Tiny Sticks
7. My Love for You
8. Come Away
9. Dance
10. Parking Lot Blues
11. Chistelle
12. About You
13. Erase You
14. Get Funky
15. Hold Me Right
16. I Can't Tell You What to Do

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ESG occupy a very individual place in the musical no man's land between new wave (read no wave) punk and alternative '80s dance culture. They simultaneously represent and reflect the time (late '70s early '80s) and place (NYC) from whence they came--a time of musical and cultural collision, fusion and crossover. The all-female group inadvertently established themselves as antecedents to house with tracks like "Tiny Sticks" and "Moody" and hip-hop with seminal cuts like "U.F.O" (later sampled by Public Enemy and Big Daddy Kane) and "Erase You". The Scroggins sisters developed a particularly feminine blend of stepping punk-funk and twisted dance floor fusion with a minimal stripped down sound of rapid drums and percussion, solid grooves and basslines to die for (see "Parking Lot Blues", "Dance" and "Ghistelle" for evidence). ESG are yet another important but largely overlooked group that the Soul Jazz crew have re-tweaked and re-issued for your listening pleasure. Think E for ESG, educational and essential.--Found Sounds

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars ESG 27 Jan 2005
By A Customer
Format:Audio CD
Wow. This group were so far ahead of ther time its unreal - if you liked Tube & Berger feat. Chrissie Hynde, then you wont after you hear the original version on this album! ESG do it properly - so raw, so good, so ahead of its time. Ditto 'Reach For Me' by The Funky Green Dogs From Out Of Space - I thought that tune was a seminal house record, now I just think its a blatent rip off of an ESG track.

Once you hear this album, you will wonder how the hell no one knows who this group are.

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Worth investigating 13 Mar 2001
By A Customer
Format:Vinyl
This 'best of' collection spans the career of ESG - a band from the US that trades in tight, funky percussion and spindly guitar breaks.

The first influence that springs to mind is the Slits - another band that strayed between the camps of funk, punk and reggae. Also, some of these tracks recall the early scratching guitar of the Cure. Like the Slits, ESG specialise in simple singalong choruses delivered with a punch.

Their crossover credentials are clear - the track UFO has been sampled by many DJs and the band were regulars at the Garage club. More recently, they've been championed by Justine Frischmann of Elastica. The standout track on the album is probably 'Moody' -- the remix (also on the album) is absolutely kicking, with Martin Hannett-style cavernous dub production.

Unlike many 'best of' compilations, this doesn't map out the decline of a band from their heyday. The later tracks are just as quality, showing the band experimenting with their sound, while keeping their edgy punk rhythms.

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars All waves 9 July 2008
By C. J. Van Hall
Format:Audio CD
All waves.
This ESG is something fantastic. It supposed to be on a hot revival journey by now in terms of ALL WAVES. This is music I've heard in the beginning of the 80's as a friend of mine was working in a record shop and having his own pirate radio station in Arnhem, Holland. I knew it had to do with Liquid Liquid kind of approach. Well, I went to Paris in 1994 and I picked up the 12" version of this record with: you're no good, Moody, UFO, Earn it, ESG and HEY ! It was a thrill to find it there and Paris can be good for finding records. But it now appears, that the internet is even better. I think you find yourself sublimely unique by discovering the ideal pop, dub, funk, punk approach, where John Lydon and Pil should have gone but shamelessly failed to after the so promising beginning of his band. When I visited a cousin in New York 2 years ago, I heard this record in a lounge-caf? at the back of Time Square. Can you believe how thrilled I was ? Actually: I was the stranger in New York uptill then. But dancing make you feel like home just about anywhere at all. May be even in the South Bronx !
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