- Audio CD (2 Feb 2001)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Desco
- ASIN: B00000JJY0
- Other Editions: Vinyl
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 573,382 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| 1. Intro By Mr. Fields |
| 2. Let's Get A Groove On |
| 3. Watch That Man |
| 4. Hey Sallie Mae (Get Off My Feet) |
| 5. Let A Man Do What He Wanna Do |
| 6. All By Myself |
| 7. Put It On Me |
| 8. Take It Or Leave It |
| 9. Steam Train |
| 10. I'm A Millionaire |
| 11. Bad, Bad, Bad |
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Mr Lee Fields, aka Soul Brother no.2, along with the Soul Providers (also Desco artists in their own right), bring us one of the most authentic funk sets to be recorded in the last twenty-odd years. The set kicks off with an introduction by Mr Fields, explaining the feelings and ideas behind the tracks to follow. How can one pick out individual tracks on this CD to comment on, when each one, if immortalised on Desco's now legendary 7" pressing, would be an instant deep funk collector's item. In fact, the singles included on the set, Steam Train, and Hey Sallie Mae (Get off my feet), are just that, and guarantee to get the more discerning dancefloors moving every time. I can't stress enough just how funky this CD is - every track is a winner, and(sorry to repeat myself), but fans of the JB's, the Meters etc, will be mad to miss this one. Top tracks for me are the hard hitting call and response of 'Watch the Man', and the relentless groove of the title track 'Lets Get a Groove On'.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is fascinating stuff. It's a modern-day funk record, from the mid-1990s, but it's done in the old James Brown style, with old-fashioned instruments and real drums etc played by human beings. It's generally less frantic than James Brown but the spirit is there. It would be easy to describe Lee Fields as a copy of James Brown, but he's so spot-on that he must surely be heartfelt.
The mixing is surprisingly bass-less on a couple of songs, but it's good stuff and infectious fun. "Watch the Man" is the stand-out track for me - it's a homage to 60s-style black consciousness records, but the lyrics are still totally contemporary, and pan-racial - and I also like the organ-led instrumental "All by Myself". "I'm a Millionaire" is the only Live At hte Apollo-style ballad, and it has a monster groove. The general lyrical emphasis on being responsible and getting on in the real world is refreshingly unlike a lot of modern music.
The intro and "Bad Bad Bad" are basically the same piece of music, a short loop that goes on too long in the latter case. Like a lot of the records on Desco it flirts with spoof; Lee Fields is the real deal, a genuine albeit minor 1970s funk superstar, but the album is put together as if it had come out in the 1970s, with vinyl pops and odd fade-ins etc. Very good.
The mixing is surprisingly bass-less on a couple of songs, but it's good stuff and infectious fun. "Watch the Man" is the stand-out track for me - it's a homage to 60s-style black consciousness records, but the lyrics are still totally contemporary, and pan-racial - and I also like the organ-led instrumental "All by Myself". "I'm a Millionaire" is the only Live At hte Apollo-style ballad, and it has a monster groove. The general lyrical emphasis on being responsible and getting on in the real world is refreshingly unlike a lot of modern music.
The intro and "Bad Bad Bad" are basically the same piece of music, a short loop that goes on too long in the latter case. Like a lot of the records on Desco it flirts with spoof; Lee Fields is the real deal, a genuine albeit minor 1970s funk superstar, but the album is put together as if it had come out in the 1970s, with vinyl pops and odd fade-ins etc. Very good.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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2 April 2006
Format:Audio CD
This is fascinating stuff. It's a modern-day funk record, from the mid-1990s, but it's done in the old James Brown style, with old-fashioned instruments and real drums etc played by human beings. It's generally less frantic than James Brown but the spirit is there. It would be easy to describe Lee Fields as a copy of James Brown, but he's so spot-on that he must surely be heartfelt.
The mixing is surprisingly bass-less on a couple of songs, but it's good stuff and infectious fun. "Watch the Man" is the stand-out track for me - it's a homage to 60s-style black consciousness records, but the lyrics are still totally contemporary, and pan-racial - and I also like the organ-led instrumental "All by Myself". "I'm a Millionaire" is the only Live At The Apollo-style crashing ballad, and it has a monster groove. The general lyrical emphasis on being responsible and getting on in the real world is refreshingly unlike a lot of modern music.
The intro and "Bad Bad Bad" are basically the same piece of music, a short loop that goes on too long in the latter case. Like a lot of the records on Desco it flirts with spoof; Lee Fields is the real deal, a genuine albeit minor 1970s funk superstar, but the album is put together as if it had come out in the 1970s, with vinyl pops and odd fade-ins etc. Very good.
The mixing is surprisingly bass-less on a couple of songs, but it's good stuff and infectious fun. "Watch the Man" is the stand-out track for me - it's a homage to 60s-style black consciousness records, but the lyrics are still totally contemporary, and pan-racial - and I also like the organ-led instrumental "All by Myself". "I'm a Millionaire" is the only Live At The Apollo-style crashing ballad, and it has a monster groove. The general lyrical emphasis on being responsible and getting on in the real world is refreshingly unlike a lot of modern music.
The intro and "Bad Bad Bad" are basically the same piece of music, a short loop that goes on too long in the latter case. Like a lot of the records on Desco it flirts with spoof; Lee Fields is the real deal, a genuine albeit minor 1970s funk superstar, but the album is put together as if it had come out in the 1970s, with vinyl pops and odd fade-ins etc. Very good.
Excellent
30 Jan 2003
Format:Audio CD
This is quality work. Outstanding from beginning to end. Buy it if you can find it. Cuts #4,5, and 9 are also on "Spike's Choice: The Desco Funk 45'Collection." Buy that If you can find it also. If you like this kind of music, look at the stuff Soul Fire Records putting out. Lee Fields is on the label also.
Excellent
30 Jan 2003
Format:Audio CD
This is quality work. Outstanding from beginning to end. Buy it if you can find it. Cuts #4,5, and 9 are also on "Spike's Choice: The Desco Funk 45'Collection." Buy that If you can find it also.
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