EPIC! TUESDAYS!

Oh, SNAP peeples! What time is it?!?

This here be gold. A Brobots exclusive (sacrilege?… depends on yr point of view). Lee Moses’ classic track “Bad Girl” in extended mode… parts 1 & 2 together at last. When they string me up just remember I did it out of love.

Lee Moses is yet another poster child for the value of diggers / digging. Lee dropped pure audio treasure back in the late 60’s / early 70’s… all of it massively snoozed on until being dug up and finally given its due respect. Sadly Lee passed in 1997… before he could take his hard-earned victory lap. (anyone notice a theme here?)

This track captures Lee at his most raw… sandpaper voice in front of a rag-tag but determined crew destroying in some long-lost Atlanta basement. I love how the drums are barely holding it together and yet at the same time laying down a ridiculous beat. Horns are out of tune. I think you can hear a mic drop at the start of the song. In short, it’s the most beautiful mess you could ever expect to hear. Yet more proof that all you need is soul.

Artist: Lee Moses
Album: Time and Place
Year: 1971 / 2007
Label: Maple / Castle Music UK

Do whatever you can to get this ASAP. Dusty Groove. Amazon. Etc. Go… NOW!

…Like there’s anything I can add to this?

Mr. Dogg (AKA Jerry Williams Jr.) has been making music now for some 55 +/- years. He got his start making 78s and went on to be a fairly prolific (if not well-known) producer / songwriter churning out almost-hits for Doris Duke, Gene Pitney, Irma Thomas,  Inez & Charlie Foxx, Dee Dee Warwick, Arthur Conley and many others…

NPR has a great round-up / history.

Some damn fool once dared proclaim this as the worst album cover ever made. I say it’s the greatest.

NOW TAKE ME HOME WITH THE DING-DANGs!

Deets:

Artist: Swamp Dogg
Album: Rat On!
Year: 1971
Label: Elektra

Looks like they reissued this one along with “Total Destruction to Your Mind” (which we’ll be talking about soon enough). Amazon has the CD & MP3s…

Ever stumble across a record that just completely baffles you? Yea…I know…they’re the best ones….Well I have one to add to your list.

Chico Magnetic Band were formed in Lyon, France in 1969 originally as Chico and the Slow Death (they changed to the magnetic band a year later). Their self-titled debut was released in 1971 on a small subsidiary of French label Disques Vogue called Box Office. The album is a heavy, freaked-out mess (and I mean that in the best possible way). Chico and the boys sound like they love drugs first and foremost and while they were busy getting high they listened to alot of Amon Duul, Hendrix, Deep Purple, Funkadelic, Beefheart, Can and maybe even some Zepplin. Chico’s vocals are definitely a highlight. I’ll buy a box of donuts for anyone who can decipher a whole song let alone a couple phrases. My man sounds like he just burned a spliff bigger than a baby’s arm then cooled his throat off with a bottle of Tussin….and it WORKS! I honestly don’t wanna know what he’s saying…the delivery is MORE than enough. The Magnetic band are not to be trifled with either….searing wah’d out guitars abound….tight-heavy drums and studio fuckery that would make most “psych” bands of the time piss their flares.

I chose to post “My Sorrow”…one of the more straight-forward rockers on the album. Driven by a sick beat complete with copious cowbell, howling guitars and Chico conjuring Ozzy on the sizzurp. Seems like a Brobots no-brainer to these ears. I urge you to hunt down the whole album. If you are into any of the bands I mentioned above you will certainly be a Chico freak in no time. The Portuguese label No Smoke “reissued” the album in late 2008….you can get the CD at FE or your favorite shop….the LP is sadly out of print but I’m sure could be found on ebay or the likes. Good luck if your into the original pressing…I’m sure she fetches a pretty penny.

ARTIST: Chico Magnetic Band
TRACK: “My Sorrow”
ALBUM: S/T
YEAR: 1971
LABEL(s): 1971 - Box Office / 2008 - No Smoke