Aki Aleong

Listen/Download – Sam and the Soul Walkers – Soul Walk MP3

Greetings all.

I hope the new week finds you well.

Today’s selection is one of only a handful of 45s issued by the Los Angeles-based Trans-American label (well known amongst funk collectors for the Village Crusaders ‘Akiwawa’ 45).

Sam and the Soul Walkers only released this one 45 in 1969. They were led by Samuel McWhorter aka Sam Russell who recorded several sides for the Playboy label in the 1970s.

Interestingly, ‘Soul Walk’ is co-written (and produced) by singer/actor Aki Aleong, who had a varied and interesting career in Hollywood, including scoring a hit with the 1961 record ‘Tradewinds Tradewinds’.

‘Soul Walk’ is a hard-hitting funk number with solid drums and organ, and cool rhythm guitar buried in the mix.

The song (and its flipside ‘A Telephone Is Ringing’) were rerecorded by a group called the Turnarounds and released on TRC the same year (I can vouch for the fact that the versions of ‘Soul Walk’ are definitely different recordings).

If anyone knows the story behind that, please drop me a line.

I hope you dig the tune, and I’ll see you all next week.

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Keep the faith

Larry

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