The JC Band – Jim Jam b/w Jimmy Chandler – I Can’t Turn You Loose
Listen/Download – The JC Band – Jim Jam MP3
Listen/Download – Jimmy Chandler – I Can’t Turn You Loose MP3
Greetings all.
The record I bring you today is one of those tunes that has a penumbra of information around it, i.e. plenty of circumstantial evidence as to its provenance, but very little that points to the identity of the band.
What I can tell you is that this track by the JC Band, appears on the flipside to a vocal by Jimmy Chandler, and appears on the Jersey City-based J-City label, any of which could hve provided the “JC”.
The record dates to sometime in the early 70s, and was written and produced by Paul Kyser and Tom Vetri, who worked with a bunch of acts out of Jersey City, NJ in the 60s and 70s, including the Nu Sound Express, Ltd., Jimmy Briscoe and the Little Beavers, the Ultimate Truth, Calender and Eight Miles High.
The J-City discography only runs for half a dozen 45s all in and around the same time period.
‘Jim Jam’ is a mid-tempo, funky instrumental with a tasty guitar lead, plenty of piano, bass and drums.
The flip sees Jimmy Chandler (another artist that didn’t leave much of a trail) laying down a nice version of Otis Redding’s ‘I Can’t Turn You Loose’, marred only by some weird, effects-laden guitar.
I hope you dig the track, and if any of you have any more info, please drop me a line.
See you all on Friday.
Keep the faith
Larry
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