Listen/Download – The El Dorados – The Knock Knee MP3

Listen/Download – The El Dorados – The New Breed MP3

Greetings all.

The record I bring to you this fine day is something of a mystery.

First and foremost, it doesn’t appear in most discographies I’ve found of Port Records, and R&B and soul imprint that started in the 50s and went into the late 60s (though there is no doubt that the label and the catalog number check out, placing it sometime in 1965).

It also doesn’t help that the group has the same name as the storied Chicago R&B/doowop group the El Dorados that had a string of hits for VeeJay, including 1955’s ‘At My Front Door’.

This does not appear to be that group, though apparently they broke up and the name got reused a few times, so anything is possible.

That said, ‘The New Breed’ is a fast moving mod soul dancer pushed along by pounding drums and some tasty fatback guitar winding in and out of the proceedings.

The A-side, ‘The Knock Knee’ is the kind of greasy soul that is just a half-step and a heavy downbeat away from funk (dig the bass and the horns especially).

One name of interest on the record is Johnny Terry, who produced the record and co-wrote ‘The Knock Knee’ who I think may be the same Johnny Terry that was a member of the Famous Flames (and a somewhat prolific songwriter).

If any of you can string any of these facts together (or pull them apart where need be) please do so in the comments.

Either way, it’s a groovy 45, and I hope you dig it.

See you on Wednesday.

Keep the faith

Larry

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