{"id":1956,"date":"2011-10-16T12:42:33","date_gmt":"2011-10-16T17:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2012-02-22T12:35:15","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T17:35:15","slug":"lavell-kamma-and-his-afro-soul-revue-soft-soul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=1956","title":{"rendered":"Lavell Kamma and his Afro Soul Revue – Soft Soul"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lavell Kamma today. Still making music!
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Listen\/Download -Lavell Kamma and his Afro Soul Revue – Soft Soul <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

Greetings all.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Hows about we get the new week started with some sublimely delicious funk of the 45RPM variety?<\/p>\n

I knew you\u2019d dig that.<\/em><\/p>\n

I picked up today\u2019s selection while back from a friend\u2019s sale list, mainly because I\u2019d heard of it (but not heard it) and because the price was reasonable.<\/p>\n

Naturally, there are those of you who might question the purchase of a record that one has not actually heard yet, but I would respectfully counter with the proposition that any self respecting digger that would pass up any recording by a group calling themselves Lavell Kamma and his Afro Soul Review<\/strong>, should be forced to surrender their turntables and walk away in shame.<\/p>\n

This is not to say that every single record with a cool name is going to be good and funky, but rather that the unwritten laws of such things suggest that the law of averages would be on your side in such a transaction.<\/p>\n

And in this case, they were (big time<\/em>).<\/p>\n

There\u2019s isn\u2019t a whole lot of info out there on Mr Kamma, other than the fact that he seems to have hailed from the Sunshine State (FLA) and that he recorded 45s for at least three labels, Tupelo Sound (this one), Sure Shot<\/a> and Jewel, between the mid-60s and the early 70s.<\/p>\n

\u2018Soft Soul\u2019, despite a title that might lead you to think you were about to travel down the boulevard of ballads, is one of the finest example of tasty, mid-tempo funk I have ever heard.<\/p>\n

First off, those freaking drums<\/em>\u2026.whoever was massaging the traps had a light and talented hand indeed, and the rest of the band were right, tight and out of sight as well. Lavell\u2019s vocals are high and slightly raspy (in a groovy way), and whoever\u2019s playing the guitar gets a gold star at the top of his report card as well.<\/p>\n

The flip is quite nice as well (watch for it in an upcoming mix).<\/p>\n

It’s also not a terribly expensive 45. There are at least three label variations\/pressings I’ve seen.<\/p>\n

Lavell Kamma is still playing today. You can check out his MySpace page for a video of him doing his one man band thing.<\/a><\/p>\n

I hope you dig the cut, and I\u2019ll see you all on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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Peace<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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