{"id":3694,"date":"2013-03-19T11:14:48","date_gmt":"2013-03-19T16:14:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3694"},"modified":"2013-04-14T10:52:56","modified_gmt":"2013-04-14T15:52:56","slug":"nu-sound-express-ltd-ive-been-trying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=3694","title":{"rendered":"Nu Sound Express Ltd – I’ve Been Trying"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Nu Sound Express Ltd – I’ve Been Trying<\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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

The tune I bring you today is both a very groovy cover, as well as a neglected b-side.<\/p>\n

Back in the day, when I was first tracking and bagging soul and funk 45s, the Nu-Sound Express Ltd<\/strong> were one of the first big scores.<\/p>\n

This is not to say that any of their records are big-money hustlas (to borrow a term from our insane friends) but rather that at the time, they were a group both obscure and excellent when my crates were not heavily burdened with same.<\/p>\n

There isn\u2019t a lot of information out there on the group, but what is available suggests that they were from New Jersey, and were associated with Jersey City impresario Paul Kyser<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Kyser had produced acts like Jimmy Briscoe and the Little Beavers, Sound Generation, the Super Disco Band, Calender<\/strong> and the band that Nu Sound Express would morph into a few years later, Rhyze.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nu Sound Express Ltd recorded two cool 45s, both for the Silver Dollar label (at least one of which was issued in Europe \u2013 with a cool picture sleeve \u2013 on the Discophon label) in the early 70s.<\/p>\n

The a-sides of their 45s, \u2018Ain\u2019t It Good Enough\u2019 and \u2018One More Time You All\u2019 were both cool examples of uptempo early 70s funk (the second being a \u2018sequel\u2019 of sorts to the first).<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today is the flipside of \u2018Ain\u2019t It Good Enough\u2019, and if you didn\u2019t recognize the title, also a cover of the Impressions<\/strong> 1965 Top 40 R&B hit \u2018I\u2019ve Been Trying\u2019.<\/p>\n

It took me a few years to warm to this side, first and foremost because back then I wasn\u2019t grooving to too many ballads, but also because it has a certain loose, almost lo-fi feel to it.<\/p>\n

The impression I get is that Kyser blew most of the budget on the A-side, leaving the group with a much sparer palette with which to work.<\/p>\n

What you get is a touch of street corner harmony, with a spoken intro and low key instrumental backing (with a slightly out of tune piano). The cool thing is that the singing is very nice indeed, with a refreshing lack of slickness that sets it apart from almost everything else that was happening at the time.<\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve Been Trying\u2019 is a throwback to an earlier time and an interesting contrast to the funk of its flip.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig it, and I\u2019ll see you on Friday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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