{"id":4184,"date":"2013-08-27T11:07:18","date_gmt":"2013-08-27T16:07:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4184"},"modified":"2013-08-27T11:07:18","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T16:07:18","slug":"junior-and-the-classics-wise-up-bw-mix-up-a-go-go","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4184","title":{"rendered":"Junior and the Classics – Wise Up b\/w Mix Up (A Go Go)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download Junior and the Classics – Wise Up<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download Junior and the Classics – Mix Up (A Go Go)<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

Greetings all, and welcome to the middle of the week.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

I cannot remember when or where I picked up the 45 I bring you this fine day, but I suspect I did grab it because it was on the Magic Touch label (and how in all honesty could I pass on a record called \u2018Mix Up a Go Go\u2019???)<\/p>\n

Magic Touch was a Milwaukee, WI based imprint operated by a cat named Lenny LaCour<\/strong>. Between the mid-60s and the 80s Magic Touch released a variety of sounds by groups like Harvey Scales and the Seven Sounds<\/strong> (the Magic Touch 45s I already had) and Marvelle and the Blue Match<\/strong>, in addition to the occasional garage single.<\/p>\n

Junior and the Classics<\/strong> had their first (and only) hit with a raving cover of Rufus Thomas\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018The Dog\u2019 on the Groove label in 1964, which was a regional hit in Milwaukee.<\/p>\n

They released three 45s on Magic Touch (with Wise Up appearing on two of them), with the last, the funky \u2018Kill the Pain\u2019 being picked up for national distribution by Atco.<\/p>\n

The band was led by keyboardist Robert \u2018Junior\u2019 Brantley<\/strong> who went on to play and record with the Fabulous Thunderbirds<\/strong> and Roomful of Blues.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t been able to find any pictures of the band, but some cross-referencing (and their sound) suggests to me that they were an integrated outfit, racially and stylistically.<\/p>\n

\u2018Wise Up\u2019 (from 1966) is a swinging dancer with pounding bass and rhythm guitar, augmented by handclaps, drums, combo organ and a really interesting saxophone line.<\/p>\n

The flip, \u2018Mix Up (a Go Go)\u2019, which opens with a groovy drumbreak is one of those great numbers where all the hot dances get namechecked. I really dig the chorus as well as the piano.<\/p>\n

If you dig the sounds, and feel the need to file some Junior and the Classics in your record box, know that they fall into that grey area of not-too-expensive b\/w not-too-cheap either, running in the $25 to $50 range (with the sought after \u2018Kill the Pain\u2019, the most expensive).<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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