{"id":5232,"date":"2014-11-30T12:06:35","date_gmt":"2014-11-30T17:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5232"},"modified":"2014-11-30T12:06:35","modified_gmt":"2014-11-30T17:06:35","slug":"cecil-holmes-soulful-sounds-superfly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5232","title":{"rendered":"Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds – Superfly"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds – Superfly<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/div>\n

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

I thought we\u2019d get the week started with something smooth, and a little bit funky.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Black Motion Picture Experience\u2019 LP, credited to the Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds<\/strong> has long been a crate diggers staple, packed as it is with rerecordings of early 70s Blaxploitation soundtrack heavies.<\/p>\n

As popular as it is, the LP has continued to elude me in the field. However, a few months back I was out digging and what should I turn up, but the 45 you see before you.<\/p>\n

The big question for me, was always, who is \u2018Cecil Holmes\u2019?<\/p>\n

The answer, as it turns out, is someone who had little or nothing to do with this record.<\/p>\n

The Cecil Holmes<\/strong> that gave the record his name was a record executive (prominently for Casablanca Records).<\/p>\n

There were a few different projects released sporting his name in the early 70s, including the Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds, and the Cecil Holmes Orchestra.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What both of these groups have in common, beside the lack of any direct musical involvement by Holmes, is the guiding hand of Tony Camillo.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Best remembered for his 1975 disco\/funk hit \u2018Dynomite!\u2019 (credited to Tony Camillo\u2019s Bazuka<\/strong>), Camillo was a NY\/NJ-based composer\/arranger\/producer.<\/p>\n

\u2018The Black Motion Picture Experience\u2019 LP was recorded and released in 1973, featuring a band of East Coast studio heavies.<\/p>\n

The track I feature today is their version of Curtis Mayfield\u2019s<\/strong> theme from \u2018Superfly\u2019.<\/p>\n

Camillo and band take the track, smooth it out and open it up just a bit, turning up the bass and giving the drums plenty of room to snap.<\/p>\n

Naturally, things suffer from the absence of the mighty Curtis, but the sounds are still groovy.<\/p>\n

There was one more LP by Cecil Holmes Soulful Sounds, the slowjam collection \u2018Music For Soulful Lovers\u2019 (also 1973), again featuring Camillo.<\/p>\n

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

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

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

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PS Head over to Iron Leg too.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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