{"id":5361,"date":"2015-01-22T13:17:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-22T18:17:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5361"},"modified":"2015-01-22T13:17:37","modified_gmt":"2015-01-22T18:17:37","slug":"best-of-f16c-cals-tricks-whos-gonna-take-the-weight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=5361","title":{"rendered":"Best of F16C – Cal’s Tricks – Who’s Gonna Take the Weight"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NOTE: As a result of my hospital stay and lots of lost blogging time, I’m going to dip back into the archives for some groovy things to hold you over until I get back.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Also, don’t forget to tune in to an all new episode of the Funky16Corners Radio Show, Friday night at 9PM on Viva Radio.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n


\nSo dig it, and Keep the Faith
\nLarry<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Listen\/Download Cal’s Tricks – Who’s Gonna Take the Weight<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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

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The track I bring you today is something I picked up whilst grazing at the last Allentown All 45 show.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s hard not to be overwhelmed in a room packed to the gills with 45s, but since a lot of the dealers (and the kind of stock they bring with them) have become familiar to me over the years, I try to maintain a s small amount of focus.<\/p>\n

These days my \u201cwant list\u201d (as it is) isn\u2019t very long.<\/p>\n

There are a couple of very crucial things that I\u2019m always on the lookout for, but outside of those, I tend to cast a pretty wide net. The old frame of reference is sharp enough that I come away with more gold that gravel, and the record you see before you today is evidence thereof.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d never heard of Cal\u2019s Tricks<\/strong>, or the Secant label, but as soon as I noted the presence of a groovy Kool and the Gang<\/strong> cover, I placed the disc on the keeper pile and kept digging.<\/p>\n

Once I got the record home I was very happy with my selection, and moved on to digging for information.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s not a lot out there, but what I have found is interesting.<\/p>\n

It would seem that the Secant label was active in the Washington, DC\/Maryland area during the 70s, releasing a wide variety of styles.<\/p>\n

The DC Soul Recordings<\/strong> site noting that only three of their releases seemed to fall into the realm of soul and funk, two of them being records by Cal\u2019s Tricks.<\/a><\/p>\n

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\u2018Who\u2019s Gonna Take the Weight\u2019 \u2013 taken here at a slightly faster, dare I say discofied<\/em>, tempo than the OG \u2013 was the second 45 by Cal\u2019s Tricks, released in 1976.<\/p>\n

The band\u2019s name seems to be a variation of the name of producer Caltrick Simone.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I don\u2019t think this track or any of Cal\u2019s Tricks tunes have been comped.<\/p>\n

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

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