South Side – I Feel a Groove Comin’ On b/w Combo Kings – Groovey – Record Shack AT 7″

Two previously unreleased TOP TUNES outta Philadelphia, out here for the first time EVER, this is an ‘original Austrian-only’ FIRST PRESS and 100% ‘OVO’ (Original Vinyl Only) compatible.

The KILLER funky Soul dancefloor destroyer on our A-side kicks with ‘Tighten Up’ and energetic ‘Dancefloor Jazz’ flavas, it originates from Philadelphia, works perfect on ‘progressive’ Northern Soul floors and smashes any Deep/Rare Funk nite.

On the flip we have a groovin’ Hammond mover, something JTQ would have done, but this is an unreleased, vintage, driving early 60s instro cover of Barrett Strong’s legendary ‘Money’ classic, a sure-shot at any Mod event, we’d call it ‘Instrumental R’n’B’ , also suiting perfectly into the ‘Mod Jazz’ thing, it also got labelled as ‘Popcorn’. It’s still some kinda ‘secret weapon’ which hasn’t been played out too inflationary yet, and it’s MORE than 100% MOD!

The ‘Sopranos connection’: This came as we’ve been told that our legendary Philly producer ‘Frank Bendinelli’, who recorded the tunes featured here, could have been the ‘template’ for retired music conductor ‘Hesh’ from the series’ episode #10 where he clashes with gangsta rapper ‘Massive Genius’ arguing over music rights and artist royalities and mentions that ‘A Hit Is A Hit’.

Fact is that US-Italian ‘mafia’ often had their ‘hands’ on music business back then with artists like Frankie Valli or Dean Parrish being some known proto-examples. Having named ourselves the ‘Soul Mafia’ here in the past, we find it quite ‘bizarre’ to have possibly worked with the original ‘familia’, but we do not want to put top Philly legend Mr. Bendinelli into some ‘cliché-pocket’.

If you have missed out on this unreleased 60s WINNER of a 45 back in 2017 when we put it out, then do not sleep, there’s not too many copies left…

*LIMITED EDITION / 500 COPIES MADE!*