{"product_id":"salt-of-the-earth-lp-1","title":"Salt Of The Earth (LP)","description":"Format: LP \u003cbr\u003eLabel: Sussex  \u003cbr\u003eCondition: New \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e TRACKS:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e A1 I Rolled It You Hold It \u003cbr\u003eA2 Blow Your Whistle \u003cbr\u003eA3 Close To You \u003cbr\u003eA4 Funk To The Folks\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eB1 Ain't It Heavy \u003cbr\u003eB2 Windsong \u003cbr\u003eB3 Ashley's Roachclip \u003cbr\u003eB4 We Share \u003cbr\u003eB5 If It Ain't Funky \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Originally released in 1974. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e PERSONNEL:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBass – John Euwell\u003cbr\u003ePercussion – Lino Druitt\u003cbr\u003eDrums – Kenneth Scoggins\u003cbr\u003eFlute, Saxophone – Lloyd Pinchback\u003cbr\u003eGuitar, Lead Vocals – Chuck Brown\u003cbr\u003eOrgan – Bennie Braxton\u003cbr\u003ePercussion – Donald Tillery, John Buchanan, Kenneth Scoggins, Lino Druitt, Lloyd Pinchback\u003cbr\u003eTrombone, Piano, Synthesizer – John Buchanan\u003cbr\u003eTrumpet – Donald Tillery\u003cbr\u003eVocals – Bennie Braxton, Donald Tillery, John Buchanan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Soul Searchers’ second album from 1974, like their debut ‘We The People’, was originally released by the revered (if relatively obscure) Sussex label. By this time the Washington, DC based band had fully developed their brassy sound, and this album included the funk hits ‘Blow your Whistle’\/’Funk To The folks’, and ‘If It Ain’t Funky’, along with the heavily sampled ‘Ashley’s Roach clip’. The album also includes their interpretation of Bacharach and David’s ‘Close to You’, showing a mellower side, which became popular on the rare groove\/two step scene.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt this point they were an eight piece band with a full horn section, organ and percussion, and were considered along with The JB’s, Kool and the Gang, War, Fatback Band and Mandrill to be amongst the leading funk bands of their time. The band became the leading Washington Go-Go band in the 80’s, influencing groups like Trouble Funk, and Little Benny and The Masters who followed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChuck Brown had begun his musical career in the early 60’s playing guitar with Jerry Butler and The Earls of Rhythm, joining Los Latinos in 1965 that enthralled him with their syncopated backbeat. The Soul Searchers recorded two great albums for Sussex in the early 70’s this one and their debut ‘We The People’ from 1972. After a one-off single on Polydor ‘Boogie Up The Nation’ in 1975, they reappeared as Chuck Brown and The Soul Searchers and had a gold album and US No. 1 single hit with ‘Bustin Loose’ on the Source label.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Chuck is widely recognized as having created Go-Go, which has become the 'official music' of Washington DC. He said that ‘Disco was too fast.  People didn’t want to get all sweaty, they just sat down, so we cut the beat in half and called this new sound ‘Go-Go’ because it never stops’. Chuck and the Soul Searchers recorded many albums since 1980 and had a string of Go-Go hits including ‘Go-Go Swing’, ‘We Need Some Money’, ‘Back It On Up’ and toured the world many times with their great live show.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This album must be one of the most sampled in the history of hip hop, with ‘Ashley’s Roach clip’ having been used by Eric B And Rakim on ‘Paid In Full’, Kool Moe Dee on ‘I Go To Work’ , LL Cool J on his No. 1 hit ‘Jack The Ripper’, Run DMC, PM Dawn, Ice T, and the UK’s own Catch 22 amongst others, ‘Funk Top The Folks’ by Ice Cube, Godfather Don, Point Blank And Chill Rob G, and ‘Blow Your Whistle’ by Public Enemy and Def Jeff, making it an album that every Hip Hop sample fan wants in their collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c!-- audio --\u003e \u003caudio controls=\"controls\"\u003e\n\t\u003csource src=\"https:\/\/www.capitolites.media\/previews\/LP-SaltOfTheEarth.mp3\" type=\"audio\/mpeg\"\u003e\u003c\/audio\u003e","brand":"The Soul Searchers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":71368492843261,"sku":"12103722","price":16.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0516\/9384\/6695\/files\/LP-SaltOfTheEarth-clear-frt-nohype.jpg?v=1790272057","url":"https:\/\/spintimerecords.com\/products\/salt-of-the-earth-lp-1","provider":"Spin Time Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}