Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay [Vinyl]

Various Artists (Artist) | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (May 15, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Numero
• ASIN: B000OONP9U
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #250,031 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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The second in our series of exploration of the panAmerican funk experience, Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay is a deep overview of Funky Nassau's redheaded sister city, Freeport, GBI. From 1969-1976 Frank Penn's GBI studio and label cranked out a dozen LPs and twice as many singles infected with the Miami sounds drifting in over the 100 mile strait. The catalog is a fruity blend of rake and scrape, bush, junkanoo, calypso, reggae, and of course, goombay, with a twist of American soul. TracklistA1 Cyril Ferguson - Gonna Build A Nation 4:04 A2 Jay Mitchell & the Mitchellites - I Am The Man For You Baby 2:48 A3 Frank Penn - Gimme Some Skin (Instrumental) 2:35 A4 Dry Bread - Words To My Song 3:04 A5 Jay Mitchell - Goombay Bump 7:44 B1 Sylvia Hall - Don't Touch That Thing 3:36 B2 Mustangs - Watcha Gonna Do 'Bout It 4:07 B3 Frank Penn - Gimme Some Skin 2:34 B4 Ozzie Hall - Take Five 3:57 B5 Jay Mitchell - Tighter And Tighter 7:21 C1 Mustangs - The Time For Loving Is Now 5:19 C2 Willpower - People Won't Change 2:39 C3 Sylvia Hall - Don't Touch That Thing (Instrumental) 3:30 C4 Jay Mitchell - Funky Fever 6:10 D1 Esquires LTD - Theme From Shaft 4:03 D2 Gospel Chandeliers - Honesty Is The Best Policy 3:27 D3 Jay Mitchell - Mustang Sally 12:51

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Numero Uno" among the Numero Uno comps.., July 19, 2007

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This review is from: Cult Cargo: Grand Bahama Goombay (Audio CD)

OK, I'll just spit it right out. To me, in terms of quality, this ranks right up there with the soundtrack to "The Harder They Come." That's the highest praise I know to give. Thumpin' gumbo of soul, funk, reggae and various Caribbean styles. Guitar riffs and Hammond chords abound. Some interesting covers, especially "Theme From Shaft" and "Take Five." Purists will note that Ozzie Hall leaves out about a fourth of Paul Desmond's notes from "Take Five" but you should enjoy it plenty nonetheless. "Shaft" is more interesting if you don't quite realize it is "Shaft." Without reading the track listings first, I thought to myself, gee this sounds a bit like Shaft without lyrics. Then it came: "Who is the man...." Big smile! "Don't Touch That Thing" from Sylvia Hall is a great piece of sister to sister advice. The subterranean bass vocals in "Whatcha Gonna Do 'Bout It" provide a nice counterpoint to the rest of the song. We get some contemporary social commentary of the period in "Build a Nation" and "People Won't Change." My favorite track is "(Somebody Stole) The Words to my Song." Indeed the lyrics are brief and repetitive, like someone did lift a few of them , but what a rhythm!!! A couple of the songs such as "Don't Touch..." are not up to the recording quality of the others, so the production is not uniform. And, among the latter tunes, we get some long jams that don't quite fit the mold of the other material. But these are minor complaints, this is smokin' this is movin.'