Live And Early Singles

premiera polska: 2006-07-05
kontynent: Ameryka Północna
kraj: USA
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Editor's Info:
Hello. I am happy to announce the start of a new CD label: District Line. The
District Line label will focus on rare and unreleased music from the
Washington DC area. It is a small label that resides under the umbrella of my company
2-13-61 Publications.
A couple of years ago when I was preparing the Trouble Funk 2CD set that
you now have, it hit me that there was some really cool music from my
hometown of Washington DC that was either out-of-print or unreleased and I should do
something about that. What better way to kick off the label than with Trouble
Funk. I didn't have a name for the label. I thought of NWCD as I am from the
Northwest section of DC. I asked fellow NW DC resident and long time friend Ian
MacKaye what he thought of the label name and he suggested District Line. I
liked it and the idea of it being Ian's idea made it even better. It was with
Ian, many years ago, that I first heard Trouble Funk. We were in Ian's old
Duster on Wisconsin Avenue, listening to WOL AM radio. A song by Trouble Funk
called Pump Me Up was on and it was so great that we pulled over and just
listened. It was like we had been waiting our whole lives to hear that beat. The dj
back announced the band's name and that was it, we were fans and the search was
for their records was on.
Several years ago, Rick Rubin and I had a label on Warner Bros. called
Infinite Zero and we released the two Trouble Funk CDs in this set separately.
The label went away and these great CDs went away as well. Music this good was
made to be heard so here we are.
For those of you who don't know Trouble Funk, you will hopefully find
that you're happy you do now. Trouble can be considered one of DC's foremost
Go-Go funk bands. The Go-Go beat stands on its own. Nothing sounds like it and
it belongs to Washington DC. Arguably, Go-Go's elder statesman and acknowledged
mainman is Chuck Brown who is still playing and still great.
The singles and the live album in this set date back to the late 70's
and early 80's. The live album is absolutely unimpeachable. If you can't get to
it, check yourself in. I bought the plain white sleeve double LP well over
twenty years ago and it's lost no speed whatsoever. "Trouble Funk Live. Straight
Up Funk Go Go Style" is what is says on the label and that's what you get
here. One of the best bands in the country on a great night all the way live. The
early singles are incredible, all of them collector's items at this point,
show the band going from strength to strength. They're great but it's the live
show where Trouble Funk proves themselves to be undisputed heavyweight
champions.
Like many CDs on 2-13-61, one dollar from the Trouble Funk release as
well as all the other CDs on District Line will be donated to a good
organization. District Line being area-specific, the monies will be donated to DC area
locations. I have not decided on the destinations of the contributions but I
will when I have researched it and it shall be done.
Like I said, this is a small label with an extremely limited scope.
The primary interest is the only thing that counts: the music. Thanks for
reading this and checking out the mighty Trouble Funk.

utwory:
CD #1:
01. Part A
02. Part B
03. Part C
04. Part D

CD #2:
01. Super Grit
02. E Flat Boogie
03. Hollyrock
04. Roll with It
05. Latin Funk
06. Get Down with Your Get Down
07. Trouble Funk Express
08. So Early in the Morning

more info: www.21361.com