Señor Soul ‎– What It Is Y'All: The Best Of Señor Soul (Reissue) (1967-70/2003)

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Artist: Señor Soul
Title: What It Is Y'All: The Best Of Señor Soul
Year Of Release: 1967-70/2003
Label: BGP Records
Genre: Brown-Eyed Soul, Funk, Jazz-Soul, Jazz-Funk
Quality: Mp3 320 / Flac (image, .cue, log)
Total Time: 56:41
Total Size: 153/367 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview

Señor Soul ‎– What It Is Y'All: The Best Of Señor Soul (Reissue) (1967-70/2003)

Tracklist:

1. The Mouse (Maurice Rodgers) - 2:31
2. Don't Lay Your Funky Trip On Me (H. Brown, H. Scott, M. Dickerson, L. Jordan, L. Oskar, C.Miller, T. S. Allen) - 3:32
3. Psychotic Reaction (Kenn Ellner, Roy Chaney, Sean Byrne, John Michalski, Craig Atkinson) - 2:06
4. It's Your Thing (Ronald Isley, O'kelly Isley. Rudolph Isley) - 2:26
5. Pata Pata (Miriam Makeba, Jerry Ragovoy) - 2:22
6. Get On Up (Gilbert Moorer, Bill Sheppard, Johnny Taylor) - 2:43
7. Poquitosoul (Charles Miller) - 2:49
8. The Sneak (Maurice Rodgers) - 3:03
9. I Heard It Through The Grapevine (Norman Whitfield. Barrett Strong) - 2:44
10. Hypnotizer (Maurice Rodgers) - 2:04
11. I Ain't Got No Soul Today (What It Is, Y'all) (H. Brown, H. Scott, M. Dickerson, L. Jordan, L. Oskar, Ch. Miller) - 3:58
12. Spooky (Mike Shapiro, Harry Middlebrooks, Buddy Buie, Jr Cobb) - 2:33
13. Uptight (Everything's Alright) - (Henry Cosby, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy) - 4:40
14. Soul Fiesta (Charles Miller) - 2:26
15. Lovey Dovey Kinda Lovin' (Alfred Smith, Joe Hooven, Hal Winn) - 3:15
16. Some Got It, Some Don't (Alfred Smith, Joe Hooven, Hal Winn) - 2:16
17. Sunshine Superman (Donovan Leitch) - 3:08
18. Make The Funk Jump (Maurice Rodgers) - 2:54
19. El Loco (Maurice Rodgers) - 2:38
20. I Dig Rock & Roll Music (David Dixon, James Mason, Paul Stookey) – 2:24

Line-up::
B.B. Dickerson - Bass
Charles Miller - Saxophone, Flute, Keyboards
Harold Brown - Drums
Howard Scott - Guitar
Lee Oskar - Harmonica
Lonnie Jordan - Piano, Organ
Papa Dee Allen - Vocals, Percussion, Keyboards

Senor Soul recorded some fair soul music, usually though not always instrumental, in 1967-70 with Latin and funk tinges. That's the kind of music that War took to the top of the charts in the 1970s, and the similarities between the two bands aren't a coincidence. War's Chuck Miller was in Senor Soul, and though for most of their recording career he seems to have been the only future War member involved, it also seems likely that War actually plays on the final Senor Soul single. That single, 1970's "Don't Lay Your Funky Trip on Me"/"I Ain't Got No Soul Today (What It Is, Y'All)," bears a writing credit nearly identical to the original lineup of War: Harold Brown, Howard Scott, B.B. Dickerson, Lonnie Jordan, Lee Oskar, and Chuck Miller. The sound of these vocal numbers, too, is quite similar to early War's material. Most of what Senor Soul did, however, on their sole LP and several 45s was instrumental, and in a funk-soul-jazz vein, heavy on covers of contemporary hits. Many (though not all) of the tracks from their LP and singles, along with a couple of previously unissued cuts, came out on the 2003 CD What It Is, Y'All -- The Best of Senor Soul.

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