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- speedy buggy (1973)

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if you can get past the seriously uncool looking chicks in the "buggy," and fritz himself wearing a fur cap (like dr. zhivago) in mid summer, you'll find that this record absolutely rocks! it reminds me of james last but funkier, with plenty fender rhodes and gorgeous girl / boy chorus action.

favourite tracks include the breezy summer of "open window," and lowdown cool brass of "speedy buggy."

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01 - rockin' voices

02 - red flame

03 - open window

04 - speedy buggy

05 - scotch pub

06 - non stop dancing

07 - wild luck

08 - top snob

09 - riding easy

10 - half note-shuffle

11 - pay attention

12 - short walk

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the fritz maldener orchestrathe voo doo's - studio one 23 (1973)

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this rather exceptional library record comes from my friend waldo in the cape, and is from the familiar "studio one" range. on the a-side we have fritz maldener, who i posted an earlier album of released on mps called "speedy buggy," which kicks ass, but it is the voo doo's on side b that really steal the show. their stuff is a hybrid of totally psyched out guitars and moog woven into tropical african rhythms shamelessly placed in brackets as "african beat", "afro beat" and even, my favourite, "black beat" (oh yeah...) truly, the voo doo's know how to get down several different ways, and their song writing is definitely a notch above library stock. would be interesting knowing what their tracks were finally used for :).

my favourites are "exotic fruit" and "o mané."

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the fritz maldener orchestra

01 - san diego (mambo)

02 - usambara cha cha (cha cha)

03 - coffee time (samba)

04 - caribian sun (latin rock)

05 - argentinian flight (merenge)

06 - senorita margarita (cha cha mambo)

07 - pernambuco samba (samba)

the voo doo's

08 - boo bam bam boo (african beat)

09 - o man‚ (happy african beat)

10 - mungo go go (fast conga beat)

11 - african news (black beat)

12 - tropical nights (afro beat)

13 - exotic fruits (afro beat)

14 - in the city of haiti (afro beat)

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