1965 PERRY & THE HARMONICS Funk SOUL-JAZZ MOD RARE
  $   51

 


$ 51 Sold For
May 17, 2010 Sold Date
May 10, 2010 Start Date
$   20 Start price
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1965 PERRY & THE HARMONICS Funk SOUL-JAZZ MOD RARE





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Description TURN UP YOUR SPEAKERS & LISTEN TO A TRACK OFF THIS LP THAT I HAVE UPLOADED FOR YOU TO HEAR

ARTIST :PERRY & THE HARMONICS
TITLE :INTRIGUE WITH SOUL
FORMAT :VINYL LP RECORD
LABEL :MERCURY MG-21037

COVER :SOME GENERAL WEAR, NAME ON COVER
VINYL :VG ( a few light scratches )

COMMENTS :

Perry & The Harmonics `Do The Monkey With James (Mercury)  Despite all of the scrounging around I do through literally tons of dusty old records, its rare that I find a complete surprise. Of all the discs I grab with an interesting label, group name or song title, Im lucky if one out of every 50 is good, one out of a few hundred a work of genius. This is one of those raaaaaaare ones! Opening with a brisk but low-key vamp, a voice soon enters the scene. `Have you ever heard of James? That cat with ten gold fingers? Who had Russia sending him love? Girls falling at his feet. James can do anything. The Jerk, The MONKEY, the Twist. In fact James Monkey sorta goes like this. all followed by a brief sax solo, and the organ EXPLODES! The tune turns from a slightly sinister novelty into a stone groover. Perry & The Harmonics were a Chicago group (led by saxophonist Clarence Perry). Their 45, `Do The Monkey With James b/w `James Out Of Sight was lifted from the Mercury LP `Intrigue With Soul. A quick look at the song titles on the LP (or a listen to the lyrics of the single) makes it immediately that the `James in the tune in Bond, not Brown (see Rex Garvin & The Mighty Cravers `Sock It To `Em JB for a similar take). The `vocal (more like narration) and piano were provided by Ed Townsend, who had had significant success as a ballad singer (`For Your Love in 1958). He also wrote `For The Love Of My Man for Theola Kilgore and later co-wrote `Lets Get It On for Marvin Gaye. While `Do The Monkey With James is an absolutely brilliant soul/jazz killer, its obscurity is probably due to the fact that it was likely swallowed in a tidal wave of spy-related cash-ins around the Bond films, including the Man from U.N.C.L.E. on TV, and Derek Flint, Modesty Blaise, and Matt Helm in the movies. Not to mention a bunch of soul tributes including the Miracles `Come Spy With Me, the Olympics `Secret Agents, and the aforementioned Rex Garvin disc. It doesnt help that the rest of the LP, despite being quality soul jazz, sounds NOTHING like the 45. There is a certain cool, spy-jazz sound (5 of the 9 tracks are covers of Bond themes by John Barry and Bricusse/Newley), and the tunes `Golden Horn, `Goldfingers Got the Blues¿ and `James Goes To Soulville are definitely worth a second listen. The organ (played by Richard McRea) is wailing and the backbeat (Paul Pratt on guitar and Maurice Wells on drums) makes it a great dancer. In a just world `Do The Monkey With James would be revered as a Mod classic, burning up turntables and dance floors the world over. It may yet happen. - LG

SONG TRACKS

1. Do The Monkey
2. Goldfingers Got The Blues
3. From Russia With Love
4. The James Bond Theme
5. Golden Horn
6. Goldfinger
7. 007
8. James Goes To Soulville
9. James Out Of Sight


PERSONELL

Clarence Perry - Tenor Sax
Richard McCrea - Organ
Ed Townsend - Piano
Paul Pratt - Guitar
Maurice Wells - Drums




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