JIMMY SCOTT OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA STORY Alullo/Doh RARE KILLER AFRO SOUL FUNK MOD

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	$		93

JIMMY SCOTT OB-LA-DI OB-LA-DA STORY
Alullo (Part 1)
Doh (Part 2)

RARE ORIGINAL UK ROCKSTEADY REVOLUTION REV 002, 1968
PROMOTIONAL COPY dated 6.12.1968

EXTREMELY RARE IN-DEMAND KILLER EARLY AFRO SOUL FUNK MOD IN BEAUTIFUL CONDITION

ISSUED LATER ON ON THE ORANGE SOUL REVOLUTION RDS (1970) AS JIMMY SCOTT WITH THE MAXIMUM BREED. THIS IS THE FIRST, ADVANCED PROMO PRESS.

Condition:
Please note that this should be described as an extended 7".
While side A is 2mn32 long, the killer flipside is a mammoth 6mn+.
As in any songs over 4mns on a 7" 45rpm record, the press is of a lesser volume.

Please thoroughly listen to both soundfiles from this record:
https://soundcloud.com/freddieboomboom/alullo
https://soundcloud.com/freddieboomboom/doh

SIDE A: Alullo - VERY GOOD PLUS TO EXCELLENT, great vinyl sheen, storage hairlines, very light surface noise.
SIDE B: Doh - VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT, great vinyl sheen, storage hairlines, very light surface noise.
Labels - A-side: 4-prongued center is intact, date of release in red stamp, light round sticker trace, no tear, no writing.
Labels - B-side: As new, perfect, no tear, no writing.
Record Sleeve - Original Company Sleeve in GOOD PLUS condition, various creases and record ring mark, no tear, no writing.

Postage:
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Style and artist's background:
Mega-rare late 1968/1969 soul-afro-funk single on obscure British label (best known for its reggae output, and part of Immediate Records) by legendary African-born conga player Jimmy Scott and his band, probably made of a few Blue Flames musicians (could it be Georgie Fame on organ?? The Acetate credits Freddie Scott and the Freddy Mack Show - Freddy Mack was a US professional boxer who later moved to the UK and created his own R&B/Soul/Funk band in the UK).

The A-side (Alullo) is a loosely ska (let's say upbeat)-influenced horn section and Hammond organ filled funky dance groove with vocal.
The B-side (Doh) is  a 5 minute+ wild, organ and brass-led uptempo funky instrumental jam with an extended conga break.
The percussion break on Alullo is reminiscent of "Hit the Bongo" by Tito Puente from 1970, interestingly.
A seriously hard-to-find record from a tiny sub-label.

This is not the American Jazz Jimmy Scott by the way!
Jimmy was a veteran jazz player who worked the British clubs in the 1950s and later with Georgie Fame and is known to have inspired Paul McCartney's 1968 song Ob-La-Di-Ob-La-Da on which he even allegedly played percussion.
Jimmy Scott was born Jimmy Anonmuogharan Scott Emuakor and came from a Urhobo family in Nigeria. Later on his brother was made a minister and worked for the Nigerian government. Sadly, musicians are not highly regarded in Western Africa.
Jimmy arrived in Britain for the first time on a cargo ship in 1948. He first worked as a conga player with the late band leader Edmundo Ros. Later on Jimmy joined the original Blue Flames to back Georgie Fame on a number of his hits including "Yeah Yeah" and "Bonnie and Clyde". He also played in a number of films. You can see him performing as the tall man in Ginger Johnson's African Drummers in the film record of the Rolling Stones free concert in Hyde Park. For a long time Jimmy performed in the West End as a conga player in "Jesus Christ Superstar" and always carried the sticker on his congas.
He died of pneumonia-related illness in 1984 while on tour with the Bad Manners who he was playing percussion for.
Lee Perry performed at his memorial concert.
For more info, check these links:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1h2sIdxY-U
http://marcoonthebass.blogspot.co.uk/2011/05/life-times-of-jimmy-scott-from.html