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Wheedle's Groove
Seattle Funk, Modern Soul & Boogie: Volume II 1972-1987
LITA 108
- Compiled by DJ Supreme La Rock
- Album cover photo by Leonard Bordeaux
- All tracks re-mastered
- CD & 2xLP housed in deluxe Stoughton “Tip-On” gatefold jackets
- New liner notes by Jonathan Zwickel with band interviews and rare archive photos
- Color vinyl editions:
+ LITA Vinyl Subscriber Exclusive – 200 on 180-gram “Sonics” colored wax (LP 1 Green, LP 2 Yellow)
+ LITA.net Pre-order Exclusive – 200 on “Red Light Red” wax —> limit 2 per customer
+ LITA Shop Exclusive – 250 hand numbered jackets with 180-gram wax (LP 1 “Seattle Supersonics” tribute picture disc, shown above, LP 2 “Sonics” yellow/green split wax) —> limit 2 per customer
Description
In 2004, the first volume of Wheedle’s Groove shone a light on the formerly unheralded soul scene in 1960s and ‘70s Seattle, followed by a new album in 2008, and then an award winning feature-length documentary film. The on-going Wheedle’s Groove series continues to present a vast chapter of the city’s musical heritage that has little to do with long-haired rock dudes with guitars. But unlike Volume I, Seattle’s soul scene did not stop in 1975. A new volume, Wheedle’s Groove Vol. II, documents the period from 1972 to 1987, when funk was superseded by disco and modern soul. Compiled and sequenced by Seattle’s DJ Supreme La Rock, this 18-track compilation will also introduce you to the forgotten sound of Seattle’s soul & funk scene.
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