GROOVE ADDICT: FREDDIE MCCOY FUNK DROPS

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Read an article on a post Bob Stanley on Guardian

"In the summer, the scene would move en masse to Ostend, Belgium's equivalent to Blackpool. DJ Freddy Cousaert played at the Groove, a late night downstairs bar frequented by US marines, lovers of blues and soul music and tourists, it was Cousaert who later looked after Marvin Gaye during his 80s sejourn in Ostend. The music he played at the Groove included ska, Latin jazz and even Broadway songs such as Stranger in Paradise, or Whatever Lola Wants from Damn Yankees...."

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FREDDIE MCCOY FUNK DROPS

Publié par M L

PRESTIGE RECORDS 1966 PR 7470

credits :

Baritone Saxophone – Laurdine Patrick (tracks: A1, B1, B4)
Bass – Augustus Turner (tracks: A2, A3, A4, B2, B3)
Bass Guitar – Albert Winston (tracks: A1, B1, B4)
Hammond B3 Alfred Williams (tracks: A1, B1, B4)
Drums – Bernard Purdie (tracks: A1, B1, B4),
George Scott (3) (tracks: A2, A3, A4, B2, B3)
Guitar – Napolean Allen (tracks: A1, B1, B4)
Piano – Joanne Brackeena* (tracks: A2, A3, A4, B2, B3)
Trumpet – James Robinson (13) (tracks: A1, B1, B4)
Vibraphone [Vibes] – Freddie McCoy
Violin [Electric Violin] – John Blair (tracks: A1, B1, B4)

recorded at:

Rudy Van Gelder Studio, Englewood Cliffs,

NJ, June 21, 1966 and June 22, 1966

producer: Cal Lampley

engineer: Rudy Van Gelder

tracks list:

A1 My Babe
Written-By – Dixon*
3:00
A2 And I Love Her
Written-By – Lennon/McCartney*
6:00
A3 High Heal Sneakers
Written-By – Higgenbatam*
3:25
A4 Moyé
Written-By – McCoy*
6:30
B1 Funk Drops
Written-By – McCoy*
3:15
B2 Tough Talk
Written By – Sample/Henderson/Hooper
Written-By – Hooper*, Sample*, Henderson*
3:30
B3 Theodora
Written-By – Taylor*
4:05
B4 The Sleepy Lagoon
Written By – Coates/Lawrence
Written-By – Coates*, Lawrence*

Funk Drops

And I Love Her

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