UNDER-ESTIMATED 1970 ORIG HEAVY WAH WAH FUNK PSYCH Curtis Knight BLACK MERDA
  $   48

 


$ 48 Sold For
Nov 15, 2015 Sold Date
Nov 10, 2015 Start Date
$   10 Start price
9   Number Of Bids
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                  ORIGINAL 1970 FIRST PRESS                HEAVY WAH-WAH FUNK PSYCH

                                        

                CURTIS KNIGHT

      "DOWN IN THE VILLAGE"

                             

                              

            

\                                                       USA - PARAMOUNT RECORDS - 5023

 

Original 1970 first pressing of an still unknown/under-appreciated album that many would dig if having the chance to hear ... Curtis Knight employed Jimi Hendrix in his band right before Jimi's "EXPERIENCE" ...that's where "Down IN The Village" arrives with the heavy Jimi "Experience funk/psych sound:::

This record deserves a wider audience as it contains killer heavy acid stuff. Absolutely essential in the vein of "Black Merda" meeting the "Velvert Turner Group" heavy wah-wah funk/psych sounds...  kind of like those 67 era Hendrix recordings but with freakier drumming and vocalising.
You could probably consider most of this set as the logical progression from the Jimi Hendrix Experience without Hendrix's presence but with the similar groove and vibe and a great guitarist. Norman Stone's psychedelic soul productions on the Temptations etc around this time may well have had an influence as well.  Most of the 10 cuts are excellent freak-psych/rock with funky grooves and vocals. You can find 'Give You Plenty Lovin' for instance on youtube which is a 9:45 minute dirge-come-psych guitar wig out. Elsewhere, other tracks, especially the last three are tight, bendy funk-psych dancers.

The extent to which Knight influenced Hendrix has never been established, though by the time Down In The Village was made, Knight was clearly in thrall to his alleged former protege. After Hendrix's September 1970 death, Knight moved to London and made another album "Zeus" (including guitarist "Fast Eddie" Eddie Clarke, later to join Motorhead). 
 Down In The Village - 3:17
Lena - 3:51
Friedman Hill - 3:00
See No Evil - 3:38
Beautiful World, Beautiful People  3:03
Goin Up The Road - 3:57
Give You Plenty Lovin' - 9:45
Eenee Meenee Minee Mo - 3:53
Hi-Low - 3:30
Goodbye Cruel World - 2:16

 

 

CONDITION: The cover: rated, "EX" (excellent) clean with the original sticker at top right ... really hard to find clean with the black (wear-prone) cover .. fresh original colors, no delete marks, no split seams, no bends, and no writing  ... collection worthy rarity ...

The vinyl: Clean and glossy over both sides, rated: M- clean very enjoyable audio...NO distracting surface problems ... both labels are clean

                         

      A cool addition to anyone's music library!

 

SEE: SELLERS OTher items for similar cool sounds for "head" people...

 

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