Monday, July 10, 2023

VA - As We Travel, Folk Funk Flavours & Ambient Soul [2002]

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VA - As We Travel, Folk Funk Flavours & Ambient Soul [2002]

As We Travel, the follow-up to the Harmless label's excellent Make Music comp, may be better than its predecessor, assembling an even more perfectly nuanced collection of spacious, mellow soul cuts from the early '70s. Unified by their acoustic guitars, gently bubbling basslines, and sweetly funky rhythms, these dozen songs come together to create a ravishingly beautiful mood perfect for Sunday morning listening -- the subtitle, Folk Funk Flavours & Ambient Soul, speaks volumes about the scope and effect of the grooves therein. Compiler John Stapleton even achieves a wonderful balance between familiar favorites and relative obscurities, juxtaposing the likes of Shuggie Otis' Strawberry Letter 23 and Funkadelic's Can You Get to That against the little-known Lyn Christopher's Take Me With You -- hell, even erstwhile Brit girl-group queen Sandie Shaw makes an appearance with Your Time Is Gonna Come. (AMG review by Jason Ankeny )

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Apologies to all.

Here is the missing track 10. Nancy Priddy - You've Come This Way Before     2:52

https://krakenfiles.com/view/tUymg7PhIZ/file.html

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Track list

01 Shuggie Otis - Strawberry Letter 23 3:59

02 Lyn Christopher - Take Me With You 3:07

03 Isley Brothers - Love The One Your With 3:40

04 Funkadelic - Can You Get To That 2:51

05 Sinto - Right On Brother 7:31

06 Jose Feliciano - Golden Lady 4:21

07 Terry Callier - You Goin' Miss Your Candy Man 7:20

08 Sandie Shaw - Your Time Is Gonna Come 3:31

10    Nancy Priddy -     You've Come This Way Before     2:52

09 American Gypsy - Golden Ring 4:22

11 Bugsy - As We Travel 5:25

12 Meters - Birds 4:23

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19 comments:

  1. ripleyJuly 10, 2023 at 2:44 PM

    lovely thank you. it would be nice to have this groove extended to a 3-hour B-boy set....

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    1. ButterboyJuly 10, 2023 at 4:18 PM

      Hi ripley.
      You're welcome.
      It would be a nice challenge. Who knows in the future.
      Cheers

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  2. MrDaveJuly 10, 2023 at 8:38 PM

    Never seen this before and it looks like a great theme and selection. I agree with Ripley that I would be down with an extended B-boy mix of this folk-funk & ambient soul groove. Might be a hard essence to conjure and distill but you've been known to work your alchemy many times before!

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    1. ButterboyJuly 11, 2023 at 9:17 AM

      Hi MrDave.
      Some really nice tracks on this well put together compilation.
      I have been giving it thought, a possible Extended Edition on its way.
      Cheers.

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  3. Hervé GuilleminotJuly 10, 2023 at 10:45 PM

    VERY GOOD compilation. The mix is perfect. Bravo!

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    1. ButterboyJuly 11, 2023 at 9:20 AM

      Thanks Herve,
      Enjoy. There will be more. I agree the mix has been done in a very enjoyable way. Even the Sandie Shaw track fits well. A Lovely track.
      Cheers.

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  4. C. TietjensJuly 11, 2023 at 12:34 AM

    this looks great! Unfortunately I keep getting "server overloaded" when I try to DL from KF. Anyone else having this problem?

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    1. ButterboyJuly 11, 2023 at 9:22 AM

      Hi Matthew.
      I just tested the links and seems to be working fine and over 400 dl's. Please try again later. I hope it will work for you.
      Cheers.

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    2. C. TietjensJuly 11, 2023 at 11:33 PM

      I will do. Thank you for everything you do, in any case. Yours is the best music blog on the internet by far.

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    3. ButterboyJuly 12, 2023 at 7:34 AM

      Thank you, Matthew,
      I truly appreciate your kind words.
      Cheers.

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  5. lemonflagJuly 11, 2023 at 2:07 PM

    BB I cannot believe 400 dl's and only 4 comments! My mum taught me to say thank you when you are given something.
    Thanks!

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    1. ButterboyJuly 11, 2023 at 4:40 PM

      You're welcome, lemonflag.
      And thank you.
      Cheers.

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  6. Rob MJuly 11, 2023 at 5:40 PM

    This is fabulous, thank you. Any chance of the Make Music compilation mentioned which this is the sequel to? Cheers

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    1. ButterboyJuly 11, 2023 at 6:25 PM

      Hi Rob M
      Glad you like it.
      I don't think I have the first. If I do, I will post it at a later date.
      Cheers.

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  7. interzoneJuly 12, 2023 at 10:39 AM

    Thanks for this! Just a quick note/question, this seems to be only 11 tracks...missing #10 Nancy Priddy– You've Come This Way Before. Any Chance we can get that track?

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    1. interzoneJuly 12, 2023 at 11:02 AM

      Wow I'm dumb lol. I searched my hard drives and I have this album already...here's the Nancy Priddy Track: https://we.tl/t-s3eWCWhxoz

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    2. ButterboyJuly 12, 2023 at 11:26 AM

      Hi Interzone,
      Thanks for highlighting that. I have the track and am not sure why it missed the file link. Anyway, I will post the missing track above. PS thanks for the link.
      Cheers

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  8. Little BillJuly 12, 2023 at 11:53 AM

    Looks like a soulful one, many thanks Butterboy for posting it!

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    1. ButterboyJuly 12, 2023 at 2:46 PM

      Hi Little Bill.
      This has proved to be a popular set despite the missing track which is now added. Woops!
      Cheers.

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