WHEEDLE'S GROOVE VOLUME II Seattle Funk Modern Soul Boogie '72-'87 SEALED 2X LP

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Title
WHEEDLE'S GROOVE VOLUME II:
  Seattle Funk, Modern Soul, and Boogie 1972-1987
Item
2x12" Vinyl LP
Released June 24, 2014 Label Light In The Attic
Catalog
LITA 108
Condition New, mint, original factory sealed condition
Info
MEGA RARE EXCLUSIVE SUBSCRIBER EDITION pressed on 180-gram “Seattle Supersonics” Green and Yellow wax
Limited edition of only 200 copies worldwide!

Compiled by DJ Supreme La Rock
Album cover photo by Leonard Bordeaux
All tracks remastered
Housed in deluxe Stoughton “Tip-On” gatefold jacket
New liner notes by Jonathan Zwickel with band interviews and rare archive photos

As the title suggests, this compilation from Light In The Attic sees the label offer up a second selection of nuggets from the Pacific North West funk scene a decade after the first, hugely enjoyable edition of Wheedle's Groove. Once again put together with the dusty fingered assistance of DJ Supreme La Rock, this second volume fast forwards proceedings a decade covering a fifteen year period from 1972 onwards and contains a wonderfully enlightening 18 tracks. As with the overall funk movement as a whole, it's easy to discern a shift in sound across this compilation from the straight up funk sound that dominated the debut collection as disco and modern soul began to emerge. As Wheedles Groove II progresses we are even treated to nascent forms of electro and hip hop which reveals the Emerald City's music scene was much more diverse than many give it credit for. Includes killer liner notes by Jonathan Zwickel with band interviews and rare archive photos.
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. No – in the world of Wheedle’s Groove, platform shoes and pimp hats were the order of the day.

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 II, documents the period from 1972 to 1987, when funk was superseded by disco and modern soul. Heading into the ‘80s, artists in the Emerald City caught wind of the hip-hop and electro scenes that were growing in bigger cities across America, and gave the music their own distinct spin.

As the years unfurl in the tracks of Wheedle’s Groove Volume II, so does the recent history of American music, the songs tracing technological changes and social change, and music’s move from the club to disco as live bands moved aside for DJs. Witness Septimus, on the cusp of both, blending a live drummer with a Roland drum machine and cutting ‘Here I Go Again’ on a disco-friendly 12” single.

Separated from the major centers of soul music, Seattle was a scene that developed out of the gaze of the mainstream music industry, but one that moved just as fast. As John Studamire of the band Priceless remembers, “A lot of the groups around town would have to incorporate that disco sound or you’d sound totally dated.”

Seattle’s size and location had a great effect on its sound. Artists on the scene were accustomed to playing small, discreetly segregated club shows and pressing short runs of 45s for local radio stations. Touring happened mostly on a regional scale and artists popped up in a variety of different bands. Fans of Volume I will recognize some familiar names here: Robbie Hill’s Family Affair turn in the soul-jazz gem ‘Don’t Give Up’ and Cold, Bold & Together present the undeniable vocal beauty of ’Let’s Backtrack.’

Compiled and sequenced by Seattle’s DJ Supreme La Rock, this 18-track compilation will also introduce you to the long-forgotten blue-eyed soul boy Don Brown (‘Don’t Lose Your Love’) and frustrated talents Push, overlooked for record deals on account of singer “Big Joe” Erickson’s larger-than-life heft (‘You Turn Me On’). There’s Frederick Robinson III and his gospel-funk protest tune ‘Love One Another’, Tony Benton of Teleclere being Seattle’s answer to Prince (‘Steal Your Love’) and Seattle Mariners baseball star Lenny Randle recording a tribute to their infamous stadium.
Tracklist
SIDE A
1.  Epicentre  -  Get Off The Phone
2.  Priceless  -  Love In Your Life
3.  Don Brown  -  Don't Lose Your Love
4.  Deuce featuring Clevon  -  Your Love Is Fine (Lovin' Fine)
5.  Push  -  You Turn Me On (Portland Session Mix)

SIDE B
1.  Seattle Pure Dynamite  -  I Wonder Love 
2.  Septimus  -  Here I Go Again
3.  Priceless  -  Look At Me
4.  Lenny Randle & Ballplayers featuring "Rashawna"  -  Kingdome

SIDE C
1.  Malik Din  -  Trouble In Mind
2.  Romel Westwood  -  I'm Through With You
3.  Teleclere  -  Steal Your Love
4.  Steppen Stones  -  Darlin Oh Darlin
5.  Cold, Bold, & Together  -  Let's Backtrack

SIDE D
1.  Unfinished Business  -  Holding On
2.  Frederick Robinson III  -  Love One Another
3.  Bernadette Bascom  -  I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love
4.  Robbie Hill's Family Affair  -  Don't Give Up
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Bio
Light In The Attic Records is an independent record label established in 2002 in Seattle, Washington by Matt Sullivan, known for its roster of reissue projects, and for its distribution catalog. As reissue label, Light In The Attic has re-released works by artists such as Betty Davis, Serge Gainsbourg, Jim Sullivan, Jane Birkin, The Free Design, and many more. The record label has also released albums by contemporary bands like The Black Angels and Nicole Willis and The Soul Investigators.

Already in high school, Sullivan was interested in starting his own label. "I always wanted my own label," Sullivan told The Stranger in 2006, "but it was always the wrong time."

After high school and college at the University of Arizona, Sullivan interned for Seattle, Washington-based record labels like Sub Pop and the now-defunct Loosegroove Records. Susie Tennant, Sub Pop’s then radio-promotions director, offered Sullivan a chance to intern with Madrid, Spain-based record label, Munster Records. Munster Records focused primarily on reissues of bands like The Stooges and Spaceman 3, inspiring Sullivan to begin rethinking his own concept behind the still active idea of starting a record label.

Upon Sullivan’s return to the states he began producing live shows in the Seattle area including performances by performers like Saul Williams, Clinic, and Kid Koala under the name Light In The Attic. With a stronger interest in the production of records, Sullivan returned to his original idea of a reissue label.

Major projects were, among others:

• a reissue of The Last Poet's first two releases - The Last Poets and This Is Madness.
• the reissue of the soundtrack to 1974 blackploitation film Lialeh composed by Bernard Purdie.
• the reissue of several works from The Free Design.
• Wheedle's Groove, a collection of songs from forgotten soul and funk groups from Seattle, including, amongst others, Patrinell Wright, The Black & White Affair, Kenny G, Ron Buford, Overton Berry
• in 2006, Light in the Attic released the album "Passover" from the psych-rock group The Black Angels. This was their first contemporary release.
• the reissue of Betty Davis' albums Betty Davis and They Say I'm Different. Davis agreed with the project, but did no co-operate.
• In 2009, the label acquired the rights to distribute deceased Serge Gainsbourg's classic album Histoire de Melody Nelson. This was their first project with an already established artist.
• In 2010, they launched their 50th album. This album was a release of old demos by folk-country singer Kris Kristofferson and was named Please Don't Tell Me How The Story Ends: Publishing Demos 1968 - 1972.