Thursday, February 19, 2009

Funk Factory - Same (ATCO 1975)


This time I will funk your day up with the 1975 effort of a combo led by the Polish jazz genius' Michal Urbaniak and Urszula Dudziak. Even though there is quite some of their excellent work around in the blogosphere, I really found this gem missing. "Rien Ne Va Plus", "Lilliput" and the monster synth riff of "Horsing Around" are my personal favorite spots on this record but see for yourself, sure some nice Rhodes work overall. While the breaks are already starting to get that Disco touch of the late 70s that I mostly dislike. Or is it just Steve Gadd's drum set sounding as awful as on many CTI records he did by the time? Ever recognized how dull and and uncrisp his snares and flat his kicks sound?

Anyway. Let me know what you think. All comments and shouts are highly appreciated with more posts!!!

So once again you're gladly invited to have a relaxed listen to some synth-flavored Fusion tunes @320k vinyl-rip.
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24 comments:

  1. http://rapidshare.com/files/200164248/Funk_Factory_-_Same.rar

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  2. I've just found your new blog and wanted to wish you good luck... There are some really nice LPs posted here, that Hal Galper looks mad interesting (I'll give it a try)...
    Peace...

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  4. Yeah, damn those disco-tinged touch and hell yeah, I don't own ANY CTI recording for that matter.. always disliked that "too smooth" sound [:-) gonna give this a try however will let you know how it went down on me {;-)
    peace, E-mile

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  6. Thank you very much for the fine tunes.

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  7. love this! even the disco sound! amazing and thank you very much
    paw, copenhagen

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  8. good job,thanks ;)

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  9. woah, as I'm getting older, it seeeeems that it equals to: the more I forget about stuff... such as "i already checked this one way back, selected a song or two & forget all about it" kinda stuff...
    Even used a song in this post:
    http://e-milesaysongsdothematter.blogspot.com/2008/09/181-what-is-funk-part-3.html
    Gruppo Sportivo was proven to be quite wrong ("Disco really made it, it's empty & I hate it), this album isn't half as bad as you presented it in your review, though it must be sais that Urbaniak & Dudziak HAVE made "better" albums [:-)
    -replace "better" with
    "adventurous" & you know what I mean...
    peace, (and looking forward to your next post) E-mile

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  10. Actually, I love this album very much, especially the tunes I emphasized on, maybe my review sounded a bit too negative, sorry for that.
    I would not post anything I*m not into.
    Anyway, glad you like it, too.

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  11. Loving this one! Merci.

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  13. thanks


    been looking for this

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  14. Thank you =)

    --JDT

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  16. Thanks. If anything sounds flat it's likely the engineer, producer or even perhaps the mastering...

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  19. This really sounds awsome!
    I'm I big fan of Steve Gadd and I was amazed to discover this.
    Tausend Dank!

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  20. Gaddisian Awful Drum Syndrome? I must ask...

    http://www.archive.org/details/parahelion_3

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  21. Just lead a link to the Funk Factory from the Iron Curtian Classics. Hope you don't mind!

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  23. hi peeps can anyone give me the code for the download i have it as a zip but need the key to open it .. where can i find that key
    ? please

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  24. yeah that's a solid album. Recently been seeding his first 2 albums as a lossless torrent on my blog.. if you are interested go check it out. See where the funk factory sound evolved out of. peace

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