The Land Before Prince: Twin Cities Funk & Soul: Lost R&B Grooves from Minneapolis/St. Paul 1964-1979

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http://blog.thecurrent.org/post/2012/07/secret-stash-prepping-compilation-twin-cities-funk-and-soul-rarities

http://secretstashrecords.com/twin-cities-funk-and-soul/

Secret Stash has been going locally for a few years, def in the numero group/soundway type thing....anyway not much documentation of the Minneapolis black music scene prior to the Prince/Time/Jam&Lewis crew....excited for this!

listen to that wu-tang whistle blowin' (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 20:47 (twelve years ago)

Man, everybody I know is going to this and I'm up at my parents for that weekend.

The specifics are these, which is those principles I described (Dan Peterson), Wednesday, 12 September 2012 21:07 (twelve years ago)

couple of samples here: http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2012/09/12/twin-cities-funk-soul-lost-rb-grooves-from-minneapolisst-paul-1964-1979/
sounds great -- that Wanda Davis track is awesome.

tylerw, Friday, 14 September 2012 17:39 (twelve years ago)

Sweet! TBH I would also go nuts for a box of 2nd tier mplsstpl funk/rnb from the Prince/Time era. That DJ mix from... last year? of Prince clones was such great listening.

Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Friday, 14 September 2012 18:14 (twelve years ago)

totally, i was hoping that's what this was.

40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 14 September 2012 18:18 (twelve years ago)

you got a link to that dj mix? think i missed it.

tylerw, Friday, 14 September 2012 18:19 (twelve years ago)

Can't search right now cuz at work. It was called 'The Minneapolis Sound' something something. One long MP3 track. Will look tonight.

Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Friday, 14 September 2012 18:28 (twelve years ago)

this thing? http://soundcloud.com/emancipation/emancipation-show-mix-the

tylerw, Friday, 14 September 2012 18:29 (twelve years ago)

there was that mix that Wax Poetics hosted, but it looks like it's been taken down. the one you just posted has some of the same tracks though.

40oz of tears (Jordan), Friday, 14 September 2012 18:31 (twelve years ago)

oh right, the wax poetics thing. that was great.

tylerw, Friday, 14 September 2012 19:11 (twelve years ago)

^that was it (wax poetics).

Lewis Apparition (Jon Lewis), Friday, 14 September 2012 19:14 (twelve years ago)


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