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Blowfly Disco

8th | Item No: 615060
Vinyl LP | 1977 / US – Reissue | New
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Item Description
Nobody could have suspected the path that Clarence Henry Reid
would take during the 1960s. During this time he worked as a
singer/songwriter and producer for the likes of KC & The
Sunshine Band, Bobby Byrd, Gwen McCrae, and various others.
He would also release his own compositions, including the deep
soul classic "Nobody But You Babe", which would become a sampling
favorite of KRS-One, Erykah Badu, DMX, and more. Though
Reid maintained a reputation as a consummate professional
among the romantic soul crowd, outside of his day-job he turned
a complete 180, writing and performing humorous, deliberately
raunchy and sexually-explicit parodies of songs. These parodies
would be relegated strictly to friends at parties, and wouldn't see
a wide audience until the 1970s hit.
In 1971 Reid would gather a collection of studio musicians,
including famed R&B sidemen Timmy Thomas & Benny Latimore
on keys, and Little Beaver on guitar, to finally commit these
parodies to wax. In order to protect his identity as a songwriter
Reid took on the stage name Blowfly, and dressed as a comic
book super villain for live performances and photos. From there
he would release numerous studio albums of similarly crude
parodies throughout the 70s and 80s, which were enormously
popular as party records. These records would also go on to
become a wealth of sampling fodder for artists like Jurassic 5, The
Pharcyde, DJ Shadow, Eazy-E, and many more, as well as lead
Reid to collaborate with artists as varied as soul contemporary
King Coleman, to former Dead Kennedys frontman Jello Biafra, to
ganja-centric rapper Afroman.
In 1977, after recording parody after parody of the classic
soul music which gave him his start, Reid took the next logical
step, and turned his gaze towards disco, a genre of music which
was already seedy and raunchy enough without adding his own
stylistic take on it. It was a perfect match for Blowfly. The resulting
album was simply titled Disco, and featured significantly
increased production values, a more polished sound, and the
addition of string sections and backing choruses. Featuring Reid's
explicit takes on tracks by B.T. Express, Chic, The Isley Brothers,
and even Frankie Valli.
Item Details
Item No: 615060
Artist: Blowfly
Title: Disco
Label: 8th
Catalog No: ETH2028-LP
Format: Vinyl LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: US – Reissue
Release Date: 1977
Genre: Organic Grooves
Style: Funk | Soul
Available since: 2019-01-17
Condition: New
Price: $ 21.04
Weight: 250g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Shake Your Ass
A2 What A Difference
A3 Bad Fuck
A4 Suck It
B1 Spread Your Cheeks
B2 Freak Out
B3 Kiss It All Around
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