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V.A. Heed The Call

Vostok | Item No: 561866
Vinyl 2LP | 2017 / NZ – Original | New
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Aotearoa, New Zealand, nineteen-seventy-something, the bottom of the South Pacific—the largest Maori and Polynesian population in the world and a nation wanting to groove. Approximately three million people, two islands, hot summers, muddy winters, one TV channel until 1975, and all radio was AM. A constant supply of international soul, funk, and disco releases were available, but things got really interesting when local artists found their soul on vinyl.

Heed The Call! collects the best New Zealand material from the afro-tastic days of 1973 to 1983. Artists include Mark Williams, whose “House For Sale” became a sought-after Northern Soul single, the (three) Yandall Sisters (two of whom are pictured behind Mark WiIlliams on the cover), a teenage Tina Cross, Dalvanius and Prince Tui Teka—all of these became household names in New Zealand. This collection mines some overlooked nuggets from their respective catalogs alongside lesser known acts like The Pink Family, with their non-secular floor sizzler “Don’t Give Your Life Away,” the gritty gospel soul of Sonia & Skee, and many others.

These are the songs that drove a country from black and white to technicolor, and, being a scene born in total isolation, it took turns that weren’t heard anywhere else. This is funk, soul and disco if Studio 54 had been set up within five minutes of a dairy farm, a rugby club and a marae, and it finally let people dance.
Item Details
Item No: 561866
Artist: V.A.
Title: Heed The Call
Label: Vostok
Catalog No: VOSTOK 02
Format: Vinyl 2LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: NZ – Original
Release Date: 2017
Genre: Organic Grooves
Style: Funk | Soul
Available since: 2017-12-08
Condition: New
Price: $ 29.97
Weight: 500g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Dalvanius & The Fascinations - Voodoo Lady
A2 Collision - You Can Dance
A3 Mark Williams - Disco Queen
A4 The Johnny Rocco Band - She's Knocking On My Door
B1 The 1860 Band - That's The Kind Of Love I've Got For You
B2 Inbetweens - Mr Funky
B3 Tina Cross - You Can Do It
B4 Golden Harvest - I Need Your Love
C1 Mark Williams - A House For Sale
C2 The Pink Family - Don't Give Your Life Away
C3 Prince Tui Teka - Heed The Call
C4 The Yandall Sisters - Sweet Inspiration
C5 Sonia & Skee - There's A River
D1 Ticket - Mr Music
D2 Larry Morris - Who Do We Think We're Fooling
D3 Herb Mcquay - Night People
D4 The Totals - Total Man
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