The Soul Searchers - We The People (1972)
By Papa Funk
This Washington, D.C.-based group had two singles from this
album featured on the Billboard R&B charts: “We the People” and
“Think.” The former is an aggressively-paced number with a social
message for the times; it features an instrumental vamp. It peaked at 40
after only six weeks on the charts. The second single was “Think.”
Penned by James Brown, it features his distinctive horn arrangement. It,
too, has that upbeat rhythm. It peaked at 43 inside five weeks. The two
ballads on this album are “When Will My Eyes See” and “Your Love Is so
Good,” and both contrast each other. The former is pop-oriented and the
latter is soulful. The remaining tracks are in the vein of the two
released singles. All are seasoned with the thick, gritty sound of the
early ’70s.
** The Amazing Album's
From
The Soul Searchers **
One the all time great funky albums of the 70s – a mad
little record with a sense of rhythm and timing that was years ahead of
its time! The Soul Searchers (along with Chuck Brown) later became known
for their heavy-hitting Go Go work at the end of the decade – but here,
they’re a really free-thinking outfit with a lot of jazz in their funk –
and a willingness to change up the beats and timings in ways that push
the record miles ahead from an average funk outing. Tracks swirl around
with an amazing intensity – supported by guitar work from Brown, organ
from Hilton Felton, and some really great horns from Don Tillery and
Lloyd Pinchback. The album features a wonderful remake of “Think” – plus
the great originals “1993″, “Soul To The People”, “Blowout”, and “We
The People”.
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The Soul Searchers - Salt Of The Earth (1974) By Papa Funk
The second Soul Searchers LP expands the band’s music into
deep and dark new dimensions. While boasting an even funkier
street-smart approach than the previous We the People, Salt of the Earth
achieves new levels of jazz-inspired sophistication as well. The
much-sampled “Ashley’s Roachclip” and “I Rolled It, You Hold It” are
brilliant evocations of mind-warping psychedelia, but the group also
slows down and gets straight with a shimmering reading of the classic
Bacharach/David love song “Close to You.” Between those two extremes
lurk angular yet soulful grooves with all the widescreen power of
contemporaries like Earth, Wind & Fire and Kool & the Gang, but
with a structural complexity all their own.
The amazing second album from The Soul Searchers – even
harder, funkier, and rarer than the first! This one blows away
everything else the group have ever done – as the record has an angular
approach that has the band taking a lot of weird twists with the
grooves, creating these dark jazzy edges that have forever made the
album a favorite with fans of deep-thinking funk! The massively funky
sound of the group’s debut are further increased here by a hipper, more
sophisticated approach to rhythm and soul – one that’s got the group
flowing through warm moments one minute, then cutting things into
deeper, sharper tones the next. Titles include the sublime “Ashley’s
Roachclip”, a famous BDP sample from way back – plus the cuts “I Rolled
It You Hold It”, “Blow Your Whistle”, “Funk To The Folks”, “Ain’t It
Heavy”, and “If It Ain’t Funky”.
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