I heard a Candido track on the radio last
night. I thought - I’ve got this.
It was easy to find because I knew it was
filed away under C in my Expedit full of my “original collection” from back in
the day. I’ve slept on this one for far too long. I seem to remember Jingo was the track that made me buy
this album, but all four tracks on the LP are joyous, percussion driven, dance
floor movers. The lyrics may be basic but that is not the point of such
records, there is more than enough going on in the mix to mean you don’t need
to be in the vicinity of a dance floor to enjoy them. Also, although all the tracks
are long – it was recorded in the middle of the disco age after all – they don’t
feel over long as so much of the disco output did.
By the looks of my LP I didn’t play it
nearly as much as I should have done back in ’79. My gain now though, the LP is
in mint condition and sounds great.
Thousand Finger Man
is the track that I heard last night. Candido Camero originally recorded this
in 1970. I haven’t heard the original version but expect it is very different
from this 1979 version which, I think now, sounds way ahead of its time.
Candido has a recording career stretching
back to the 50s. He was 58 when he recorded this track. He is still alive, and turned 92 last month.
That’s what congas and bongos can do for
you!
5 comments:
Sorry, that was me. Pesky daughter not logging out of Google!
As I was trying to say as me -
Sounds almost Housey at points, doesn't it?
Yes, exactly what i thought.
PS I know your name :)
Yes, unfortunately I shall now have to kill you.
Seems fair.
Post a Comment