425. Eddie Perrell “Hex” (Shurfine, 1966) скачать в хорошем качестве

425. Eddie Perrell “Hex” (Shurfine, 1966)

NY Night Tain Soul Clap & Dance-Off Top 500 ripped from the original 45s! A pounding macabre masterpiece from both the Haunted Hop and the Soul Clap on Atlanta’s under-estimated Shurfine Records. Aesthetically somewhere between Screamin’ Jay Hawkins and a Creedence Clearwater Revival cover of Screeamin’ Jay Hawkins, “Hex,” with its sinister organ, overdriven bluesy guitar leads, and Perrell’s extraordinary soul screaming, is as much early hard rock as heavy soul. Reading Aaron Cohen’s excellent “Move On Up: Chicago Soul Music and Black Cultural Power” in the beginning of quarantine I was struck by the early chapter where young Duke of Earl Gene Chandler is in the hallway of Englewood High School with Eddie Perrell practicing harmony for their group The Gay Tones. I immediately thought that there couldn’t be that many Eddie Perrells out there in the soul universe and this had to be the same singer who shouted one of my favorite Atlanta records “Hex” on Shurfine – which also had to be the cool and unusual voice with miles of style you hear over Booker T and the MG’s backing on another Soul Clap spin “The Spoiler” (I also like to turn Vigon’s French version!). While some sources (including Discogs) have them listed as different singers, my research confirms that “Hex’s” Perrell is also Eddie Purrell from the Volt single and the stone soulful “Had To Be A Lover” 45 on Chicago’s Hit Sound Records. Perrell also recorded as Little Eddie Love whose rockin’ 1960 single “Come Runnin’ To Me Baby” appeared on both L.A.’s Mack IV and Philly’s Red Top imprints. He also had a couple of small releases on Maryland’s Plum Good and the mysterious Quette Records. Plus he has two 1972 production credits on Cleveland vocal trio Sly, Slick And Wicked’s Paramount singles plus a 1973 co-production credit with James Brown on their “Sho’ Nuff” on Soul Brother No. 1’s People imprint. Chicago, L.A./Philadelphia, Atlanta, Maryland, Memphis, Cleveland, and mysterious James Brown land (NYC? Macon?)! A different city for each record! Eddie Perrell liked to ramble! Who is this supreme soul journeyman and why was he moving around the country after each killer record? My internet sleuthing revealed that Eddy Perrell has his own web site! But it’s currently down… hmmm…. And he’s been recently active! He recorded a cool contemporary funk CD/MP3 single “Papa Was a Pistol I’m a Son of a Gun” in 2015 on the same imprint as “Yes, I Got A Chick On The Side, Sho Nuff” 45, Plum Good! So that must’ve been his own imprint? And now it appears he’s in Las Vegas. And next I found a press release for “Papa Was A Pistol.” It begins, “If you don’t know Eddie Perrell let us give you a little background so you can find out who he is…” I thought this was the moment I’d been waiting for. But the bio starts with the Gay Tones and skips right to “Sho Nuff” being sampled by Justin Timberlake and Jay Z on “Suit and Tie.” But what about the decades in between? I need to know more about this fine artiste and his mysterious ’60s sides. In the mean time I’m gonna get ready for Christmas eight month’s in advance with another recent Perrell digital single “Hey There Mama Santa” (2019). I also found some Eddie Perrell mentions in the trade magazines. The best was this award of sorts from the May 27, 1967 edition of “Record World” that makes me think Stax/Volt probably neglected to work this Donald “Duck” Dunn / Booker T. Washington composition despite the fact that it shot up to #2 on one of the most important stations of the time, Chicago’s pioneering home of “The Cool Gent” Herb Kent, “The Blues Man” Pervis Spann, and other black radio icons WVON Chicago: "Most Unrecognized Smash of the Year: Would you believe that “The Spoiler,” Eddie Perrell, Volt, has sold 30,000 copies in Chicago and is second only to “respect” at WVON? Deejays do not want to take this record seriously. Just because they don’t “hear” the record, they won’t play it and give it a chance with the public that it deserves. Stax-Volt is dead serious, and thus far not one market, including Memphis, has even tried to confirm the fantastic Chicago action." Eddie Perrell's official site https://eddieperrell.com go to NYNT for the complete illustrated stories about each song and artist from the NYNT Soul Clap 500 list https://www.newyorknighttrain.com/202... go to the SoundCloud playlist to hear the NYNT Soul Clap 500 mixed DJ style w/banter   / ny-night-train-soul-clap-dance   go to the YouTube NYNT Soul Clap 500 playlist    • NY Night Train Soul Clap 500