Sold Date: March 3, 2016
Start Date: August 13, 2015
Final Price: $32.89 (USD)
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Hello & welcome to our eBay store.Mickey & the Soul Generation, best known for their 1969 paper hit “Iron Leg,” the group came to semi-national attention following Nipsey Russell’s performance of the Iron Leg dance on Johnny Carson. Though they shared a label with Ben E. King, they lacked access to the same promotion and marketing resources. A tour with Sam & Dave and opening slots for James Brown, Kool & the Gang, and The Supremes found them performing for thousands nightly, but still sleeping on floors. By the mid-’70s the group had fractured, with members joining the army, bottling Coke, and starting families. Their run would end in 1977 with two members turning in a passing Average White Band impression called “Southern Fired Funk” before their handful of 45s fell completely out of vogue and made their journey to thrift shops and cut-out distributors. At the dawn of the century, Josh Davis (AKA DJ Shadow) tracked Mickey and his Soul Generation down for the purpose of reissuing their recordings on his upstart Cali-Tex label. “Mickey and the Soul Generation are my favorite funk band,” Davis wrote in 2002. “They were strong contenders for the title from my very first listen back in ’92. ‘Iron Leg’ being the standout track on an otherwise flaccid jazz-funk compilation of the day. Already a favorite rare-groove selection in the ever-accepting UK club scene, I too found myself buoying my bedroom DJ sets with snatches of the irresistible Soul Generation Sound. It became an instant priority of mine to locate an original.” That 2003 reissue was met with critical praise, and ultimately turned a new generation of music lovers onto rare funk and soul. We have gone back to the scene of the crime and re-canvased for new leads, helping Davis expand on his original work, with updated liner notes, tons of newly discovered photos, and a previously unreleased track. 3LP track list: A01. Iron Leg A02. Football A03. Up The Stairs And Around The Bend A04. Give Everybody Some A05. Joint Session B01. The Whatzit B02. Get Down Brother B03. Mystery Girl B04. Message From A Black Man B05. Chocolate C01. How Good Is Good C02. We Got To Make A Change C03. Soulful Sickness C04. U.F.O C05. Hey, Brother Man Carter D01. Southern Fried Funk (1st Movement) D02. Southern Fried Funk (2nd Movement) D03. Hey, Brother Man (Pams Demo) D04. U.F.O (Pams Demo) D05. Listen (To The Cry Of The People) E01. The Get Down (Live) E02. Working On Your Love (Live) E03. Help (I Need Your Love (Live) E04. Why You Wanna Leave Me (Live) F01. Life’s A Mystery (Live) F02. Hey, Brother Man (Live) We have been providing great bargins and quality merchandise on eBay since 1999. We always strive to provide our customers with the best online shopping experience possible. We use thick cardboard mailers specially designed for shipping records. As well we provide additional padding to make sure that your record will arive to you as minty fresh as possible. On the rare ocassion that there is something wrong with your order when you receive it please do not hesitate to contact us and we will fix it right away and make sure you are fully satisfied with your purchase. This record is brand new and unplayed. Check out my other auctions for tons of great albums and save on shipping! Only $2 shipping to add any other LP to your order within the USA.

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