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MOHAWKS, The/THE MARVELS - The Champ - Vinyl (7")
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April 11, 2021
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March 11, 2021
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Free delivery on many items. Same-day despatch, no-question returns. Authorised dealers - full technical support. Online since 1997. Shop categories Information The MOHAWKS/THE MARVELS The Champ(7") Puma Supreme US
Cat: PS 376. Rel: 22 Feb 21
Reggae Classics/Oldies/Ska
Side 1. The Mohawks - The Champ (Reggae version) Side 2. The Marvels - Rock Steady
If you dig hip-hop, funk or soul, you should know 'The Champ', a much-sampled, Hammond-heavy 1968 rhythm & blues workout from Alan Hawkshaw's Mohawks outfit. However, you may not know this version: a 1973 reggae remake from the band that brilliantly slows down the main organ motif and places it atop a sturdy, bass-heavy rhythm. This time round, it comes backed with another killer reggae rework: a skanking take on Aretha Franklin soul classic 'Rock Steady' from the Marvels. Recorded and released in the UK by a group of exiled Jamaicans in the early 1970s, it remains an inspired example of reggae's 'versioning' culture.
