{"product_id":"various-artists-wheedles-groove-seattle-funk-modern-soul-boogie-volume-ii-1972-1987-2lp","title":"Various Artists \/ Wheedle's Groove: Seattle Funk, Modern Soul \u0026 Boogie Volume II 1972-1987 - 2LP","description":"\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDouble Black LP Vinyl \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeluxe Old Style Stoughton “Tip-On” gatefold jacket \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAll tracks re-mastered \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCompiled by DJ Supreme La Rock \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew liner notes by Jonathan Zwickel with band interviews and rare archive photos \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1 Epicentre – Get Off The Phone \u003cbr\u003eA2 Priceless – Love In Your Life \u003cbr\u003eA3 Don Brown – Don't Lose Your Love \u003cbr\u003eA4 Deuce – Your Love Is Fine (Lovin' Fine) \u003cbr\u003eA5 Push – You Turn Me On (Portland Session Mix) \u003cbr\u003eB1 Malik Din – Trouble In Mind \u003cbr\u003eB2 Romel Westwood – I'm Through With You \u003cbr\u003eB3 Teleclere – Steal Your Love \u003cbr\u003eB4 Steppen Stones – Darlin Oh Darlin \u003cbr\u003eB5 Cold, Bold, \u0026amp; Together – Let's Backtrack \u003cbr\u003eC1 Seattle Pure Dynamite – I Wonder Love \u003cbr\u003eC2 Septimus – Here I Go Again \u003cbr\u003eC3 Priceless – Look At Me \u003cbr\u003eC4 Lenny Randle \u0026amp; Ballplayers – Kingdome \u003cbr\u003eD1 Unfinished Business – Holding On \u003cbr\u003eD2 Frederick Robinson III – Love One Another \u003cbr\u003eD3 Bernadette Bascom – I Don't Wanna Lose Your Love \u003cbr\u003eD4 Robbie Hill's Family Affair – Don't Give Up \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2004, the first volume of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWheedle’s Groove\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eshone a light on the formerly unheralded soul scene in 1960s and ‘70s Seattle, followed by a new album in 2008, and then an award winning feature-length documentary film. The on-going\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWheedle’s Groove\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eseries continues to present a vast chapter of the city’s musical heritage that has little to do with long-haired rock dudes with guitars. No – in the world of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWheedle’s Groove\u003c\/em\u003e, platform shoes and pimp hats were the order of the day. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBut unlike\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eVolume I\u003c\/em\u003e, Seattle’s soul scene did not stop in 1975. A new volume,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWheedle’s Groove Vol. II\u003c\/em\u003e, documents the period from 1972 to 1987, when funk was superseded by disco and modern soul. Heading into the ‘80s, artists in the Emerald City caught wind of the hip-hop and electro scenes that were growing in bigger cities across America, and gave the music their own distinct spin. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the years unfurl in the tracks of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eWheedle’s Groove Volume II\u003c\/em\u003e, so does the recent history of American music, the songs tracing technological changes and social change, and music’s move from the club to disco as live bands moved aside for DJs. Witness Septimus, on the cusp of both, blending a live drummer with a Roland drum machine and cutting ‘Here I Go Again’ on a disco-friendly 12” single. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeparated from the major centers of soul music, Seattle was a scene that developed out of the gaze of the mainstream music industry, but one that moved just as fast. As John Studamire of the band Priceless remembers, “A lot of the groups around town would have to incorporate that disco sound or you’d sound totally dated.” \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSeattle’s size and location had a great effect on its sound. Artists on the scene were accustomed to playing small, discreetly segregated club shows and pressing short runs of 45s for local radio stations. Touring happened mostly on a regional scale and artists popped up in a variety of different bands. 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