Little Beaver - Party Down


Label:

Real Gone Music

Genre:

R&B/Soul

Product No.:
ARGM 1486
UPC: 848064014867
Availability:
In Stock
Category:

Vinyl Record



$29.98

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Contains the No. 2 hit title track!

Remastered by Mike Milchner at SonicVision

Willie Hale a.k.a. Little Beaver (so dubbed as a child because of his prominent front teeth) was one of the extraordinarily talented musicians Henry Stone assembled at his Hialeah, FL-based T.K. Records label and its assorted imprints. Among the artists who recorded for Stone were K.C. & the Sunshine Band, Timmy Thomas, Gwen McCrae, Betty Wright, and Benny Latimore...and backing them on a lot of those records was Hale, laying down mellow ‘n' funky, jazz-influenced licks on his hollow-body Gibson.

Hale's talent was so distinctive that when Stone finally let Hale step out of the studio shadows to record his own album on the Cat imprint, the effects were immediate and long-lasting. Featuring contributions from Thomas, Wright, Latimore, and Jaco Pastorius (under the name Nelson "Jocko" Padron), 1974's Party Down scored a No. 2 hit with its title track and has been repeatedly sampled by latter-day rap artists ranging from People Under the Stairs to Jay Z. himself (the "Party Life" track on his American Gangster album). This Real Gone reissue of this nonstop groove-athon features a fresh remastering by Mike Milchner at SonicVision!



Side A
1. Party Down
2. Party Down (Part Two)
3. Money Vibrations
4. Get into the Party Life

Side B
1. I Can Dig It Baby
2. Let the Good Times Roll
3. Let’s Stick Together

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