Name: Party Down
Brand: Little Beaver

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

RLGM14861PMI

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Colour

black

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Discogs ID

Discs

Download code

Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

Extended format: No

Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-09-23

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Proper

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

848064014867

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No / black

Artist

Little Beaver

Genre GB

Funk / Soul

Label GB

Real Gone Music

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. and 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 <i>Party Down</i> scored a #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). Nice reissue of this nonstop groove-athon features a remastering by Mike Milchner at SonicVision...an enduring classic! 

Party Down

Music GB