Name: The Safecracker
Brand: The City Champs

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

er103cd

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2009-07-13

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

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Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

The City Champs

Genre GB

Funk / Soul

Label GB

the city champs are the latest in a long lineage of memphis musicians to grab the mantle of funky, soul-jazz instrumentals pioneered by acts like booker t &amp; the mgs, willie mitchell and the bar-kays. 'the safecracker' features seven prime cuts of stax, hi records and blue note inspired soul-jazz and funk, produced and engineered by memphis producer and film composer, scott bomar (the bo-keys) at his electraphonic studio. the sessions were tracked and mixed entirely on analogue tape - bomar used his scully 1" 8-track machine, which was the same model used at stax, muscle shoals sound, and chip's moman's american studio. the city champs are led by guitarist, joe restivo, who also penned the original material on the album. joe is one of the premier r&amp;b/jazz guitarists in memphis. organist al gamble, hails from the muscle shoals, alabama region, and has performed live and on recordings with such notables as rufus thomas, syl johnson, alex chilton, and the memphis horns. drummer george sluppick is a native memphian who has spent most of his life on the road performing live and recording with may notables, including albert king, robert walter's 20th congress, and melvin sparks. mastered straight off analogue tapes, directly to disc by mastering engineer larry nix on the same equipment he used daily at stax records.

The Safecracker

Music GB