Vinyl Wednesday: Lyn Collins - Check Me Out If You Don't Know Me By Now
The title is a whole mouth full.. and the album is, as you can see, produced by the "minister of the new new super heavy funk" himself, James Brown. Lyn Collins, famous for the infectious hit single "Think (about it)", worked with the James Brown band in the 70's. In the late 1980s and early '90s, Collins attempted a comeback as a dance/club diva, recording the house single "Shout" for Belgium's ARS label. In 1993, Collins' profile was given a boost by female dancehall singer Patra, who invited Collins to perform on her hit remake of "Think (About It)"; partly due to the resulting interest, her two official albums were reissued in England and the Netherlands. Collins continued to tour and perform, most notably at the European Jazz/Funk Festival (in both 1998 and 1999) and the Montreux Jazz Festival. In February 2005, Collins embarked on her first ever solo tour. For three weeks, she performed in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The tour was produced by the Soulpower organization. Sadly, shortly after returning from her European tour, Collins died aged 56 in Pasadena, California from cardiac arrhythmia.
Unfortunately, once again, the band isn't documented on the record sleeve. There are strings, hobos, flutes and a full funk band, all nameless. If you listen carefully you can hear Fred Wesley's trombone, St Clair Pinckney's tenorsax and also Maceo Parker on alto. Maceo has a solo in "We want to Parrty, Parrty, Parrty". This is Track five (bonus track, reissue only) of the album (1995 on P-Vine Records/Polydor K.K. in Japan). The album was released the first time in 1975 (with different track numbers). Actually I have a UK pressing from 1988, so this song isn't on my own copy but I found it on Youtube:
While youtubing, a bit off-topic, I came across this awfully funky video of one of my favourite JB songs:
The dancers are so funny.. and the band is tight! And all in full colour. Awkward audience, probably the tv producer told them to sit down, hard to understand..
My latest mix is now online. Venus Tunes Sessions is a monthly mix by Susanne Alt on Freak31, aired every first Sunday of the month at 19:00h. In addition, earlier Venus Tunes Sessions shows are repeated every Friday between 20:00-21:00 and Tuesday 21:00-22:00.Freak 31 has around 250 daily listeners (less during the week, more in the weekend) and a total of +10.000 listeners every month. In addition to Mixcloud and Hearthis, all mixes are also available as podcasts on Deezer and iTunes.It was in 2015 when I had my first official dj gig and since 2016 I started to perform regularly. This took place in Amsterdam's Skyybar, Floor17 and The Harbourclub Zuid... bit by bit, other places like Momo and W Amsterdam followed, leading to club bookings as a dj and festival bookings with Venus Tunes Live in the Netherlands and abroad. All of this in addition to my normal life as a musician. I love dj'ing as it adds another facet to my musicianship.Listen to all editions of the Venus Tunes Sessions where you like; choose your platform: Venus Tunes Sessions is a monthly guest mix by Susanne Alt on Freak31, aired every first Sunday of the month at 1900h. Streaming Dance, straight from Amsterdam. - The title is a whole mouth full.. and the album is, as you can see, produced by the minister of the new new super heavy funk himself, James Brown.Lyn Collins, famous for the infectious hit single Think (about it), worked with the James Brown band in the 70's.In the late 1980s and early '90s, Collins attempted a comeback as a dance/club diva, recording the house single Shout for Belgium's ARS label. In 1993, Collins' profile was given a boost by female dancehall singer Patra, who invited Collins to perform on her hit remake of Think (About It); partly due to the resulting interest, her two official albums were reissued in England and the Netherlands. Collins continued to tour and perform, most notably at the European Jazz/Funk Festival (in both 1998 and 1999) and the Montreux Jazz Festival. In February 2005, Collins embarked on her first ever solo tour. For three weeks, she performed in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The tour was produced by the Soulpower organization. Sadly, shortly after returning from her European tour, Collins died aged 56 in Pasadena, California from cardiac arrhythmia.Unfortunately, once again, the band isn't documented on the record sleeve. There are strings, hobos, flutes and a full funk band, all nameless. If you listen carefully you can hear Fred Wesley's trombone, St Clair Pinckney's tenorsax and also Maceo Parker on alto.Maceo has a solo in We want to Parrty, Parrty, Parrty. This is Track five (bonus track, reissue only) of the album (1995 on P-Vine Records/Polydor K.K. in Japan). The album was released the first time in 1975 (with different track numbers). Actually I have a UK pressing from 1988, so this song isn't on my own copy but I found it on Youtube:While youtubing, a bit off-topic, I came across this awfully funky video of one of my favourite JB songs:The dancers are so funny.. and the band is tight! And all in full colour. Awkward audience, probably the tv producer told them to sit down, hard to understand..
