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..
It's on its way: My new jazz album. In this 1 minute video I take you with me on the journey that lead to making this.Save the dates:Dark Horse will be officially released on 30th of January 2026 on all channels. Right now we are finetuning the last bits. On 16th of January I will perform at Bimhuis. Secure your tickets now as I expect it to be busy!Needless to say right now we are working on more tour dates and don't hesitate to get in touch if you have ideas. Stay tuned and hope to see you at Bimhuis and/or one of the upcoming concerts. - 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..
