catalogue

M.A.S.O.

POON TANG THUMP PT 1/PT 2 (NUMERO GROUP)

M.A.S.O. - POON TANG THUMP PT 1/PT 2 146974
format:
1 7"
release:
01.09.2007
label:
NUMERO GROUP
genre:
World
item ID:
146974
barcode:
0825764100373
Steve Byrd, known to his friends as "The Birdman," was a songwriter and arranger, given to stomping around in cowboy boots and feathered ten-gallon hats, flouting his university degree in music composition.

After impressing Arrow Brown with his credentials, Byrd became a regular fixture at the Bandit greystone and his Michigan Avenue Sound Orchestra was arguably the most over-the-top act ever handled by the label.

1977's "Poon Tang Thump"_the Orchestra's only output_burned through two sides of a 45, offering an epic, multipart instrumental funk suite that took its cues from Isaac Hayes, Superfly, and the soundtrack soul of the blaxploitation era.

In classic Bandit fashion, only a handful of copies of "Thump" are known to exist today.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. POON TANG THUMP PART 1
  • 1.2. M.A.S.O. POON TANG THUMP PART 2