Positive Force – We Got The Funk

i still cannot explain why this morning i have found a 2004 reissue of this one in my collec’, whereas this 1979’ version was already there, before... anyway ! it was for me today, the opportunity to compare the both sounds...

so, it makes actually no doubt the 2004 was remastered ! but, at which price... (?)

for sure, the version is more dynamic, but it was not to the benefit of the original charm, made by the variations and the groove, the artists were probably looking for when, they have recorded in 1979 ! to my point of view, we can find too much treatments of the sound for the ears on the remastered, like the 2004’s engineers have tried to make sounding the tracks, like we are trying to make sounding a techno release...

unfortunately, the final result was sounding like a highly compressed mp3, encoded with a not so good 256 kbps frequency (at least) ! also, i don’t know exactly what source was used when the reissue was made, but, we can hear on this one too many useless amplified noises, like it was an old dirty or damaged vynil re-treated. or maybe, an additional fx... who know exactly ?

for sure, if i will have to find a day a third copy, i will prefer a sugarhill shl-102 vg+ copy ! more, if this one is a quarter of the price of the 2004’s reissue, as it was actually on the website...

finally, the reissue is sounding 3/10, only (in despite of a near mint copy in hands), compared to one of the originals issues, which is still sounding 8/10 actually ! think i will finally believe that to prefer the originals versions is not a legend. hope it will help...

have a nice day ! d’

I discovered this amazing piece of Disco Funk via a Frankie Knuckles compilation on Azuli (The Choice series). Boy what a tune! According to the living legend Frankie they used to roller skate to this tune in New York as kids. A real underground classic from New York in the late 70s that just has the sweetest riff and groove to it, it just brings an instant smile and pleasure to all those fortunate to be listening to it. Timeless Black Dance music.