Eccentric Soul: Mighty Mike Lenaburg

by Various

Release Details

Year: 2011
Format: Vinyl — LP, Compilation, Stereo
Country: US
Label: Numero Group
Catalog #: NUM011
Tracks: 27

Genres

Funk / Soul

Tracklist

A1Blending Soul
A2Too Good To Be True
A3Out Of Breath
A4Standing On The Corner
A5Funky Night Club
A6My Girl Is A Soul Girl
A7Cold Feet
A8Broadway Shing-A-Ling Pt.1
B1Loaded Back
B2Function Underground
B3Loaded To The Gills
B4Loading Zone
B5Song For My Father
C1Begging You
C2I've Got To Have You
C3Black And Beautiful
C4People Open Your Eyes And See
C5There's Gonna Be Some Crying
C6Love Walked Out
C7The Quarrel
D1Got To Give You Up
D2Soul Fever
D3Soul Skate
D4Do The Everything
D5Blending Soul (Instrumental)
D6Standing On The Corner (Instrumental)
D7Tune Up

Notes

A blistering collection of funk, hard-charging r&b and psychedelic soul from the Phoenix scene -- amazing singles issued mostly in the late 60s and early 70s and spearheaded by producer Mike Lenaburg -- and a great portrait of a too-long neglected funky southwest! Mighty Mike Lenaburg produced records for Phoenix area acts on a half dozen label imprints such as Homogenized Soul, Out Of Sight, Mighty and Darlene. The sound throughout this collection has for the most part a heavy bottom end of fun