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v/a - cult cargo - belize - numero group - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. Lord Rhaburn - Disco Connection
2. Harmonettes - Cant Go Halfway
3. Jesus Aeosta/The Professionals - Guajida
4. The Web - The Same Old Me
5. Professionals - A Part Of Being With You
6. Lord Rhaburn - More Love Reggae
7. Professionals - The Back Stabbers
8. The Web - Rated G
9. Harmonettes - Shame Shame Shame
10. Soul Creations - Funky Jive Part II
11. Lord Rhaburn - Dont Fight It
12. Nadia Cattouse - Long Time Boy
13. Lord Rhaburn - Boogaloo A La Chuck
14. Professionals - Theme From The Godfather
15. The Web - Things Are Coming To Work Out Right
16. Soul Creations - Funky Jive Part I

Never heard of the funky soul and reggae music of Belize, that sliver of Caribbean coastline just east of Guatemala and south of Cancun? You're probably not alone, and the Belize City Boil Up compilation (the 6th this year from crate-digging music salvagers the Numero Group) is the varied and danceable introduction for the interested yet uninitiated. Soaking up influences from their Jamaican neighbors and their soulful Motown/Stax brethren from the north, these little-known groups recorded a handful of albums and singles in the 60s and 70s. The results showcase rootsy reggae (Belizean patriarchal funkster Lord Rhaburn's "More Love Reggae", The Web's "Rated G"), covers of Wilson Pickett and Johnny Nash, and some funky I-can't-believe-it's-not-sampled beats of the Harmonettes "Shame Shame Shame" and Rhaburn's "Disco Connection". Soulful standouts The Professionals (whose album covers noted their "promptness and reliability") cover both the O'Jays "Back Stabbers" and "Theme from The Godfather"