Zero to 180 – Three Minute Magic
Browsing Nina Simone‘s early single releases on Bethlehem Records — Gus Wildi‘s jazz label, whose control and eventual ownership would ultimately be given over to Syd Nathan of King Records — my eyes are immediately drawn to the instrumental B-side, “African Mailman,” a fairly radical and oblique song title for
Zero to 180 is thrilled to learn that two titans of funk who both recorded for King – Bernard ‘Pretty‘ Purdie and William ‘Bootsy‘ Collins – are teaming up for a set of new recordings. In accordance with this event’s historical significance, the Mayor of Cincinnati, John Cranley, recently paid tribute to
Love this playful take on the old nursery rhyme — for extra credit, count all the key changes: “Three Soulful Mice“ Carlton “King” Coleman (1967) Somehow this single has eluded the attention of the fine catalogers at 45Cat (i.e., not in their datbase). I have to assume – as Discogs.com
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