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Funky Nassau – The Beginning Of The End (LP, Vinyl Record Album)

Funky Nassau – The Beginning Of The End

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$52.00 - $52.00
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  • Jamaica has reggae, Trinidad has calypso and in the Bahamas they love Goombay Junkanoo. Junkanoo is a form of music and dance that goes back to African origins and has been around since the time of slavery. In 1971, the band Beginning Of The End, consisting of the three brothers Ray, Leroy and Frank Munnings, created the first cross connection between Junkanoo and pop music with the mega hit "Funky Nassau". "We wanted to create something new," says frontman Ray, "something that was truly Bahamian.

    We loved funk but wanted to include elements of junkanoo, the indigenous music of the Bahamas." The song, an outtake from the eponymous debut album, reached number one on the Billboard R'n'B charts and sold millions of copies. The follow-up to "Funky Nassau" was released in 1976. At that time, the trio was coached by Don Taylor, Bob Marley's manager. He moved the brothers to Byron Lee's Jamaican studio, where Teddy Randazzo (Little Anthony & The Imperials) took care of the recordings. "He gave us more of an uptempo jazz funk sound with Chicago-style horns", Ray characterised the production.
  • Artist: The Beginning Of The End
    Label: Strut
    Format: LP
    Units: 1
    Country: Germany
    Genre: Soul & Funk
    Style: Funk, Jazz-Funk

  • A1 Funky Nassau Pt. I
    A2 Funky Nassau Pt. Ii
    A3 Come Down
    A4 Sleep On Dream On
    A5 Surrey Ride
    B1 Monkey Tamarind
    B2 In The Deep
    B3 Pretty Girl
    B4 When She Made Me A Promise