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Ricardo Ray Orchestra
Let's Go Down To The Real Nitty Gritty |
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CD Digipack. Barcode: 84350088-60257
LP 180 Gram. Barcode: 84350088-60240
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A very wild album from Ricardo "Ritchie" Ray, sort of a mix of Latin soul styles in the mode of work by Mongo Santamaria, but a lot more messed up!
The album's got a number of 60s soul covers, but they're done here by Ricardo in kind of a party Latin mode, touched with a bit of garage soul vocals, in a way that makes the whole album quite upbeat and playful throughout, filled with non-stop groovers that keep on delivering the goods! Our favorite cut is the original "Soul Mexico", which has this storming chanting verse, that then unwinds into a totally catchy chorus with overlapping melodic lines, but the whole album's great, and other tracks include "Ya Ya", "I Want You To Be My Girl", "Mony Mony", "Shout", and "Soul Man". FANTASTICO!
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Ricardo Ray
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 1. Nitty Gritty
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2. California Sun
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3. Soul Man
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4. Shout
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5. You Talk Too Much
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6. Sookie, Sookie
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7. Mony, Mony
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8. Soul Mexico
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9. Cool Jerk
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10. I Want You To Be My Girl
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11. Ya, Ya
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12. Fanny Mae
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