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Movements Vol​​​.​​​9

by Various Artists

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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    The 16page CD-booklet contains detailed liner notes, unseen photographs and scans of particular 45rpm single labels. Brandnew and factory sealed!

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  • 2LP-Gatefold + BONUS 7" by Mel-O-Madnezz
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    **INITIAL 400 LP COPIES INCL. BONUS 7" OF MEL-O-MADNEZZ ("What You Getting High On")**
    Deluxe gatefold cover contains detailed liner notes, unseen photographs and scans of particular 45rpm single labels. Brandnew and factory sealed!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Movements Vol​.​9 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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  • 2LP-Gatefold
    Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Deluxe gatefold cover contains detailed liner notes, unseen photographs and scans of particular 45rpm single labels. Brandnew and factory sealed!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Movements Vol​.​9 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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**INITIAL 400 LPs CONTAIN A BONUS 7" BY MEL-O-MADNEZZ**

IT'S TIME TO PAAAARTY! Why? The Universe knows that Tramp is celebrating their 40th trip around the sun in 2018. And what about planet Earth? Well… it is as blind as it is in so many other situations. Therefore, it is time to shine the light on Tramp for all of its unremitting efforts. As musical diversity is vanishing, especially in the field of African American music from the 1960s/70s, it is our duty to stop the extinction of threatened species of music in the same way an animal welfare activist would do anything to save a gorilla's life. Tramp Records keeps this beautiful heritage alive, every single day, again and again and again. So we are here wondering why Earth people and especially to those from our beloved home country; why? why are you just sitting there, going about your life unaware of this historic event? What a pity!

The announcement is especially striking when it comes to the prestigious "Movements" series. Like all its predecessors, this ninth volume contains Rare Groove nuggets recorded between the early 1960s and the late 1970s. The fact that only one of the songs appear anywhere else is a jaw-dropping phenomenon! The chronological track listing starts with two amazing cover versions: "Fever" by Gee Gee Shinn & the Boogie Kings and "I'm A Woman" by Connie Kaye Trio. Bus Brown, Earl Demus and Chuck Finney remain in the same direction although their contributions are slightly jazzier. Chick Willis' gut-wrenching "Sometime Soon" easily rivals James Brown's "It's A Man's World" and the recordings by Australia, J.R. and Joe Akens are beautiful examples of privately produced soul from the 1970s. The latin-soul of "Cho Cho San" by Hummingbird 4 heads the sound in another direction for the next three tunes, highlighted by one more stunning cover version, Oscar Brown Jr.'s "Brother, Where Are You?". The album closes with some pre-disco tracks from the mid-to-late 1970s. Funk 7" collectors will freak out to finally get a chance to listen to Mel-O-Madnezz' superheavy "What You Getting High On" but will certainly also enjoy The Counts, Reunion and Hot Cakes' dance floor bomb cover of "Harlem Shuffle".

Over a hundred great unknown songs have been re-released on the first eight volumes in the "Movements" series, the majority of which can not be found elsewhere, and Vol. 9 is no exception. The work of Germany's tiniest but grooviest record label is still incomprehensibly underestimated. We know you diggers, collectors, mavens, aficionados, fanatics, completists, enthusiasts, and just plain record geeks know what's up and we heartily salute you! Without your support there would be no Tramp Records. But now it's time for a broader cultural shift for good music and a sweeping move to uphold the legacy of the unsung heroes of funk and soul. Therefore, we humbly petition you: in 2018, Don't keep all this glory to yourself! Turn your friends and neighbors on! Thank you!

Lucky Brown, January 2018

Key selling points:
- initial 400 LPs contain a bonus 7" by Mel-O-Madnezz ("What You Getting High On")
- full album download code with the vinyl LP
- 16page CD booklet and deluxe double-gatefold LP with detailed liner notes, label scans & unseen photographs
- all but one song appear on LP/CD/digital for the very first-time

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released February 2, 2018

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Tramp Records is one of Germany's tiniest but funkiest record labels. We release new bands, but also re-issue quality (not necessarily rare) funk, soul, jazz, folk and afro beat too.

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