If It Rotates We Can Control It

The first Toronto show...!  Things have been a little hectic here at the If It Rotates.. HQ what with the move and my starting a new job and all that, but somehow I found the time to go out and buy two Tito Puente records from the seriously enticing 'Cosmos Records' on Queen West.  I think I'm going to be spending a fair bit of time (and money!) there... anyhow, on with the show: in addition to the Tito Puente, there's a great Brazillian-Latin Soul track by the Brazillian crooner Terry Winter, some funk 45s that have been kicking around, some afro-funk, and one of my favorites: Freedom Road by Chicago's 'The Pharaohs'.  Enjoy!

J. Hines and the Fellows - Camelot Time (45, DeLuxe)
Don (Soul Train) Campbell - Campbell Lock (45, Stanson)
Walter Jenkins - Funky Walk (The Monkey Walk) (45, FaderKat)
Aretha Franklin - Rock Steady (45, Atlantic)
Frankie Newsome - Coming On Strong Staying Long (45, Sagport)
Terry Winter - Thanks (45, RCA Spain)
Joe Bataan - Gypsy Woman (45, Fania)
Tito Puente - T.P. On the Bridge (LP, Tito Puente on the Bridge, Tico Venezuela)
Tito Puente - Stick On Bongo (LP, Puente in Percussion, Tico Venezuela)
Luciano Perrone - Tamborins Envenenados (LP, Batucada Fantastica Vol. 3, RCA Brazil)
Lonnie Smith - Move Your Hand (Part 1) (45, Blue Note)
The Pharaohs - Freedom Road (45, Scarab)
Assagai - Barazinbar (LP, Afro Rock, Music For Pleasure)
Babatunde Olatunji - Takuta (LP, Soul Makossa, Paramount)
Gwen McCrae - Rockin' Chair (45, Cat)