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Monday, July 23, 2012

WESTON PRIM - GET THAT FEELIN'

Thanks to the inclusion of the excellent "Spider Web" on the amazing Florida Funk compilation, groove collectors worldwide were introduced to the excellent vocal stylings of Gainesville, Florida's Weston Prim.

A few years prior, this jaw dropping record was somehow licensed by Los Angeles based Brent records, who were just a few releases away from being out of business. This record hardly ever turns up, and there's also no evidence of a local Florida release which was a common occurrence during the era when labels would license a single for wider distribution.

Weston Prim was part of a groundbreaking scene of musical integration centered around the university in Gainesville; like a smaller scale Memphis, these musicians ignored segregation and were bound together by the music they loved.

from 1967...

WESTON PRIM - GET THAT FEELIN'

1 comment:

Let's try to keep it positive, mmmKay?