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Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face? / Pop Your Funkh1
Electronic / Soul
Performer: Loose Joints
Title: Is It All Over My Face? / Pop Your Funk
Style: Disco
Year 1980
Country US
Genre: Electronic / Soul
Rating: 4.4
Votes: 165
MP3 size: 1799 mb
FLAC size: 1217 mb
WMA size: 1650 mb
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Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face? / Pop Your Funk mp3 album


Loose Joints - Is It All Over My Face? / Pop Your Funk mp3 album

Tracklist

Is It All Over My Face? 9:33
Pop Your Funk 6:37

Versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
WES-22128 Loose Joints Is It All Over My Face? / Pop Your Funk ‎(12", Single) West End Records WES-22128 US 1980
WES-22128 Loose Joints Is It All Over My Face? / Pop Your Funk ‎(12", TP) West End Records WES-22128 US 1980
WES-DJ- 22128 Loose Joints Is It All Over My Face? ‎(12", Promo) West End Records WES-DJ- 22128 US 1980
WES-22128 Loose Joints Is It All Over Your Face? / Pop Your Funk ‎(12", W/Lbl) West End Records WES-22128 US 1980


Kulalbine
Worth picking up for historical/completest purposes only, as it has "Pop your Funk" on the flip. This 12" was quickly recalled by west end, making both the promo and commercial pressing quite rare now.I do find "Pop your Funk" to be quite abrasive/unpleasant to listen to however. Too Avant garde for my tastes.
Cheber
According to MEL CHEREN (in his book "My life & The Paradise Garage"), DJ's did not respond to either track at all, so they pulled it and re-pressed it with the female version, which blew up.
Flarik
What was the reason behind the recall? need 10 words
Ese
AR's back catalogue has been resurrected & re-issued in plentiful, varying formats over the years, from Sleeping Bag/West End/4th & Broadway unofficial represses to compilations of hard to find tracks & versions. So many re-issues of the female version of 'Is It All Over My Face' have circulated over the last 15 years, that hearing it sometimes feels like overkill; Like everyones quick fix 'go to' underground disco floor filler. For that reason, I much prefer the male version, plus the instrumentation is a touch more refined too... As for 'Pop Your Funk' being 'barely listenable', its not a party anthem, its abstract & moody, perhaps not even intended as a dance record, and therefor holds appeal in the same vein as my comments above, to those seeking less commercial/overpopulated selections.
Abuseyourdna
not intended as a dance record? If that were the case, why is it on a renowned Dance LABEL??
Anardred
Did not mean to offend, but I find the vast majority of Arthur's work a bit too experimental/avant garde for my tastes. (especially the tracks he SANG on--really bad, IMO)
Cerar
What we have here is the first pressing of "is it all over my face". This is the version with male vocals that failed to gain traction in the clubs. On the b side is "pop your funk", which might be the strangest disco track ever made. Hideously overrated, this track is notable for historical purposes only, as it is barely listenable. This record is quite rare now, as this pressing was quickly replaced by the pressing with the female vocals which became a club anthem.
Hanad
2014 reissue with WES-22129 seen
Macage
"Is It All Over My Face", produced in 1980 by Arthur Russell with a club DJ named Steve D’Acquisto was a masterpiece of that time. It quickly became a worldwide club hit and also one of the most important mixing of the master Larry Levan during his career. He played it several times in the Paradise Garage for the mad crowd of two thousand people. This was the Russell’s song that definitely occupied the raking of the timeless disco classics with a twisted disco bass, a well done rhythm section by the Ingram Brothers and vocals of three unknown dancers D’Acquisto and Russell found on the private club The Loft. One of them, Melvina Woods, whose lyrics “Is it all over my face? You’ve caught me love dancing,” brought a touch of class to the song, originated the Strictly Rhythm house classic “Luv' dancing”, of Underground Solution & Jasmine some years later. Avant-garde composer Philip Glass said once about Arthur Russell's style: "This was a guy who could sit down with a cello and sing with it in a way that no one on this earth has ever done before, or will do again."
LivingCross
I find the vast majority of Arthur's work a bit too experimental/avant garde for my tastes. (especially the tracks he SANG on--really bad, IMO)