The Village Callers - "Live" mp3 album

Personnel: Angela Bell - vocal Adolfo 'Fuzzy' Martinez- saxJohnny Gonzalez - keyboards Joe Espinosa - BassErnie Hernandez - drums & background vocals Manuel Fernandez - drumsChuck Masten - percussion

I’m so so gla-a-ad I finally got this album on vinyl! A really hard to find, took me half year! Original press from 1968 costs 200$ now, this Vampi Sound repress came in 2003, but somehow went around me. Than I noticed 2007 digital download reissue by Rampart and felt in love with this super band. They recorded only one live album, full of hits, really, any song is so beautiful. “They’re funk, they’re latino, they’re pop, they’re dance!” Angela Bell, lead singer has great touchy voice, Fuzzy Martinez sings smashing drum’n'bass-like monster smasher “I Dont Need No Doctor”, their amazing duo in “I’m Leaving”, delightful crowd screams, great atmosphere of the concert, you can feel a lot of nice energy coming from them. A must for everyone who is into funk, latino or jazz music. I wonder why the only 7″ press available is “Hector”, which is great song too, by this album has much better tracks in my opinion, which deserve 7″ pressing too.