 Track list:
1. Ain’t We Funkin’ Now
2. So Wont You Stay
3. Blam!
4. Rocket Countdown/Blastoff
5. Ride-O-Rocket
6. Mista’ Cool
7. It’s You Girl
8. Streetwave
Bonus Track:
9. Ride-O-Rocket (US single edit)
• As the Brothers Johnson, L.A. natives George (guitar) and Louis (bass) were among the most renowned funk’n’soul teams of the mid-‘70s and early ‘80s, thanks to a series of best-selling albums cut for A&M Records and U.S. hit singles (such as “I’ll Be Good To You,” “Strawberry Letter 23” and “Stomp!” between 1976-1984.
• Initially working with the legendary Quincy Jones, the talented brothers had been part of Billy Preston’s band before Jones spotted them during a rehearsal they were doing with Stevie Wonder.
• After two platinum albums, George and Louis began working on their third A&M set, BLAM!! in 1978 and with the hits, “Ride-O-Rocket” (penned by the famed team of Nick Ashford & Valerie Simpson) and “Ain’t We Funkin’ Now” - also both U.K. Top 50 charted singles - the album became the duo’s third platinum and highest-charting LP.
• Tracks like the instrumentals “Mista Cool” (which was Quincy Jones’ nickname for George Johnson) and “Streetwave” became favourites among UK club goers and rare groove fans and BLAM!! - which has been out of print on CD for several years - is making a welcome return with this SoulMusic Records’ reissue, part of the label’s classic funk series.
• Notes by renowned writer Lewis Dene include quotes from an extensive 2012 interviews with George Johnson for this reissue.
About the Writer
David Nathan is the founder and CEO of SoulMusic.com and began his writing career in 1965; beginning in 1967, he was a regular contributor to Blues & Soul magazine in London before relocating to the U.S. in 1975 where he served as U.S. editor for the publication for several decades and began being known as 'The British Ambassador Of Soul.' From 1988 to 2004, he wrote prolifically for Billboard, has penned bios, produced and written liner notes for box sets and reissue CDs for over a thousand projects. He returned to London in 2009 where he has helped create SoulMusic.com Records as a leading reissue label.
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