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Southern Energy

by Southern Energy Ensemble

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    A1. OPEN YOUR MIND 4.00
    A2. F-U-N-K-Y TIL THE DAY I DIE 4.37
    A3. THIRD HOUSE 7.00
    A4. LOOKING AHEAD 3.26

    B1. SEE FUNK 6.06
    B2. ENERGY 6.14
    B3. THE BEST PART OF ME SOUTHERN ENERGY 4.33

    Includes unlimited streaming of Southern Energy via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    1. OPEN YOUR MIND 4.00
    2. F-U-N-K-Y TIL THE DAY I DIE 4.37
    3. THIRD HOUSE 7.00
    4. LOOKING AHEAD 3.26
    5. SEE FUNK 6.06
    6. ENERGY 6.14
    7. THE BEST PART OF ME SOUTHERN ENERGY 4.33

    Includes unlimited streaming of Southern Energy via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
    ships out within 3 days
    Purchasable with gift card

      £12 GBP or more 

     

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Third House 06:59
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See Funk 06:07
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Energy 06:13
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about

We are proud to present the first full international release for another lost classic from the Black Fire Records archives, ‘Southern Energy’, the only album recorded by R’n’B and jazz collective Southern Energy Ensemble in 1977.

“As Southern Energy, we played the chitlin circuit and ended up gigging most weekends at clubs, universities and military bases in Virginia and North and South Carolina,” remembers leader Marvin Daniels. After meeting Plunky Branch and Jimmy Gray, they recorded some high energy sessions during 1977. “Southern Energy was tight,” continues Daniels.

“The album was all about positive messages and celebrating real people." The band would break up soon after the members left college. Canned following the original recording, the album eventually surfaced on a limited CD and LP on Black Fire in 1993. ‘Southern Energy’ has been remastered from the original tapes by The Carvery, and features unseen photos and brand-new sleeve notes by co-bandleader Marvin Daniels.

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released July 2, 2021

2021, Strut Records - a division of K7 Music GmbH

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Black Fire Washington, D.C.

Official archive of Jimmy Gray's seminal independent soul and jazz label & collective that he ran out of Richmond, VA between 1975 and 1993. Working from the original master tapes and unreleased session, artists include Oneness Of Juju, Lon Moshe, Byard Lancaster, Theatre West, Wayne Davis and more.... ... more

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