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Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
After releasing the DLP compilation “Head Games: The Story Of Larry Akles and CBM Music”, we had to reissue this legendary 7” from the Chocolate Buttermilk Band. “Can’t Let Go” is one of the most sought after boogie joints 7" coming out of North Carolina. Reissued for the first time courtesy of Chocolate Buttermilk Band and Past Due Records!
Includes unlimited streaming of "Head Games" The Story of Larry Akles & CBM Records
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Deluxe edition with printed inner sleeves and never seen before pictures and story by Jacob Arnold.
Includes unlimited streaming of "Head Games" The Story of Larry Akles & CBM Records
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Download available in 24-bit/44.1kHz.
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Limited Edition 7"
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Limited reissue of the rarest 7" from Chocolate Buttermilk Band - Head Games / No Way with full color sleeve.
Includes unlimited streaming of "Head Games" The Story of Larry Akles & CBM Records
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Founded by Larry Akles in 1971 in Fayetteville, North Carolina, The Chocolate Buttermilk Band, has been one of the busiest and most successful cover and backing bands in the Southern United States for the last 5 decades.
While they’re little known outside the region, their handful of singles from the early 1980s are, for record collectors, among the best and most desirable in Modern Soul and Boogie Funk.
Jerome Derradji & Past Due Records are proud to present “Head Games (The Story of Larry Akles & CBM Records)”. Released on a DLP / CD with printed inner sleeves (or booklet) that include never seen before pictures of the band and a story written by Jacob Arnold. Artwork is by the mighty Al Kent. As a companion to the compilation we are also reissuing the incredibly rare and sought after “Head Games” 7” with a picture sleeve.
This compilation includes every song released by the Chocolate Buttermilk Band, remastered and reissued for the first time.
Needless to say, this is an essential release for fans of Boogie, Soul and Funk as the Chocolate Buttermilk Band releases are known to fetch thousands in the collectors market.
In Larry Akles own words, “This girl in Atlanta told me one time, she said ‘Larry, I heard on the radio that Chocolate Buttermilk was going to be on the show, and I told my girlfriend, Oh, it’s gonna be onnnn if Chocolate Buttermilk on there, ’cause whoever come behind them, they got to go!’” He continues, “When we hit the stage, boy it’d be some fire. We wouldn’t have to get warmed up. We’d start off hot!”
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released July 2, 2019
LP Tracklist: CAT# PastdueDLP10
A1 - Head Games (3:32)
A2 - Mr. LSD (3:51)
A3 - Ain’t No Way (4:52)
B1 - Can’t Let Go (3:27)
B2 - Baby Don’t Go (5:00)
C1 - Freaking (Vocal) (4:02)
C2 - Chills (Vocal) (5:33)
C3 - No Way (3:49)
D1 - Chills (Instrumental) (5:31)
D2 - Freaking (Instrumental) (4:02)
CD Tracklist: CAT# PastdueCD010
1 - Head Games (3:32)
2 - Mr. LSD (3:51)
3 - Can’t Let Go (3:27)
4 - Baby Don’t Go (5:00)
5 - Freaking (Vocal) (4:02)
6 - No Way (3:49)
7 - Chills (Vocal) (5:33)
8 - Ain’t No Way (4:52)
9 - Freaking (Instrumental) (4:02)
10 - Chills (Instrumental) (5:31)
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Wonderful combination of feelgood Disco song "Music" (released in 1980) and 1984's groovy Boogie track "Forever Us". Both tracks make you want to move your body and singalong! funkyma
Melbourne “minimalist disco” outfit Harvey Sutherland & Bermuda deliver what that tag promises: loose, funky tunes with plenty of space. Bandcamp New & Notable Mar 18, 2017
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I’ve always loved it, but when Erykah Badu sampled it it gave it another lease of life and now I’ve returned to the original masterpiece again 🙏🏼💕 amazonmusic