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Thursday 15 July 2021

The Chateaus [2021] - Moanin' / Seven Come Eleven [Sound Stage 7]


Something a little different! Just released digitally from The Chateaus on 16 Jun 2021, which was originally released in 1965 on Sound Stage 7 (issue/stock copies have never sold on Discogs indicating that it might be quite scarce on issue copies?).

The Chateaus were a white pop group from Louisville, Kentucky who released four singles between 1965-67, this single is instrumental on both sides, all their other singles are pop vocals.

The top side "Moanin'" was written by Bobby Timmons who recorded it in 1963 but it was recorded first in 1958 by Art Blakey & The Jazz Messengers when Timmons was the pianist with the band. According to Second Hand Songs there are at least 158 versions recorded. 

The Jazz Messengers alumni includes many jazz greats such as Chuck Mangione, Benny Golson, Wayne Shorter, Freddie Hubbard, Donald Byrd, Chick Corea,  Horace Silver, McCoy Tyner amongst many others.

The flip side "Seven Come Eleven" sounds very similar, to me, to Monga Santamaria's "Watermelon Man" which was released earlier in 1963, or a cross between "Watermelon Man" and The Mar-keys "Last Night" from 1961.

I'm not sure why this is now getting a digital release, and can only assume that it's 'in-demand' from one scene or another, perhaps the Belgian popcorn scene? Both sides are termed as boogaloo 'titty shakers'!

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Details
Rating: 7.4
Genre/Style: Boogaloo
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Sound Stage 7
Cat No: None
Year: 1965/16/06/2021
Key/BPM: 5B/151 : 7B/128
Value: £1.98


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