Hudson People [2023] - Trip To Your Mind [Backatcha Records #BK050]

A blast from the past, remembering this from back in the day. Hudson People were a soul/funk outfit led by Reginald Hudson and "Trip To Your Mind" was their debut single.  Story has it that they were a six piece group who had been in the army and were playing gigs at army bases in Germany and then came to the UK to do some gigs. They contacted Reg Hudson in the states (who had just completed a tour with The Emotions, he was also played keyboards for  The Commodores) to join them and recorded some songs.

Originally released on 12" in 1979, it was almost 10 mins long so was later split into parts 1 & 2 for 45 release remixed by Soul Mafia DJ's Chris Hill and Robbie Vincent on Hill's Ensign logo and was a big tune in the burgeoning Jazz Funk scene. I think it's also had a rare groove underground following and prices for the original 12" on Hithouse are now hitting three figures.

The group only released two more singles. The follow up "Boogie On Downtown" on Ensign the same year followed by "Boy Scout" on Ballistic which was also issued by United Artists on promo only.

The full 9:58 original 12 " mix has been reissued digitally today by Backatcha Records. It was reissued on 12" in Nov '22 with the Hill/Vincent 9:02 remix on the flip which isn't available digitally as yet, but have included YouTube clip from the label for it below.

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Details

Rating:	8.6
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Jazz Funk
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Backatcha Records
Cat No:	BK050
Date:	17/02/2023
Key/BPM:	4A/134
Price:	£1

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