Yes, nearly five minutes has gone by without a new 45 from the Original Gravity label dropping but you won’t catch them asleep. And so, before that metaphorical five minutes has fully elapsed, here they are again with two slices of Latin funk heat. Appropriately enough, the first of these is Abram & Nestor’s Four Minutes Of Funk which to nobody’s surprise turns out to be an
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ABRAM & NESTOR: Four Minutes Of Funk/ NESTOR ALVAREZ: EL Trombonista (Vinyl 7″)
LUCHITO: Dap Walk b/w NESTOR ALVAREZ: El Barrio (Vinyl 7″)
It might be the middle of the winter but it’s Latin funk o’clock at the record label that never sleeps (a.k.a Original Gravity) who are all ready to ensure you cop some tropical retro heat on a new 45 featuring Luchito’s funky sal-soul-style cover of Ernie And The Top Notes’ Nawlins funk classic Dap Walk by way of an A-side. Dope as this is, it’s run close by the flip – Nestor Alvarez’ minimal
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RACHEL MAXANN/ NÉSTOR ÁLVAREZ: Those Familiar Shadows/ Michele’s Theme (Vinyl 7″)
The latest single from the Original Gravity stable is this one featuring an A-side, Those Familiar Shadows, from Rachel Maxann (last seen on You Gotta Set Me Free) with a B-side from Nestor Alvarez. And it’s the very definition of soul-jazz sophistication. Maxann delivers a smouldering vocal over a subtle and languorous groove and before you know it, you’re sporting a dinner jacket
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ORIGINAL GRAVITY RECORDS: Latin Fever Vol. 2 EP (Vinyl 7″)
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Got Latin fever? You will do after this as the Original Gravity label’s next 45 EP explores the world of Latin rhythms with all the Cuban fury they can muster. That’ll be Latin Fever Vol. 2 then which features a pair of Luchito tracks on side A and a pair of Nestor Alvarez ones on side B. Both names will be familiar to those who’ve followed OG releases thus far and indicator of quality
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NÉSTOR ÁLVAREZ: Fuego/ THE SUPERSONICS: The Chosen One (Vinyl 7″)
As the promo for this one points out, while Original Gravity Records only came into being in 2017, the recording history of label boss Neil Anderson stretches back a lot further than that. Which is why this Néstor Álvarez/ The Supersonics 45 is part of the ‘Original Gravity Archive Series’ since it features one recording from 1998 (!) and another from 2010. On the A-side, Mr Anderson
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ORIGINAL GRAVITY RECORDS: Night Train EP (Vinyl 7″)
No excuses for not leaping aboard the Night Train now as the Original Gravity label repeats the recipe of its Peter Gunn and 30-60-90 vinyl 7″s and gets four different artists to deliver four radically different versions of the same classic standard. In this case, said standard is Jimmy Forrest’s Night Train (famously ‘done’ by Mr James Brown and his Famous Flames in typical blistering
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NESTOR ALVAREZ: Llamar A Los Bomberos! b/w Carlos Papas Grandes (Vinyl 7″)
After a busy year last year, Nestor Alvarez delivers more Latin 45 heat at the start of ’21. And when I say Nestor Alvarez, I mean, of course, Neil Anderson – head honcho at Original Gravity Records for whom ‘Nestor Alvarez’ is merely one of multiple noms-de-plumes! Naturally, uptempo Latin funk instro A-side, Llamar A los Bomberos, is so caliente with its flute-led antics of percussive and percussive
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ORIGINAL GRAVITY RECORDS: 30-60-90 (Vinyl 7″)
Rating: Got a new job? Original Gravity have just supplied your anthem in the form of 30-60-90 and four different versions in four different styles by four different OG artists no less. That’ll be ska outfit Prince Alphonso & The Fever, Latin boogaloo supremo Néstor Álvarez, early reggae dons the Brentford Rd Soul Rebels feat. Dennis Alcapone, and soul jazz crew Curtis Baker &
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