Hey, ya’ll! Here i am again after my holidays with another special LP.
This is the super rare Dutch Steel Band LP which features the afro soul style cover version of the Kool and The Gang classic tune “Funky Stuff“. A real club DJ ripper and at the top of the steel band funk LP’s. There’s a great funky version of “Theme from Shaft” with wah wah guitar & nice steel drums patterns, an awesome funky rock cover version of “Down by the River” and “Hey Joe“!!!!!!. Take a listen to the clip for a taste of the super steel band funk and breaks on this mighty record.
This is a 320@ vinyl rip of the original Negram LP including covers.
Tracks
A1 Down By The River 5.09 (Vocals – Armand Colla)
A2 Theme From Shaft 2.41
A3 Snowfire 3.47 (Vocals – Gustaaf Milzink)
A4 Stoned Out Of My Mind 2.39
A5 Softly 2.57
A6 Hey Joe 3.19
B1 Feelin’ Alright 7.31
B2 Serenta 2.03
B3 Funky Stuff 3.22 (Vocals – Armand Colla , Bernito E. Riley)
B4 Where Is The Love 2.39 (Vocals – Gustaaf Milzink)
This is one of the more expensive steel band LP’s that is sought after by beat diggers. Most of the album consists of covers of American hits, which is its main appeal. Amazingly enough, on the opening ‘Down By The River‘, you can hardly hear the steel drums until a solo towards the end. What you do hear is plenty of percussion that ads a nice twist to the tune. About half of the songs are played as straight covers like ‘Hey Joe‘, while the other half have the steel drums prominently in the mix like ‘Theme From Shaft‘ and ‘Feelin Allright’. The best cut is a version of Kool & The Gang’s ‘Funky Stuff‘ found on the second side. Definitely one of the better steel drum records out there.
This Steel band is a twelve-piece seventies party band, consisting of Surinames and Trinidadian musicians.
Since Surinam was still part of The Netherlands in those days, the name of the band abroad was The Original Trinidad Steel Band and released two albums as such (Beautiful Caribbean and Caribbean Steel & Show on Hansa, with Frank Farian as their producer), apart from their three Dutch albums. Their most interesting Dutch album is Funky Limbo (EMI, 1978), which was produced by Ernie Anches. Anches was also involved with various other funky Surinam acts, such as Oscar Harris, The Twinkle Stars and Thunderstorm. The preceding album Dance Dance Dance (EMI, 1976) made DRSSB a lot more rare, because it contained their international hit single ‘January February’. This brought them a very busy touring schedule. Today the band is still active and consists of quite a few sons of the original members like Sticko who is the son of Dolf (Mr Satisfied) the founder of this Band.
———————————
Read (if you speak Dutch) the story and discography of the band here.
The Dutch Rhythm Steel & Show Band on My Space
Buy the vinyl from Groove Collector for 52 to 77 € or Discogs for 39 to 94,5 €.
While downloading listen up “Down By The River”
Many thanks for this treasure! I’m feeling Oscar Harris & The Twinkle Stars, and I am really looking forward to this other Surinam discovery. Thanks!
Well, funk my soul~
Simply amazing share nikos! Another gem from your bottomless crates. Thank u so much.
Thanks Nikos! Looking forward to hearing this one!
Oops, just tried to download and the link is dead?
Damn this is funky. Many thanks for this rare one my dude.
soulbrotha, the link is just fine. Try it again.
Damn, this is a funk banger.
Much thanks.
Sorry my bad, my premium acct expired. Now fixed and ready to go.
Many thanks for this, been interested in checking this one out for aages. Keep up the great work!
Hey Nikos, been a while… school and all
This joint looks fantastic! I’ll be cranking it up when I go on vacation for sure… Thanks as always for the tremendous shares!
btw, I am trying to get a one on one interview with Marvin Brown of the Softones! His son just got a job where I work! I’ll keep you posted.
Peace and blessings.
WOW!……I was anticipating the drop of this gem…and now am in XTC!!!
big UP!@!
Ps… Soon link you with another tongue wagging drop.
Hey Vince, nice to hear from you again. Please keep me inform with that interview. Be good brother.
very sic stuff!
pure dope….i like that…thanks again fot ur share spirit….and for the pleasure to listened to a good sound..thanks dude jean paris
thanx for up!
Awesome! Keep it soulful brother.
Nice im jammin over here
I remember their single ‘January, February’ which came out in 1976 and became a huge hit in The Netherlands.
I always enjoyed the group’s exuberant, enthusiastic and playful style; just by listening and watching the clips, you know for sure these guys love what they are doing best.
If I am not mistaken, I must have a copy of their second album somewhere as well (which contains covers of ‘Feelings’ and ‘Jesus Christ Superstar’), but only in mp3 from a scratchy source. Time for some diggin’
Many thanks, really looking forward to hearing this one!
Thanks!
Thank you!!! Nice to be able to listen to this album!
Super GEM. !!!!!
Great classic stuff, thanks nick.
this band is new for me but i cant wait to hear it many thanx nikos
Superb tunes! Keep it up brother.
this iss fire!!!!move your feet!
I really love your taste and the way you present the albums. You made me discover some great artist i didn’t know.
Keep them coming!
Perfect as always.
Thanks so much.
killer.killer.killer. Bit of filler, but in my opinion it’s a real killer! thank you so much for bringing this to my attention!
peace, E-mile
Much Thanks For this!! Great LP. Never heard of this band before. Hot!!
Dutch Rhythm Steel & Show is one of our fave Dutch artists. This record is pure gold.
love the down by the river joint, crazy! thanks!
WOW, this looks and sounds FANTASTIC!! Thanks so much!!!
Peace and SOUL,
Dave…
nice one, looking forward to hearing the rest of the album…
a nice way starting your day.
snowfire.
thank you so much
never really heard this but the preview is grabbing me, will comment more after i listen! thanks
This is wonderful, thanks!
I’m loving this one!
Very nice with a rocky edge to it. Good share.
Cheers
Lou
I heard the cover of Down By The River on a CD burn of a WFMU show and have spent, literally, years trying to find out the artist. Thanks for solving the mystery! Best version of this song ever!
wow..how good is this.. mad props!
Very interesting, another version of funky stuff can’t be bad can it? Thumbs up!!
I love to read the description/band histories you post along with the selections. For me, having a context to place the music in makes the discovery of new music more enjoyable. Thanks much, Click