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Skull Snaps
Current price: $11.99
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Skull Snaps
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Original vinyl copies of
' one and only LP continue to exchange hands on the rare groove market for three figures. There are two reasons for this: one, it's rare, and two, the drum breaks from the album have been feasted upon for samples so frequently that samples of the samples have likely been sampled. It's not that the album is spectacular -- it's merely a decent early-'70s
record from some accomplished musicians who don't exactly leave a trademark of their own throughout its nine songs. This
-drenched
album is most notable for the drums of
It's the album's strongest cut, and the opening drum pattern is as ubiquitous they come -- you can hear it get put to re-use in well over two dozen popular
songs. Anyone who likes hard
will find much to like -- the vocals are gruff, the rhythms are tough yet nimble (the drums are crisp and smacking throughout), and the subject matter takes on everything from pimps to romance to everyday relationships.
reissued the album on CD in 1995. ~ Andy Kellman