This month’s Cratery is proof the weather’s getting a little hotter. And we’ve got the tunes to match: A little dub, reggae, rare groove, disco, funk and some good old fashioned soul music. The Lowrell record we both hold in our hands wasn’t some drunken attempt at comedy either – it embodies the spirit of this shit. We both bought Lowrell’s self titled LP years ago for the rare groove classic “Mellow Mellow Right On”, sampled for Common’s “Remind Me”. Yet I only recently discovered “You’re Playing Dirty”, a rare groove/boogie/modern soul banger after actually giving the rest of the record a chance 10 years later. Sometimes not listening to your joints can be as fruitful as listening to them.

TRACKLIST: 1. Hopeton Lewis – Funky Kingston 2. Byron Lee – Who done it 3. King Tubby – Dreadlocks Dub 4. Willie Lindo – Midnight 5. Ronnie McNeir – I’m Your Lover 6. Hodges, James & Smith – (I who have) Nothing 7. Lowrell – You’re Playing Dirty 8. Tender Aggression – Cryin’ Wind 9. Ohio Players – What it Is 10. Carla Whitney – Lovin’ at midnight 11. Barbara Acklin – Seven days of night 12. Eugene McDaniels – Lovin’ Man 13. Eloise Laws – Ain’t it good feelin’ good 14. Skip Mahoney& the Casuals – Town called Nowhere 15. Gregory James Edition – Make it easy on yourself 16. Eddie Fischer – Land of our Father

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