Originally released in 1978, it’s the only known album by this super hot Atlanta, Georgia band. The Chapparrals were known for wild onstage antics, deep funky sounds and for taking no prisoners when they opened for any of the numerous recording acts they had the pleasure of working with back in the ’70s. These guys are a perfect summation of popular funk groove as their album is a blistering blend of bassy rhythms and tight instrumentation. It also includes mighty sweet keyboards that sneak wonderfully alongside the guitar and horns, sometimes with wild moogy touches that are almost P-Funk. They performed with notables like The Commodores, The Isley Brothers, Sly & The Family Stone, Marvin Gaye, Graham Central Station, Kool & The Gang, Parliamant/Funkadelic and many others. This great album is a compilation of hot, stingy tunes with horns, smooth ballads with strings, featuring both fast and slow funky songs with heavy rhythmic passages. A surefire holy grail funk and soul LP!
アトランタの 9 人組。 唯一作は自主レーベルからのリリースで 1978 年。 つまり知る人ぞ知るな 1 枚なわけですが、それであっても発掘されて CD 化されるわけでありまして、そもそも最初の CD 化は日本においてだそう。
ファンクを基調として、なにしろ大人数だもんですから引き出しの多さと風呂敷の広さは半端なし。 ディスコからバラードからなんやらあれこれできる器用さで、地元を訪れるビッグネームの前座として頻繁に起用されたのだとか。
突き抜けるものがないからメジャーではなく自主制作で音源を発表したのかとは思われますが、ソツのない内容で好印象なんですよね、聴く度に。