20.4.08

Wilbur Niles and Thrust - Thrust Too (Tinkertoo, 1980)

The sought after album by Ohio based jazz funk artist Wilbur Niles is "Thrust", which he recorded with Machelle McNeal in 1979. Chicago indie hip hop label Chocolate Industries re-released MCNEAL & NILES Thrust in 2004

This album "Thrust Too" I picked-up at Peter Dunn's Vinyl Museum's Bloor street location during my mid 90's grab any private press phase. Although it lacks the tight, crisp energy that still makes the first album sound fresh, it does have it's moments. "Thrust Too" was recorded in 1980 without keyboardist Machelle McNeal. The drums don't hit as hard and the overall sound is clean and polished. It's still retains the Jazz-Funk-Disco elements, but with a P-Funk vibe thrown in for good measure (Check out "Survival Of The Funkiest"), I sometimes wonder what happened to McNeal since Niles includes a track titled Machelle. I'll try and get some proper photos of the jacket posted in the future.


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2 comments:

ai dash said...

thanks a lot! very interesting collection for me.

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