SOUTHERN FREEEZ / VARIATIONS ON A THEEEM Freeez & John Rocca SKU: BBQ2166LP Barcode: 607618216610 23.00 £23.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Beggars Banquet Released Date: 21st August 2020 Buying Format: 2LP Coloured Vinyl Out of stock Back Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info Beggars Arkive is excited to reissue the classic FREEEZ debut album SOUTHERN FREEEZ. The second LP contains seven brand new tracks from the band’s leader John Rocca. Freeez were a legendary group from London, known as one of the UK’s main jazz-funk bands of the early 1980s…aka Brit funk. Led by John Rocca, Freeez consisted of various musicians, originally with Rocca and others including Andy Stennet (keyboards), Peter Maas (bass guitar) and Paul Morgan. Their debut album Southern Freeez was released in 1981 and contains the hit song “Southern Freeez” which included guest vocals by Ingrid Mansfield Allman. John Rocca initially released the album it on his own Pink Rythm label before being signed to Beggars Banquet. A few years later, they had even more hits. Their biggest, “IOU”, was a #1 club single and was written and produced by renowned producer Arthur Baker with lyric contributions and lead vocals by John Rocca and remixed by Jellybean Benitez and Baker. It was a hit in the US in addition to the UK and was used in the legendary breakdancing movie Beat Street. “Pop Goes My Love” was another hit. Rocca also had a hit as a solo artist in 1984 with “I Want It To Be Real”. While they may not be a household name, if you know, you know. They have been sampled many times, by artists including Jamie xx, Coolio, Brandy, Madlib and more. Nearly 40 years after the original release of Southern Freeez, after being contacted by Beggars Arkive about a reissue, John was inspired to go back to his roots. He pulled together some of the work that he had been experimenting with over the years and enlisted some musicians (including his nephews) to play on the tracks, saying that doing so “was a nice reflection of the past meeting the present”. “”The melancholic suburban soul of ‘Southern Freeez’ never gets tired for me….an album that has remained at the top of my Brit Funk pile!” – GILLES PETERSON Artist Freeez & John Rocca Genre Rock And Pop Label Beggars Banquet Buying Options 2LP Coloured Vinyl Format 2LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings LP1/FREEEZ – SOUTHERN FREEEZ A1 Mariposa A2 Caribbean Winter A3 Easy on the Onions A4 Sunset B1 Flying High B2 Southern Freeez B3 Roller Chase B4 First Love B5 Finale LP2/John Rocca A1 Southern Freeez 20+20 A2 Feeel the Music A3 Simple Breeez B1 My Name Is Love Part 1 + 2 B2 Slow Down (ordinary dawn) B3 Rain Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Rock And Pop View Product Quick View Two Another Two Sides Rock And Pop | Real World | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 26th March 2021 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Two Another Two Sides £14.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Real World SKU: ANOTHER022LP Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 26th March 2021 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Paul Draper Spooky Action Rock And Pop | Kscope | 180g, 2LP Released 11th August 2017 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Paul Draper Spooky Action £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Kscope SKU: KSCOPE913 Formats: 180g, 2LP Released Date: 11th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bleachers Gone Now Rock And Pop | Columbia | 1LP Released 2nd June 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bleachers Gone Now £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Columbia SKU: 88985428731 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 2nd June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Rifles Freedom Run Rock And Pop | Cooking Vinyl | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 3rd May 2019 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Rifles Freedom Run £25.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Cooking Vinyl SKU: COOKLP722 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 3rd May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Bodies Of Water Spear in the City Rock And Pop | Thousand Tongues/Secretly Canadian | 1LP Released 25th August 2017 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Bodies Of Water Spear in the City £19.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Thousand Tongues/Secretly Canadian SKU: SCPECTT006LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 25th August 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Eternal Summers Gold And Stone Rock And Pop | Kanine | 1LP Released 18th May 2015 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Eternal Summers Gold And Stone £17.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Kanine SKU: KR1301 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 18th May 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Grateful Dead Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83 Rock And Pop | RBDO 2171 | 180g, 5LP, Box Set Released 6th October 2023 £129.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Grateful Dead Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83 £129.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: RBDO 2171 SKU: 0603497840281 Formats: 180g, 5LP, Box Set Released Date: 6th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View P.O.D Circles Rock And Pop | Mascot Records | 1LP Released 16th November 2018 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders P.O.D Circles £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Mascot Records SKU: 0819873017615 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 16th November 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Lucy Spraggan Today Was a Good Day Rock And Pop | Cooking Vinyl | 1LP Released 3rd May 2019 £20.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Lucy Spraggan Today Was a Good Day £20.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Cooking Vinyl SKU: COOKLP727 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 3rd May 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Poco the sounds of Richie Furay Rock And Pop | CBS | 1LP Released 8th December 2015 £9.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Poco the sounds of Richie Furay £9.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: CBS SKU: NN95269 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 8th December 2015 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket See more in Rock And Pop Start again
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