View basket “His N Hers” has been added to your basket. 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 Keywest Ordinary Superhero Folk | Marshall Records | 1LP Released 27th September 2019 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Keywest Ordinary Superhero £17.00 Genre: Folk Label: Marshall Records SKU: 0190296899836 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 27th September 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Purple (409) Rock And Pop | PIAS | 1LP Released 10th November 2014 £14.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Purple (409) £14.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: PIAS SKU: PIASR735LP Formats: 1LP Released Date: 10th November 2014 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Grace Jones The Disco Years 4 LP Set Rock And Pop | UMC | 4LP Released 4th May 2015 £65.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Grace Jones The Disco Years 4 LP Set £65.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: 5354649 Formats: 4LP Released Date: 4th May 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Peter Buck & Luke Haines All The Kids Are Super Bummed Out Rock And Pop | Cherry Red | 2LP Released 28th October 2022 £36.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Peter Buck & Luke Haines All The Kids Are Super Bummed Out £36.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Cherry Red SKU: BREDD863 Formats: 2LP Released Date: 28th October 2022 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Chas & Dave A Little Bit Of Us Rock And Pop | Cooking Vinyl | 1LP Released 20th April 2018 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chas & Dave A Little Bit Of Us £22.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Cooking Vinyl SKU: COOKLP704 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 20th April 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Simple Minds Sparkle In The Rain Rock And Pop | UMC | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 16th March 2015 £18.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Simple Minds Sparkle In The Rain £18.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: UMC SKU: 3797354 Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 16th March 2015 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Everything Is Recorded Close But Not Quite Rock And Pop | XL Recordings | 1LP, EP/Mini Album Released 30th June 2017 £8.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Everything Is Recorded Close But Not Quite £8.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: XL Recordings SKU: XLT869 Formats: 1LP, EP/Mini Album Released Date: 30th June 2017 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Spencer Davis Group Autumn 66 (with bonus tracks) Rock And Pop | Klimt | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 5th April 2019 £21.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Spencer Davis Group Autumn 66 (with bonus tracks) £21.00 Genre: Rock And Pop Label: Klimt SKU: MJJ339CC Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 5th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View NOW That’s What I Call Music! 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