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Chuck Armstrong
Something Got A Hold On Me

Something Got A Hold On Me

Catno

ERC127 ERC127

Formats

1x Vinyl 12" 33 ⅓ RPM Reissue Remastered

Country

UK

Release date

Mar 1, 2022

The super rarity disco funk Something Got A Hold On Me by Chuck Armstrong gets its first ever official reissue, as Emotional Rescue continues its series of looking at some of the artists working with King Sporty’s Konduko label.

A long time South Florida native, Armstrong released numerous gospel toned soul 7”s for labels across the US, starting in 1962 with Cleveland’s Gemini Records before going on to release with Detroit’s Black Rock and Nashville’s Sound Stage 7.

First working with Noel Williams on the 1973 single, Black Foxy Woman, before releasing his now sought-after album Shakin’ Up in 1976, he returned to Konduko 3 years later to explore the shift to disco and boogie with William’s masterly production.

Coming in at 10 minutes of deep, bottom rattling disco funk, William’s teamed Armstrong’s vocals of unremitting love and partnership, with his in-house Root Rockers band to devastating results.

Their unrelenting groove and horns, plus Betty Wright & co's backing vocals counteracting with William’s studio skills, is further exemplified in a wonderful dub laden Discomix by Psychemagik.

Having released a sneaky edit a few years ago, it seemed fitting to bring the duo of beat diggers, tape manipulators and world travelling DJs, into the “official” fold by commissioning a new rework that extends, loops and arranges this classic around a nice heavy dose of dub effects for daze.

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Something Got A Hold On Me

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Something Got A Hold On Me (Psychemagik Discomix)

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