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Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On - Sealed

JUNIOR PARKER Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On (2024 UK/EU limited editon 10-track black vinyl LP, a much-loved and heavily sampled album by Junior Parker. Originally released in 1971, it features tracks sampled by A Tribe CalledQuest, DJ Shadow, De La Soul and Cypress Hill. High quality tip-on pasted picture sleeve with original Groove Merchant cover art, hype sticker & factory sealed. Recommended)

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$31.99, £24.99  
Product Availability In stock. Order now for shipping on Friday 2nd August
Release Date 14th Jun 2024
Release Year 2024
Condition Unless stated otherwise in the description above, all items are in at least excellent condition - so please read our descriptions carefully. We try to sell items as close to Mint condition as possible, and many will indeed be close to brand new and/or unplayed. Others may be 'used' - and all will meet our strict grading and are 100% guaranteed.
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Format vinyl LP album (LP record)
Record Label Mr Bongo
Complete Stock List Go to Junior Parker
Product Catalogue No MRBLP299
Music Genre Gospel & Spirituals, Rhythm & Blues, Male Solo, Rock And Roll, Blues, Singer/Songwriter, 50's Artists / Rock & Roll
Country Comes from UK Comes from 'UK'
 
Tracklisting & More Information

Next up in Mr Bongo's Groove Merchant Records reissue series, sees an outing for a much-loved and heavily sampled funk/soul/blues album by Junior Parker. Originally issued under the title The Outside Man on Capitol Records in 1970 with an alternative cover, this reissue replicates the Groove Merchant release titled Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On featuring the car cover released in 1971.

The Mississippi-born, Memphis-based blues singer, harmonica player and songwriter Junior Parker (aka Little Junior Parker) had a stellar career in music. Since the early 1950s he released records on labels such as Duke, Mercury, United Artists Records and more. Sadly though, Parker died at the young age of 39 during surgery on November 18, 1971.

Originally released under the alternate title a year before his untimely death, Love Ain't Nothin' But a Business Goin' On is drenched in Parker's trademark buttery vocals and soulful grooves, swaggering between smokey blues, raw funk outings and orchestrated soul ballads (with sublime arrangements by Horace Ott).

The album also features three Beatles cover versions in the form of 'Taxman', 'Lady Madonna' and 'Tomorrow Never Knows'. For 'Taxman', Parker completely reinterprets the song taking into a New Orleans funk realm, a sample of which was used as the main hook line on Cypress Hill's classic 'I Wanna Get High'. Elsewhere, 'Tomorrow Never Knows' is flipped into a tripped-out, psychedelic soul-swamp blues ballad, whilst 'Lady Madonna' is given a funky blues makeover.

As shown with Cypress Hill's use of 'Taxman', since the '70s Parker's legacy has been immortalised for future generations through the deep well of samples that his music has become a source of. Tracks from Love Ain't Nothin' But a Business Goin' On have been sampled by some of the biggest names out there, such as A Tribe Called Quest, DJ Shadow and De La Soul.

A seriously smooth album oozing with soul and emotion from a Blues Hall of Fame inductee, Junior Parker's Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On is a superb example of the early '70s crossover funk/soul sound.

Side 1
1. Love Ain't Nothing But A Business Goin' On
2. The Outside Man
3. Darling Depend On Me
4. Taxman
5. Rivers Invitation

Side 2
6. I Wonder Where Our Love Has Gone
7. Just To Hold My Hand
8. You Know I Love You
9. Lady Madonna
10. Tomorrow Never Knows

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Recording Artist Junior Parker
Product Title Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On - Sealed
Product Information Junior Parker Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On - Sealed UK vinyl LP album (LP record).
Language All tracks are sung in English, unless otherwise stated in our description.
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