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Steam Heat
Austin Funk
A1
Keep Your Eyes On Your Merchandise
3:10
A2
Love Is Not Such An Easy Game To Play
3:05
A3
Radiator
3:45
A4
Body Talk
5:55
B1
Funk 'N' Roll
2:50
B2
Since I Met You
3:45
B3
Ghetto Tool
2:20
B4
Groove Awhile
3:50
B5
Frozen Tundra Lady
3:20
Jazzman (JMANLP 113)
Release date: Jun 14, 2019, UK
Jazzman's ongoing "Holy Grail" reissue series has focused on obscure but in-demand albums from the Fable Records catalogue. The latest to get the deluxe reissue treatment is Steamheat's "Austin Funk", a 1975 set that's notably harder and funkier than the Texan label's usual jazz-funk fare. Of course, there are still plenty of jazz-funk flourishes to be found amongst the soulful vocals, crunchy clavinet lines, fast-tempo grooves and heady horn lines. Our picks include the low-down deep funk headiness of "Radiator", the fizzing brilliance of "Body Talk", the harmonic jazz guitar, horn and electronic piano solos of "Ghetto Tool" and the eyes-closed, in-the-zone madness of closing cut "Frozen Tundra Lady".