Various Artists - Lowrider - Secret Soul Of Los Angeles LP
Genre defining masterpieces celebrating the history and resurgence of California street soul
- As seen at the 2019 V&A subculture exhibition
- Popularised and fetishised by Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg and immortalised in Grand Theft Auto and Breaking Bad
- Printed inner sleeve featuring sleeve notes by Dean Reynolds
- 140-gram black vinyl LP.
The sound bed to the Los Angeles, East Side, world of customised cars, beautiful Chicano ladies and notorious biker gangs. Lowrider culture developed in Los Angeles in the 1950s and '60s. Latino youths took to customising their cars, lowering the wheelbase, painting them with ornate works of art and fetishising them as part of an emerging lifestyle. They were unique, sleek and designed to impress. They would cruise the streets and boulevards, parading their "low-low's"and their decorated ladies set to a fusion of black and brown soul, doo-wop and smooth group harmony. Today Lowrider culture and music is more popular worldwide than at any other time in it's sixty-year history. Original record values have hit an all-time high and current, young, breakthrough acts are covering and creating new Lowrider sounds. So, join us in our custom Impala for a ride through the East Side.
Label: Charly
UPC: 5060767443941
Release Date: June 14, 2024
Track List
- The Lovelites - How Can I Tell My Mom and Dad?
- The Victones - Somebody Really Loves You (Guess Who)
- The Electrifying Cashmeres - Ooh! I Love You
- The Appreciations - No No No
- The Chandlers - I Need Your Love
- Tony Owens - Confessin' A Feeling
- The Delicates - I Want To Get Married
- Little Hank - Try to Understand
- Ruby Andrews - I Guess That Don't Make Me A Loser
- Choice of Colour - You're Twenty-One Today
- The Ringleaders - Let's Start Over
- Deniece Chandler - Yes I'm Ready
- The DeVons - Wise Up ; Be Smart
- The Inspirations - I'll Take A Chance On You