One of my favorite local records and a great rendition of Bobby and James Purify: I'm Your Puppet, is Rudy Sanchez's take on it: Soy Tu Titere.

Goodnight and enjoy!

Peace,
Adrian (age)

Rudy Sanchez-Soy Tu Titere (I'm Your Puppet)

Do What You're Doin' b/w One Night Affair

Do What Your Doin'

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Big Crown Records is proud to present this killer two sider reissue from Sunny & The Sunliners.
Sunny Ozuna, who formed his band, Sunny & The Sunliners, in the early 60’s, is a true legend in the history of not just Chicano music, but American music. Sunny “Mr. Brown Eyed Soul” Ozuna is highly regarded as one of the architects of the sweet soul sound that has been comped on countless “Lowrider Oldies” collections, and his music has been pouring out of 1964 Chevy Impalas since, well, 1964.
Side A’s “Should I Take You Home” is one of his flagship tunes that embodies everything that makes Sunny’s music so appealing. A mid tempo masterpiece that is as cool and swaggy as it is sweet and innocent. In his honeyed voice, that's equal parts Little Wille John and Frank Sinatra, Sunny tells the tale of young love and it’s inherent defiance with lines like “there’s no excuse that she would understand, so when I take you home hold me by the hand”. When we asked Sunny about the tune he described it as “a very young thing, a cute thing”. There is undoubtedly something equal parts nostalgic and romantic about a young man puffing his chest out to authority for the love of his girl. It’s this blend of doo wop styled lyrics, B side soul ballad aesthetic, and Tejano vibes that makes this one of the biggest Chicano penned low rider tunes out there.
Side B finds Sunny covering the Harvey Averne Classic “My Dream”. It’s another perfect example of the distinctive blend of Tejano music and American soul that makes Sunny & The Sunliners so unique.
To say we are obsessed with the music of Sunny & The Sunliners would be to put it lightly. We have been working on a proper reissue project for a few years now and the full compilation will be out in 2017.

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Sunny & The Sunliners - Should I Take You Home - BC034-45 - Side A

In the mid 1960s, one of Missouri's premiere soul and funk outfits debuted under the name, Fabulous Elites. This 11-piece group first recorded at the legendary Damon studios and included the four Bedell brothers who would later help form the Kansas City Express. In a predominately white area where country music was the radio standard, the Kansas City Express literally broke the mold. While only one member hailed from Kansas City, the group stuck with its name, taking Springfield and the surrounding area by storm. This single, recorded at American Artists Studios, was the band's first and only 45. It became a local hit in the Springfield area. Their showmanship even caught the eye of a local friend who had ties to Stax records. The legendary Memphis-based label signed the Express, but the relationship was not to be. In an unfortunate twist of fate, Stax disbanded just four months after the Express became one of the last groups it ever signed.

The Kansas City Express is: Joe Bedell (guitar player), Larry Bedell (Keyboard), Ernie Bedell (Bass), Deloris Bedell (vocalist), Bert Coker (percussion), Richard Allen (drums), Danny Adams (sax), Ron Thomas (trumpet)

This Is The Place

Kansas City Express -  This Is The Place

Another stone classic 45 from the legendary Sunny & the Sunliners. Following up on the compilation project and full length reissues we have done, we keep on pressing up some must-haves from his amazing catalog of music. Diehard fans will love to see this one.

The A Side is “The One Who’s Hurting Is You” which was never on an album and the original 45 is pretty tough to find, and pretty expensive when you do, to put it mildly… A killer tune that starts out with Rudy Palacios signature guitar riff, dropping into the haunting back ground vocals and met with Sunny’s lead riding the line between gruff and sweet. Sunny lays down the law and tells it as fact, “there’s one thing that’s for certain, I won’t be doing the hurting. The one who’s hurting is you….”

The B Side, another non album cut, and one of the hardest 45s from Sunny to come across, is the original recording of “Should I Take You Home”. Originally released on Sunny’s Key-Loc label, this is the first version, later in life they remixed it to license it to another label making it brighter and more punchy. This is the lo-fi, the gritty, the original mix, one we are sure fans are going to be happy to finally get a copy of. Another killer two-sider, another Big Crown Sureshot.

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Sunny & The Sunliners - The One Who's Hurting Is You - BC005-45 - Side A

In new single "I Don't Care" The Beholders join the doo-wopping lushers of love, The Colossians for a song about the wonderings of love set to a latin soulful groove perfect for the sunset in the summer time. Whether you are looking or lost in the sweet endeavors of love, I don't care will take you there. 


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 Digital at https://mangohillrecords.bandcamp.com/album/i-dont-care , Single out June 25th!

Jason Joshua & The Beholders Ft The Colossians - I Don't Care (Snippet)

Friday Saturday & Sunday - There Must Be Something.

You and Me b/w Put a Smile on Your Face

Put a Smile on Your Face

Though Bryan Ponce and Adriana Flores share the stage with Joey Q as part of the East LA souldies outfit Thee Sinseers, they really step into the spotlight with The Altons, a group they themselves founded along with drummer Caitlin Moss and bassist Gabriel Maldonado . On this their debut single on Penrose, Bryan sings the lead with a smoky-sweet falsetto that bends tenderly from growl to howl and back again. The group takes a turn through a classic Miracles-style mid-tempo groove on the A-side, leaving you helplessly addicted to their sweet eponymous refrain, When you go that’s when you’ll know…

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Penrose Records Vol. 1

The Altons - When You Go (Thats When You'll Know)

Luv N' Haight (Edit Series: Mike James Kirkland), Vol.1

There's Nothing I Can Do About It

I've Got Mine You Better Get Yours

I Found out Too Late

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Sunny & The Sunliners - The One Who's Hurting Is You - BC005-45 - Side A

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