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Share It With You / Happiness

by Experience

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    7" vinyl single with picture sleeve. Limited edition of 400 copies. Very last copies, updated price, sorry.

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Official re-release of two of the finest Afro Funk / Island Boogie tunes recorded in Germany.

Experience’s “Share It With You” and “Happiness” can both be found on the highly collectible private LP release “Oh! What A Feeling” from 1982. The group consisted of Anthony Flaverney from Trinidad, Curvin Murchant from Jamaica, Daniel Kofi Jefferson from Ghana and John Innies from Trinidad, and was founded in Hamburg.

Anthony Flaverney, the lead singer on both songs, was active as songwriter and musician in Germany since the mid-1970s, most notably appearing on the Peter Herbolzheimer arranged “Caribbean Rock“ album by Malcolm's Locks (be sure to check their funk version of Bob Marley’s “Get Up Stand Up”!). Curvin Merchant, a highly respected drummer from Jamaica, settled in Germany around the same time. Before forming Experience, he was a member in several groups, including highly successful pop acts like Boney M. Later he became known as "Germany’s Grandfather of Roots Rock Reggae", among other things building up the "Reggae Center" in Hamburg. Flaverney and Merchant are joined by Daniel Jefferson on bass and John Innies on steel pan. The band existed for about 2 years, touring in Germany and Europe, unfortunately recording only one album which features a unique mix of Reggae and Funk.

The first track on our single, “Share It With You”, should give any serious music lover goose bumps. It was written by Flaverney and features a deep funk groove, steel drum solos and fantastic soulful vocals. It’s that type of tune you will play in a DJ set and people will come up to you and ask what it is. The single version is slightly edited.
Side B continues with “Happiness”, an equally great track with positive vibe and attitude, written by Flaverney and Jefferson. Again, the steel pan sounds give it that special compelling “Island” vibe from Trinidad.

The single is limited to 400 copies and comes in a beautiful picture sleeve showing part of the original artwork from the “Oh! What A Feeling” album.

credits

released October 4, 2019

Reissue production by The Artless Cuckoo & John Raincoatman.
Mastering by Alex Klier

Recorded and mixed at Stock Studio
Engineers: Andreas Stock, Hartley McDermott, Kamella, Experience

Cover Illustration: Igor
Band Picture (Vinyl Backcover): Claus Schneider
Design: Annette Kölbel
Additional Layout: John Raincoatman

Special thanks to Thorsten

℗ 1982 Experience | © 2019 The Artless Cuckoo | A Division of EQX-Music | BOTM-003 | All Rights Reserved | LC 04415

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The Outer Edge Berlin, Germany

The Outer Edge is a label by German record collector DJ Scientist aka John Raincoatman. The label merges the former imprints The Artless Cuckoo (2015-2022) and Boogie On The Mainline. It now pools all strength to a new and exciting force in releasing music on the edge, free of genre boundaries, yet mostly with a groove. ... more

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