KNOCKED OUT BY THE SAN FRANCISCO T.K.O.’S

San Francisco T.K.O.’s: Herm + Ooh Baby Baby From 7″ (Golden State, 1971/2) This past week, with the help of the Record Jungle’s Andy Perez, I was able to scratch off one of the holiest of my holy grail records. It’s one of the rarest (and best!) Bay Area soul/funk releases I know of, one of those 7″s in which both sides are absolutely killer. First you have “Herm,” which is a fantastic, funky slow-groover. To me, it sounds loosely influenced by something like “Cleo’s Back...

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