107th Street Stickball Team
Saboreando, Pot Full Of Soul
This is a band project from the late 1960s with a very young Bobby Marin, a leading figure in the invention of boogaloo music, a cocktail of Latin music, rhythm & blues, soul and rock'n'roll of the day clearly geared towards the western pop music that made the top of the charts. As he grew up on 107th Street in Harlem/NYC, he and his mates played a game called stickball during the day which is a street variation of baseball originating from the New York area while at night he rehearsed with a doo wop ensemble named The Latin Chords and others from his team got together in a percussion group in buildings on the opposite site of the street. It was no miracle that both groups soon merged into one act that became the 107th Street Stickball Team producing this sole LP in 1969 with a 7" decoupled probably upfront that featured the two album tracks 'On Old Broadway' and 'Mojo Shingaling'. Well shaped originals of the full length vinyl go for 200 euros now as a mono pressing, while even those which fetch lower prices never fall beyond 100 euros. Therefore this reissue on Everland Records suits fans of outstanding 1960s music fairly well with even four bonus tracks added that band leader Marin unearthed from his personal vaults.