Little Beaver
Party Down (black)
Little Beaver's 'Party Down' from 1974 features contributions by Betty Wright and jazz fusion bass legend Jaco Pastorius. The album mostly deals with happiness and love in a style that Little Beaver is renowned for. Though largely forgotten today, many of its tracks were covered and sampled by a variety of famous artists such as Erykah Badu, Blowfly and Jay-Z. Little Beaver would return with two more records, 'When Was the Last Time' (1976) and 'Beaver Fever' (1980), the latter under the moniker of Willie 'Beaver' Hale. Following this, TK Records went bankrupt and Little Beaver faded into the shadows, only to re-emerge in 2008 with 'Love & Affection'. ReGrooved presents a reissue for a record that continues to groove on, even after forty-odd years.