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Texas Thunder Soul 1968​-​1974

by Kashmere Stage Band

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  • Streaming + Download

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

    The Kashmere Stage Band's collected works is presented as a gatefold, 2LP package and as a 2CD/DVD package. Each collection contains a series of rare, heavy soul, funk and jazz recorded by the Houston, Texas high school heavyweights Kashmere Stage Band under the tutelage of the great Conrad O. Johnson.

    NPR wrote: "Kashmere High School... spawned a sensation that's still drawing listeners some 40 years later.... Nt only one of the nation's best stage bands, but one of the best funk bands - period."

    LP contains 18 tracks, all studio recordings, and is packaged as a gatefold with liner notes and photos on the interior panels.

    The CD and DVD package contains a wealth more of material - those 18 studio recordings, and 14 recordings of live and alternate takes.

    The DVD contains:

    • “Texas Jewels: The Making of Texas Thunder Soul” (2010) - a short film by B+ and Flying Lotus.

    • “Kashmere Stage Band on Jazz: Yesterday, Today, Forever” - an appearance of the Band captured for Houston Spiritual Jazz maven Bubbha Thomas on his TV program.

    • “Prof. and his Band: A Documentary by Charles Porter” (early 1970s).
    ... more
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  • Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    2 CD & DVD: The studio recordings (18 tracks), live and alternate takes (14 bonus tracks) and one DVD in an 8-panel digipak with a 40 page booklet.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    2LPs of driving funk

    Includes unlimited streaming of Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974 via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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Boss City 03:45
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Take Five 03:44
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Super Bad 01:47
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Thunder Soul 03:23
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Headwiggle 04:18
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Scorpio 04:39
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Thank You 05:01
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Al's Tune 02:54
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All Praises 06:37
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Shaft 05:04
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Kashmere 04:57
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Intro (Live) 01:08
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Intro (Live) 00:20
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'Texas Thunder Soul 1968- 1974' is presented both as a gatefold 2LP and as a 2CD plus DVD package. The DVD includes the short-films “Texas Jewels: The Making of Texas Thunder Soul” (by B+ and Flying Lotus) and “Prof. and his Band: A Documentary by Charles Porter” alongside a performance of the Kashmere Stage Band on the 1972 special “Jazz: Yesterday, Today, Forever.”

We’ve been saying it since the release of 'The Funky 16 Corners' back in 2001 but, after the documentary 'Thunder Soul' captured the audience award at festivals like SXSW and the Los Angeles Film Festival and then later on streaming services the world over, the word was out: Kashmere was the greatest high school band – ever.

Their story is tucked in between slabs of hard 70s funk, soul, and jazz; the late educator and catalyst Conrad O. Johnson transformed a bunch of rough-hewn high schoolers into a band that could compete with any in the nation – professional, or otherwise. Forget high school bands, we’re talking about sixteen year old kids who would give the JBs a run for their money.

The Kashmere Stage Band released a total of eight albums and three 45s on Johnson’s Kram label. The band’s best tracks are collected here alongside producer Eothen “Egon” Alapatt’s notes, with rare photos and ephemera.

credits

released November 11, 2011

Art Direction – Matt Rowland
Compilation Producer – Egon
Mastered By – Dave Cooley, Kelly Hibbert
Other [Masters Tapes Transfer] – Claude Robinson, Egon
Other [Researched And Annotated By] – Egon
Producer [Original Sessions] – Conrad O. Johnson

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Kashmere Stage Band Houston, Texas

Kashmere Stage Band was an elite performing unit of the student band at Kashmere High School from the late 1960s until 1978.

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