Yo!!
Konk - Yo! [TWI 143 BEL 1983 24-Bit FLAC] This is the classic sound of the NYC streets recorded and released in Belgium a few years before Konk scored a minor hit with Your Life . Not the greatest of pressings but worth every micro-millisecond of pure listening pleasure. I am quite surprised that nobody has ever picked up Yo! for a reissue. Konk still exist and occasionally play live, so would no doubt be willing to license this for modern ears. After all, when it comes to repressing the independent dance sounds of New York in the early eighties, I am pretty sure all those extensive (and occasionally dull) Arthur Russell archives have been drained of every last drop. Since my 2016 post on ESWA, a double album featuring all these tracks has appeared on the Futursimo label in the USA, combined with a selection of Konk singles. Here is my original 2016 rip, cleaned up a bit and repackaged with the classic Your Life 12". A1 Baby Dee A2 Suavey Caliente A3 Konk Par...