MANDRILL – Composite Truth (1973)

This is Mandrill’s 3rd full length album and it contains two of their biggest grooves – Hang Loose and Fencewalk. Black/Puerto Rican Neftali Santiago joined on drums after 1st drummer Charlie Padro left to pursue film. The funk congealed and got nuclear. The combination of the percussive instruments and the funk was Mandrill’s trademark by this stage.   Neftali says;  “I remember playing drums, and it used to make me uncomfortable (with) George Clinton and Maurice White sitting right in back of me taking notes! Then all of a sudden Earth, Wind and Fire gets a horn section, and Funkadelic starts adding horns, percussion and become Parliament, and it’s like hmmm that’s interesting.”

TRACKLISTING:

1. Hang Loose

2. Fencewalk

3. Hagalo

4. Don’t Mess With People

5. Polk Street Carnival

6. Golden Stone

7. Out With The Boys

8. Moroccan Nights

Recorded and mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York
and The Hit Factory, New York.
Produced by Alfred V. Brown and Mandrill