MANDRILL – Just Outside Of Town (1973)
The band reach their creative and commercial peak with this their 4th full length, and their last for Polydor. Containing two of their most killer grooves – Mango Meat and Fat City Strut – this album rolls along. Also contains one of their great underrated tracks – Afrikus Retropectus. The track ‘Two Sisters Of Mystery’ was sampled by Public Enemy for ‘By The Time I Get To Arizona’. The Wilson Brothers, Claude ‘Coffee’ Cave, Neftali Santiago, Fudgie Kae and Omar Mesa could do no wrong at this moment. What a melting pot of funk.
TRACKLISTING:
1. Mango Meat
2. Never Die
3. Love Song
4. Interlude
5. Fat City Strut
6. Two Sisters Of Mystery
7. Afrikus Retrospectus
8. She Ain’t Lookin’ Too Tough
9. Aspiration Flame
Recorded and mixed at Electric Lady Studios, New York
and The Hit Factory, New York.
Produced by Alfred V. Brown and Mandrill
