Subway Feat. Wave: Ten Toes Up Vinyl 12″

Memphis boogie grail reissued!Big upto Past Due Records (run by Jerome Derradji of Stilove4music fame) forhooking up all the funk fiends in a major way with these legit represses of Lee Moores meanest boogie funk productions. Easily the rarest of the bunch, this Subway mini-LP is known to fetch in the thousands when it ever surfaces (which is next to never). Originally released in 1982 on the scarce Memphis-based Score imprint, Ten Toes Upfound Lee Moore teaming up with Stax musiciansMichael Toles, Lester Snell, Willie Hall and members of the Isaac Hayes Movementfor a set of absolutely killer boogie funk grooves. Check the sound on the infectious floor-mover “What You Do For Love,” or the uptempo groover “Ten Toes Up.” Attention boogie heads- you need this! Recommended.

• official reissue
• music label: Past Due 2016

reviewed by Pop Tart 05/2016