Let's Go Down to the Real... [Import]

Track Listings

1. Nitty Gritty

2. California Sun

3. Soul Man

4. Shout

5. You Talk To Much

6. Sookie Sookie

7. Mony Mony

8. Soul Mexico

9. Cool Jerk

10. I Want You To Be My Girl

11. Ya Ya

12. Fanny Mae

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Full title - Let's Go Down To The Real Nitty Gritty. A very wild album from Ricardo 'Ritchie' Ray - sort of a mix of Latin soul styles in the mode of work by Mongo Santamaria, but a lot more messed up! The album's got a number of 60s soul covers -- but they're done here by Ricardo in kind of a party Latin mode, touched with a bit of garage soul vocals, in a way that makes the whole album quite upbeat and playful throughout -- filled with non-stop groovers that keep on delivering the goods! Our favorite cut is the original 'Soul Mexico', which has this storming chanting verse, that then unwinds into a totally catchy chorus with overlapping melodic lines - but the whole album's great, and other tracks include 'Ya Ya', 'I Want You To Be My Girl', 'Mony Mony', 'Shout', and 'Soul Man'. Vampi Soul. Digipak. 2002.

Let's Go Down to the Real...,Ricardo Orchestra Ray,Soul/R & B