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Beggar & Co - Monument [Remastered]

Beggar & Co - Monument [Remastered]

Release Date: /// Funky Town Grooves

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Digitally remastered edition of this 1981 album by the British funk group. Beggar & Co composed of core members Kenny Wellington, David Baptiste, Neville 'Breeze' McKrieth and other guest musicians specializing in jazz, funk and dance music. The founder members of the group were members of the group, Light Of The World, who enjoyed some success in the UK Albums Chart. Wellington, Baptiste and McKrieth formed Beggar and Co and experienced chart success, outselling the previous group's hit "Time". Beggar and Co's first single was "(Somebody) Help Me Out" and was in the chart for 10 weeks, whilst the second was called "Mule (Chant No.2)" remained in the chart for five weeks. The horn section, Wellington, Baptiste and Nat Augustin, have made many appearances with artists from both the UK and the US including Tom Browne, Jean Carne and The Jones Girls. Beggar & Co also featured brass section on a number of chart records for Spandau Ballet, Ultravox, Wham!, George Michael, Gabrielle and Billy Ocean.

Tracklist:

  1. You Need Love
  2. Laughing on
  3. (Somebody) Help Me Out
  4. Mule (Chant #2)
  5. Break It Up
  6. Got to Get Away
  7. Bahia de Palma
  8. I Tried to Write a Song
  9. That's Life 1
  10. Keep on Running

UPC: 5060196464067
Label: FUNKY TOWN GROOVES
Release Date: 6.30.15
Format: CD

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