CULT CARGO: BELIZE CITY BOIL UP - VARIOUS ARTISTS (LIMITED EDITION 2LP)

CULT CARGO: BELIZE CITY BOIL UP - VARIOUS ARTISTS (LIMITED EDITION 2LP)

Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up On Limited Edition 2LP Set

Belizian's call it Boil Up, and it's anything but leftovers. Mix equal parts R&B, calypso, disco, funk, reggae, bruckdown, soul, folk, and whatever else can be found back on the bottom shelf of the musical pantry. Get ready to feast on passport stamped rhythms, second-deck cruise ship melodies, hotel pool calypso, soundtracks to movies not-yet-made, and anything else savory, or unsavory, enough to throw into the pot.

Never heard of the funky soul and reggae music of Belize, that sliver of Caribbean coastline just east of Guatemala and south of Cancun? You're probably not alone, and the Belize City Boil Up compilation (the 6th this year from crate-digging music salvagers the Numero Group) is the varied and danceable introduction for the interested yet uninitiated. Soaking up influences from their Jamaican neighbors and their soulful Motown/Stax brethren from the north, these little-known groups recorded a handful of albums and singles in the 60s and 70s. The results showcase rootsy reggae (Belizean patriarchal funkster Lord Rhaburn's More Love Reggae, The Web's Rated G), covers of Wilson Pickett and Johnny Nash, and some funky I-can't-believe-it's-not-sampled beats of the Harmonettes Shame Shame Shame and Rhaburn's Disco Connection. Soulful standouts The Professionals (whose album covers noted their promptness and reliability) cover both the O'Jays Back Stabbers and Theme from The Godfather - now that's a group with range!

Cult Cargo: Belize City Boil Up Track Listing

1. Disco Connection - Lord Rhaburn 
2. Can't Go Halfway - The Harmonettes 
3. Guajida - Jesus C. Acosta, , The Professionals 
4. Same Old Me - Web 
5. Part of Being with You - The Professionals 
6. More Love Reggae - Lord Rhaburn 
7. Back Stabbers - The Professionals 
8. Rated G - Web 
9. Shame Shame Shame - The Harmonettes 
10. Funky Jive, Pt. 2 - Soul Creations 
11. Don't Fight It - Lord Rhaburn 
12. Long Time Boy - Nadia Cattouse 
13. Boogaloo a la Chuck - Lord Rhaburn 
14. Theme from the Godfather - The Professionals 
15. Things Are Going to Work Out Right - Web 
16. Funky Jive, Pt. 1 - Soul Creations