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Sweet Sister Funk

Ramon Morris

Recorded	1973
Label	Mr Bongo
Released	1973
Personnel	7 credited players
Discogs	master 370970

The record

A slept-on '73 date riding the spiritual-soul-jazz current, with Albert Dailey's electric piano and Tony Waters' congas locking into a deep groove under Morris's tenor. Mickey Roker and Mickey Bass keep it loose but funky -- the kind of session Mr Bongo built its reissue reputation on.

Session personnel

Mickey Bass — bass
Tony Waters — congas [congos]
Mickey Roker — drums
Albert Dailey — electric piano
Lloyd Davis — guitar
Ramon Morris — tenor saxophone
Cecil Bridgewater — trumpet

Contemporary reception

No period review located yet. The vintage-press pipeline searches DownBeat, Cash Box, and Billboard for this session.

Pressings

Showing the first pressing, audiophile reissues and copies carrying a collector marker, out of 16 pressings on file.

1973	Groove Merchant · GM 516 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Sonic Pressing earliest on file
2007	Pure Pleasure Records · GM 516 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, 180 Gram Kevin Gray remaster
1973	People (6) · PLEO 5 — Vinyl, LP, Album
1973	Vogue · LDM 30.192 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Stereo
1973	Groove Merchant · GM 516 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo
1974	People (6) · ZCPLE 5 — Cassette, Album, Stereo, Dolby System
1974	Groove Merchant · GM 516 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Repress, Stereo, Sonic Pressing
2003	P-Vine Records · PCD-23441 — CD, Album, Reissue
2013	P-Vine Records · PCD-18731 — CD, Album, Reissue
2018	Solid Records (6) · CDSOL-45914 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue, Remastered
2019	Solid Records (6) · UVSL-0163 — CD, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue
2024	Mr Bongo · MRBLP313 — Vinyl, LP, Album, Bioplastic, Reissue, Test Pressing
2025	Mr Bongo
2025	Mr Bongo · MRBCD319 — CD, Album, Reissue