MARVIN WHOREMONGER (DELUXE LP)

One of the sought-after funk albums: a concept-piece executed by a Las Vegas hustler,?pairing the troubled musings of a transient vocalist with the exuberant funk of a teenage?trio. Embellished by session musicians in Hollywood with synthesizers and a large horn?section, Marvin Whoremonger lurked behind a garish, anonymous jacket and failed?immediately, despite producer Cholly Williams exhortations in his liner notes that the?album would lead to international stardom for all involved. Forty years later it has aged?well, and stands as an immediately accessible - yet bizarre - exercise in late-period, real?funk music.