Lloyd Price "Bad Conditions" 45 on Llyod Price's Turntable
Where to start on this record?
Yes, this is Lloyd Price of "Personality" and "Stagger Lee." Despite some of the energy behind his version of "Stagger Lee" (which saw much more intense readings in my opinion) I never would have wagered a wet snot on good old Lloyd knocking out a total barnstorming funk bomb like this sweet 45 released on his own label.
A confusing 45, it was released in 1969 and the label is conflicted on whether it was recorded in NYC (where he was based at the time) or West Indies, Jamaica though Price was based out of New York at the time running a night club of the same name.
I love the artwork on this label and never tire of hard, gut punching funk/hard soul that points out how shitty the world was in the late 1960s.
