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BC 005-7
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"Following the success of the extensive reissue project that we did with Sunny's & The Sunliners, (2017's Mr Brown Eyed Soul compilation, Smile Now, Cry Later & Missing Link full length reissues, and 2018's reissue of Little Brown Eyed Soul LP) we bring you another must have 7 inch offering from his catalogue. Side A is Sunny's cover of 'Get Down', one of the rarest and hardest tunes from his extensive discography. Only appearing on a Key Loc 45 and very rarely showing up in decent condition, if at all, it lives mostly on funk collector's want lists. Although they have covered James Brown, Hugh Masekela, and The Meters this is commonly agreed to be the funkiest thing they've ever cut. Side B is their version of the Billy Stewart classic 'Cross My Heart', a tune even some of the most diehard Sunny fans seem to have not known existed prior to the Mr Brown Eyed Soul compilation. A sweet soul classic recently made popular again via Jay Electronica's Just Blaze produced underground hit 'Exhibit C', which sampled the Stewart version. Collectors and music lovers alike will be happy to see this song available on 7" format for the first time ever."
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BC 043-7
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"Another stone classic 45 from the legendary Sunny & the Sunliners. Following up on the compilation project and full-length reissues we have done, we keep on pressing up some must-haves from his amazing catalog of music. Diehard fans will love to see this one. The A Side is 'The One Who's Hurting Is You' which was never on an album and the original 45 is pretty tough to find, and pretty expensive when you do, to put it mildly... A killer tune that starts out with Rudy Palacios signature guitar riff, dropping into the haunting back ground vocals and met with Sunny's lead riding the line between gruff and sweet. Sunny lays down the law and tells it as fact, 'there's one thing that's for certain, I won't be doing the hurting. The one who's hurting is you...' The B Side, another non album cut, and one of the hardest 45s from Sunny to come across, is the original recording of 'Should I Take You Home'. Originally released on Sunny's Key-Loc label, this is the first version, later in life they remixed it to license it to another label making it brighter and more punchy. This is the lo-fi, the gritty, the original mix, one we are sure fans are going to be happy to finally get a copy of. Another killer two-sider, another Big Crown Sureshot."
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BC 026LP
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Originally released for Black Friday RSD 2017. "When it comes to living legends in the Texas and Latin music pantheon, few have been at it longer and are more revered by their fans and peers than vocalist, songwriter and bandleader Sunny Ozuna. Born and raised in San Antonio, where he still resides, Sunny became a star right out of high school in the late '50s and hasn't looked back in the six decades since. After releasing dozens of albums since the mid-1960s (in Spanish and English), Sunny still keeps a busy schedule and loves performing as much as he did as a teenager. His classic 45s regularly change hands for hundreds of dollars among collectors around the world, affirming his timeless appeal. As a logical next step after Big Crown's excellent (and Sunny-approved) Mr. Brown Eyed Soul compilation from September, the label has started digging into the vaults of Sunny's Key-Loc Records label to unearth some legit soul classics -- which are hard to find even in San Antonio, and clean originals will cost you a pretty penny if you ever luck into one -- and have not been on vinyl since the late '60s. Each has been remastered and includes original album art. First up is Smile Now, Cry Later, a 12-song platter which first hit in 1966. As with most Sunny LPs, this is a mix of soulful originals -- most notably, 'Smile Now, Cry Later' and 'Put Me In Jail' -- and provocative, wide-ranging covers. Cases in point on the tributes side of this great album include the Sam & Dave shouter 'Hold On I'm Comin''; 'Forever,' made famous by both the Marvelettes and Marvin Gaye, and a song that Sunny performs to this day; and the '60s Louis Prima crooner special 'Just A Gigolo.' The band is tight, the sound is honest, the vocals are dusky and deep, and the album is an undeniable soul and Texas music classic, ready to be discovered by a whole new generation of music fans. Dive in and be ready for a permasmile, thanks to that patented Sunny sound."
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