Rasputin’s Stash: Your Love Is Certified and Mr Cool
From: Rasputin’s Stash (Cotillion, 1971)
It’s always puzzled me why Rasputin’s Stash aren’t a lot more popular than they are. The band released two fine albums in the early seventies with a quality blend of funk and soul, yet this, their first album, isn’t even available on CD never mind reissued on vinyl. You’d think the cover art alone would get people interested.
Maybe part of the reason for this is the confusion caused by the group itself who suffered an identity crisis one record into their career. After releasing this self titled album as an eight part collective formed from Chicago session musicians, the group then reduced itself to four before releasing a second self titled album as Rasputin Stash. Anyway, what really matters is the quality of the music and this band has an abundance of it.
Your Love Is Certified shows the group at their funkiest, kicking the album off in high energy style. A banger of an opening track, the song ticks all the boxes required. Pulsating rhythm? Check. Soulful vocals? Check. Ripping organ? Check. The track gets in there, hits you hard, and leaves all in two minutes.
If you call a song Mr Cool then you better have the style to carry it off and this song slides along with a glide in it’s stride and a dip in it’s hip. Sampled by the Dust Brothers for Beck’s High 5 (Rock the Catskills), the rolling groove, bragging lyrics and cleverly constructed chorus seem tailor made for a blaxploitation film that never was.
So please, somebody, get this album on a reissue tip asap and reintroduce the band to the world.
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Great post – remember Dookie Shoe – another classic
brilliant album. I read somewhere that the Beastie Boys sampled this heavily for Paul's Boutique.
Cool site, btw
Finally, someone's givin' these tight bros some props! Also, check out their second album, which features "The Devil Made Me Do It".
Well, the Dust Bros. produced Paul's Boutique as well as Odelay, right? So it would kinda make sense that they would return to mine samples from the same record…
Yeah both albums are pretty tight. Am tempted to post up some tracks off their second album sometime in the future…….
beck sampled that first song on "high 5 rock the catskills" fsho
Many thx to make me discover this joint! I must confess I had never heard of them, but now I'm gonna get out and buy these albums!
GOT THAT FIRST ALBUM ON VINYL ORIGINAL NEVER NEW THEY HAD A SECOND ALBUM BACK THEN WE DIDN'T HAVE INTERNET NEVER NEW THEY WERE STUDIO MUSICIANS JUST BAD ASS BROTHERS WHO PUT TOGEATHER SOME STUFF WITH MEANING FOR US BACK THEN.
I admit that the cover art for "Rasputin Stash-The Devil Made Me Do It" is what made me interested in the group. At the time I came across it about 5-6 years ago, There were not many copies floating around on the internet. I had to order mine from Germany used but in new condition.30 seconds of the first track was all that I needed…After the listening to the entire album, I was hooked. This prompted me to dig deeper only to find that their only other release, 1971's "Rasputin'(s) Stash on Cotillion was never released on cd. I have however been lucky enough to find two cuts on various compilation discs which are "Your Love Is Certified" & "Mr. Cool". Great stuff for the true funkhead like myself that I cannot recommend enough. If you haven't heard, Dig on em!
I bought this joint 2day on vinyl….4 $17.99! Man….that's all I can say, the quality and the price? C'mon…I'm feeling 'U better Think', the kick off on side 2. T whole joint is banging though! Out
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the dookey shoe sample, I'm a nasty nasty man, yes I am?
does anyone know what beck song has this sample, it's been driving me crazy because i remember hearing it in a beck song but not which one