Lamont Dozier

**Ian Rose** · October 1st, 2007, 07:44 PM

Did anybody really play-Going Back to My Roots, when it came out? Its considered a classic now, but...it's one of those I can't quite feel right about. Am I missing something?:icon_question:

**QUINNY** · October 2nd, 2007, 04:28 AM

Since you ask...yes I did, but it never quite had enough umph! to make it a really well loved toon. Odyssey's version totally blew it out of the water when it came along and even the jazz-funk version by Ritchie Havens received a few more plays where I DJ'd.

**osses** · October 2nd, 2007, 10:24 AM

Its really really hard to find his LPs here in Poland..dream to have one..
Would love to hear re-edit of going back to my roots,by LD

**Ian Rose** · October 5th, 2007, 06:50 PM

Originally Written by QUINNY

Since you ask...yes I did, but it never quite had enough umph! to make it a really well loved toon. Odyssey's version totally blew it out of the water when it came along and even the jazz-funk version by Ritchie Havens received a few more plays where I DJ'd.

Thanks Quinny, thats what I was wondering. I learned about a lot about "underground disco" in Chicago, where the taste is a lil bit different. I could never bring myself to pay $30 for an 80's reisue of it even though eveybody was freakin out on this song (probably thanks to Wax Poetics having the 12" featured).

**DISCODISK** · October 8th, 2007, 04:34 PM

Originally Written by QUINNY

Since you ask...yes I did, but it never quite had enough umph! to make it a really well loved toon.

where i clubbed the 12" promo of this was a massive record, REALLY massive and really opened the door to jazz funk

**the disco kid** · October 9th, 2007, 05:50 PM

it was played in the early evening hours and late night hours as well, when i went out clubbing. i wouldn't say it was a HUGE hit back in the day, but it was definitely played in the clubs.

personally i think the Lamont version is far superior to Odysseys version.

**RetroRuss** · October 10th, 2007, 03:52 AM

I remember vividly dancing to this track in 1977. However the version I recall was a bit more 'harder edged' then Odyssey's or Lamont Dozier's and it certainly wasn't Richie Havens. I think I've asked this question before a few years back but was there a 'special disco mix' with a more pronounced bass line and a bit faster?

**freddyinptown** · October 14th, 2007, 07:11 PM

The Disco Kid, I agree.

Only recently did I hear Lamont Dozier's 12," whose embittered singing and tribal lashings frame brilliant lyrics that Odyssey buried under fluffy beats and a wretched harmony bridge ("OOOH-WAAAAHH!"). I'm certain this misfire is why Odyssey isn't better regarded today; they should have quit after "1-2-3 (Shake Your Body Down)."