Consumer Guide Album

The Counts: What's Up Front That--Counts [Westbound, 1972]
Who are these guys? Well, I presume the five on the cover are the five credited with the title track: Raoul Keith Mangrum, Mose Davis, Demetrius Cates, Andrew Gibson, Leroy Mannuel. And that they play organ, guitar, bass, trap drums, and conga drums, with session horns. And that when they (Davis? Mannuel?) sing they favor Osibisa Afro-shout, only heavier and more soulful, to go with a basically instrumental Afro-funk that's also remarkably dense. I find most instrumental funk slick and/or contentless. This isn't. I find most multipercussion an excuse to lighten the beat. This isn't. A small find. B+