This was a tune that I almost got to expose or 'break' if you will. It was several months later that DJ Shadow released his tune that reworked this 45. When I came across this I knew I had stumbled onto gold. I got to flip through a collection of 45's from a long 'out of business' local record store. And, in it were lots of interesting and rarely seen before records. There were a few copies of this, so we put a few on ebay, but folks just didn't seem know this title at all. When we put sound samples up they started to sell much better. Then of course Shadow sampled it, and the remaining copies went for crazy dough. I'm sure very few cats at the time knew about this tune. Soft Touch's "Plenty Action" is deep heavy funk all the way. This is a sharp tune that sounds as if it were a pimps anthem, yet is a bit more subtle. It assures one that there is plenty of women, and if you're not ready, or finished 'getting down' then they won't want you hanging around. You've got to make her feel good, and you've got to have money - Seems like a simple formula right? It's a positive song actually, but the tone is on some serious mack and pimp vibe.
On the Sundance record label with a tiny San Francisco P.O. box address on the bottom.
Soft Touch - Plenty Action
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