The Mongo Santamaria/Columbia formula of Top 40 tunes retrofitted with an Afro-Cuban boogaloo beat gets another hyperactive workout here. The title tune, “Spinning Wheel,” “Proud Mary,” “My Cherie Amour” and “Get Back” are among the choices here, with Sonny Fortune occasionally scorching the earth on alto sax (and probably on flute), Joe Farrell turning up on tenor, and ever-versatile Bernard “Pretty” Purdie stoking the fires alongside Mongo. Yet the band is finally beginning to show some audible weariness with the whole operation — for which one cannot blame them. ~ Richard S. Ginell
Tracklist: 01. Workin’ On a Groovy Thing 02. Spinning Wheel 03. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby 04. We Got Latin Soul 05. Getting It Out of My System 06. Proud Mary 07. It’s Your Thing 08. My Cherie Amour 09. Get Back 10. Ain’t That Peculiar 11. Twenty-Five Miles
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