Grupo Oz - Miss Thing

TRACK LIST/AUDIO SAMPLES Side A Miss Thing Sneak Oz Machine A New Day Side B Fly Robin's Song A.C.G. Groove Blues Woman Black Woman In April of 2010 Secret Stash Records spent a week in Lima recording Peña and digging up tracks for Peruvian Funk. While searching through thousands of records for rare Peruvian grooves, we stumbled over some great funky Mexican records. Our favorite was Grupo Oz’s “Miss Thing” LP. At times, the raw grittiness of it reminded us of early Funkadelic records (staples around the SSR offices).In 1971 a group of studio musicians calling themselves Grupo Oz in Mexico City got together and recorded a collection of original psych-funk tunes in their home town. They called the album, “Miss Thing.” Their label, Discos Raff (Three Souls In My Mind, La Cosa Nostra, El Ritual) had high hopes for the skilled players. Not only were they some of the most solid players in Mexico at the time, but they created their own sound rooted deeply in American funk