Junior Parker

Originally issued under the title, 'The Outside Man', on Capitol Records in 1970 with an alternative cover, this reissue replicates the Groove Merchant release, featuring the car cover, released in 1971.

'Love Ain't Nothin' But a Business Goin' On' is drenched in Parker's trademark buttery vocals and soulful grooves, swaggering between smokey blues, raw funk outings and orchestrated soul ballads (with sublime arrangements by Horace Ott). The album also features three Beatles cover versions in the form of 'Taxman', 'Lady Madonna' and 'Tomorrow Never Knows'. For 'Taxman', Parker completely reinterprets the song taking into a New Orleans funk realm, a sample of which was used as the main hook line on Cypress Hill's classic 'I Wanna Get High'. Elsewhere, 'Tomorrow Never Knows' is flipped into a tripped- out, psychedelic soul-swamp blues ballad, whilst 'Lady Madonna' is given a funky blues makeover.

As shown with Cypress Hill's use of 'Taxman', since the '70s Parker's legacy has been immortalised for future generations through the deep well of samples that his music has become a source of. Tracks from Love Ain't Nothin' But a Business Goin' On have been sampled by some of the biggest names out there, such as A Tribe Called Quest, DJ Shadow and De La Soul. A seriously smooth album oozing with soul and emotion from a Blues Hall of Fame inductee, Junior Parker's 'Love Ain't Nothin' But A Business Goin' On' is a superb example of the early '70s crossover funk/soul sound.