Not to be confused with English commercial funk outfit, Lou Ragland¢s Hot Chocolate trio steamed out of the Cleveland scene in the early ¢70s powered by their own recipe of groove-forward R&B. Housed in a replica jacket showcasing Dick Dugan¢s ubiquitous cartooning, Numero is proud to present the first American repressing of this Forest City touchstone since its original release in 1971; a steaming mugful of funkier-than-thou tunes from the incomparable Ragland songbook. Hot is, after all, funk¢s ideal serving temperature.
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