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The Brand New Heavies are an acid jazz and funk group formed in 1985 in Ealing, a suburb of London, England. Biography The Brand New Heavies began in the 1980s as an instrumental acid jazz group called Brother International. The group came up with the Heavies name after signing their first record contract, borrowing from a liner note on a James Brown single declaring the artist "Minister of New Super Heavy Funk". As The Brand New Heavies they gained a cult following in the London club scene and soon signed to Cooltempo as acid jazz replaced rare groove in clubs. The band issued a debut recording for Eddie Piller's Acid Jazz label in 1990 with Jay Ella Ruth as lead singer. A single, "Got to Give", came out on Cooltempo before the Brand New Heavies signed to Acid Jazz Records and released Brand New Heavies to critical acclaim. The band signed to a division of Chrysalis Records in the UK, and American distribution was picked up by influential label Delicious Vinyl, and N'Dea...

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Discography

Get Used to It, 2006
The Brand New Heavies, 1990
Original Flava, 1994
Dream On Dreamer, 1994
Close to You, 1995
The Acid Jazz Years, 2001
Brother Sister, 1994
We Won't Stop
The Very Best of the Brand New Heavies, 2000
Heavy Rhyme Experience, Volume 1
Allabouthefunk, 2004
Sometimes, 1997
In tha Beginning, 1999
Don't Let It Go to Your Head (feat. N'Dea Davenport), 1992
The Platinum Collection, 2006
All About the Funk, 2004
Midnight at the Oasis, 1994
Shelter, 1997
You've Got a Friend, 1997
Excursions, Remixes & Rare Grooves
Saturday Nite, 1999
Never Stop: The Blaze Remixes, 1991
Elephantitis: The Funk+House Remixes (Funk disc), 2007
Trunk Funk Classics 1991-2000, 2000
Put the Funk Back in It, 2001
The Very Best of The Brand New Heavies
Dream Come True: The Best of the Acid Jazz Years, 1998
Elephantitis: The Funk+House Remixes (House disc), 2007
Apparently Nothing, 2000
Trunk Funk: The Best of the Brand New Heavies, 1999
The Best of the Acid Jazz Years, 1999
Never Stop

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2:57am May 22

Song	Dream On Dreamer
Artist	Brand New Heavies
Album	Brother Sister
Label	Acid Jazz
Year	1994

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