Release date: 08-10-2010

2010  Limited Vinyl edition -Long-running UK funk & soul combo Speedometer – still flooring it the The Shakedown – and bring it with a wider scope than ever before! The group has more vocal numbers in the set, and why wouldn't they when they have the lovely and soulful Rita Currie and guests of the caliber of funky diva/James Brown collaborator Martha High! The range of instrumental styles has been broadened, too. You've got your horn-heavy funky soul stormers, Hammond groovers and hard charging Latin funk jams with Snowboy on the timbalas, bongos and bata drums. Great stuff all around! -
Tracks:
01. Again And Again feat. Natasha Watts
02. La Nueva Manera feat. Snowboy
03. You've Made Me So Very Happy feat. Ria Currie
04. Lover And A Friend feat. Myles Sanko & Ria Currie<
05. Orisha (bata Interlude) feat. Snowboy
06. Orisha feat. Snowboy
07. The Shakedown (say Yeah) feat. Marva High, Myles Sanko & The Stilhouettes
08. Rubberneck
09. Dragging Me Down
10. Take Me On
11. Dragging You Down
12. Kool To Be Uncool

2006 saw Freestyle Records in the UK release Diggin Deeper, a compilation of all of Speedometer’s early 7" 45 releases in one place on CD for the very first time. It also saw them back in Big Noise Studios to start laying tracks for the next album 4 Flights Up realeased in 2007 on Freestyle Records. Over the years, Speedometer has worked with many of the US funk legends including Sir Joe Quarterman, Eddie Bo, Marva Whitney, Sharon Jones, James Bell (The Highlighters), Lee Fields, Billy Wooten and Robert Moore. All the artists were blown away by 's authenticity to the original soul-funk sound. The 2007 album Four Flights Up is widely regarded as one of the best funk albums of the last 10 years. The band released a live album in March 2009, Soul Grooving and started recording their 5th studio album in summer 2009 for release in september 2010. This new album The Shakedown features contributions from Myles Sanko, DJ Format, Snowboy, The Root Source, Natasha Watts, and James Brown's co-vocalist Miss Martha High.