
Poon Thang Thump Part 1 & 2
M.A.S.O.
- 7"
- Label
- Bandit Records, Numero Group

Eccentric Soul 45s
Steve Byrd, known to his friends as ?The Birdman,? was a songwriter and arranger, given to stomping around in cowboy boots and feathered ten-gallon hats, flouting his university degree in music composition. After impressing Arrow Brown with his credentials, Byrd became a regular fixture at the Bandit greystone and his Michigan Avenue Sound Orchestra was arguably the most over-the-top act ever handled by the label.
1977's ?Poon Tang Thump??the Orchestra?s only output?burned through two sides of a 45, offering an epic, multipart instrumental funk suite that took its cues from Isaac Hayes, Superfly, and the soundtrack soul of the blaxploitation era. In classic Bandit fashion, only a handful of copies of ?Thump? are known to exist today.









