The Jungle Rat USA - Deluxe 45 Reissue

As featured in the upcoming Wax Poetics Issue 4 Re:Discovery, Brooklyn record label Names You Can Trust presents the first official reissue of a Panamanian holy grail, the Jungle Rat USA.

This impossibly rare 45 was originally issued in 1971 as a promotional 7-inch on the independent imprint Discos Nino. Its origin story has remained utterly elusive and unknown — until now. The newly remastered press contains both original sides: the raw funk masterpiece “Just Love One Another,” and “Have a Little Faith,” one of the finest old school examples of the coveted souldies style that has taken the modern day record world by storm.

Licensed and researched with the help of the Jungle Rat’s musical director Dwight Brewster, this deluxe reissue includes a lush 10-page photo booklet with liner notes that expand on the Re:Discovery article in Wax Poetics with a full account of the twists and turns of Brewster and his band’s journey from New York City to Panama.

Ships late November from the US.

SIDE A:

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SIDE B:

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