Bobby Hamilton founded the band Anubis in Syracuse, New York, and they put out their awesome ‘Ecology’ single on Charles Bazen’s Salt City imprint. It’s a highlight on the Soul-Cal anthology Now-Again issued in 2012, something akin to Terry Callier and Gil Scott Heron’s most soulful works.

Shortly after issuing that single, Bobby put together the Bobby Hamilton Quintet Unlimited and recorded and issued Dream Queen in 1972. The last clean copy Bobby Hamilton had, he sold to the musician Jamie XX in 2021 for a princely sum.

Dream Queen’s story is told for the first time in extensive liner notes by Torii McAdams. Dig deeper and expand.

PERSONNEL:

• Bobby Hamilton (electric piano, vocals, percussion)
• Mike Gipson (vibraphone, percussion, electronics)
• Abram Brown (tenor saxophone, percussion)
• Mike Spengler (trumpet, flugelhorn, percussion)
• Duane Walker (congas, vocals, percussion)
• Pete Manning (electric bass, acoustic bass, percussion)
• Jason Jeffers (drums, vocals)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1 Pearl (Among the Swine)
• A2 Priscilla
• A3 In the mouth of the Beast

• SIDE B
• B1 Roll Your Own
• B2 Dream Queen