The Gringos – Latin Fun 7″ EP 1969
I found this 45 on my travels yesterday and from the liner notes the group appear to be from Adelaide in Australia. It says they became well know to diners at one of Adelaides leading hotels and regularly appeared on the Channel 10 Live Show. The Four piece group consists of, band leader Miguel Salerno (who also arranges and produces this record), Anna Rys, Marcello & Tommaso Gabellone.
The EP’s sound is mainly laidback vocal, lounge mixed with a Latin flavour groove, but the song “La La La” gets a little funky at times and features some really nice hammond solo action in the second half (Nothing crazy but not too bad at all).
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They have at least one other 4-track EP on Philips too – along the lines of your description in terms of lounge/funk!