mei 30, 2020

Soundtrack - Car Wash (2LP) (1976) - €9,99

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Car Wash: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack is a soundtrack double album released by the funk band Rose Royce on the MCA label in September 1976.
It was produced by Norman Whitfield. It is the soundtrack/film score to the 1976 hit comedy Car Wash that featured Richard Pryor and George Carlin and is also the debut album for Rose Royce.

Although Rose Royce had already recorded most of a non-soundtrack album prior to Car Wash, their producer Norman Whitfield insisted that they recorded new material for the film's score. Initially, the film's producer's approached Whitfield with a basic plot, and Whitfield set about creating the music for a film that (at that time) had not even been written yet.
The album was a major success, yielding three Billboard R&B Top Ten singles: "Car Wash", "I Wanna Get Next to You", and "I'm Going Down".

This double album, the soundtrack to a hit 1976 urban-themed comedy starring Richard Pryor and George Carlin, was also the debut album for funk hitmakers Rose Royce.
Although they had already recorded most of a non-soundtrack album prior to Car Wash, their producer and Svengali Norman Whitfield insisted that they put that aside when he got the opportunity to write the score for this film.
The result was a killer crossover success that made the group's name and proved there was life after Motown for Whitfield.
It also produced some serious hit singles: the title track was a clever tune that blended a throbbing disco beat, hypnotic funk riffs from the rhythm section, and an ornate string arrangement to become number one hit, and "I Wanna Get Next to You" married ethereal strings to a mid-tempo soul beat to create a classic ballad in the mold of Whitfield's work with the Temptations.
The remainder of the album divides its time between funky songs and orchestral-tinged instrumental workouts.
In the song arena, standouts include "I'm Going Down," a torchy, dramatically-arranged ballad that features an all-stops-out vocal performance from Gwen Dickey, and "Daddy Rich," a witty portrait of a religious con man that is built on an infectious combination of staccato horns and a relentlessly churning rhythm guitar hook.
The masterpiece in the instrumental arena is "Sunrise," a hypnotic ten-minute epic whose effective tension-and-release arrangement that adds and subtracts layers of instrumentation over a pulsating beat to create a thoroughly hypnotic effect.
Two album's worth of Rose Royce may be a little too much for the casual listener, but there is no denying that Car Wash is both stylishly crafted and intensely funky.
It is a required listen for anyone interested in Rose Royce and a solid choice for funk and disco fans alike.


Side A
A1.  Rose Royce - Car Wash - 5:06
A2.  Rose Royce - 6 O'Clock DJ (Let's Rock) - 1:09
A3.  Rose Royce - I Wanna Get Next To You - 3:57
A4.  Rose Royce - Put Your Money Where Your Mouth Is - 3:25
A5.  Rose Royce - Zig Zag - 2:30

Side B
B1.  Rose Royce - You're On My Mind - 3:27
B2.  Rose Royce - Mid Day DJ Theme - 1:43
B3.  Rose Royce - Born To Love You - 3:06
B4.  Rose Royce - Daddy Rich - 3:12
B5.  Richard Pryor - Richard Pryor Dialogue - 5:21

Side C
C1.  Pointer Sisters - You Gotta Believe - 2:51
C2.  Rose Royce - I'm Going Down - 3:37
C3.  Rose Royce - Yo Yo - 4:16
C4.  Rose Royce - Sunrise - 10:48

Side D
D1.  Rose Royce - Righteous Rhythm - 2:30
D2.  Rose Royce - Water - 3:31
D3.  Rose Royce - Crying - 2:57
D4.  Rose Royce - Doin' What Comes Naturally - 3:09
D5.  Rose Royce - Keep On Keepin' On - 6:39


Rose Royce
  • Kenji Brown – guitar
  • Lequeint "Duke" Jobe – bass
  • Victor Nix – keyboards
  • Henry Garner – drums
  • Kenny Copeland, Freddie Dunn – trumpet
  • Michael Moore – sax
  • Terry Santiel – congas
  • Gwen "Rose" Dickey – vocals
Additional Musicians/Personnel
Production
  • Norman Whitfield – producer, recording engineer
  • Baker Bigsby, Cal Harris, Leanard Jackson – recording engineer
  • Clay McMurray – recording engineer, album coordinator
  • Paul Riser – orchestra direction

Notes
Release: 1976
Format: 2LP
Genre:  Soul / Funk
Label:  MCA Records
Catalog#  MCA2 - 6000
Prijs:  €9,99

Vinyl:  Good
Cover:  Users Tracks (cut off at the bottom left corner)

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mei 28, 2020

Kajagoogoo - White Feathers (1983) - €10,00

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Kajagoogoo /kædʒəˈɡuːɡuː/ were a British new wave band, best known for their 1983 hit single "Too Shy", which reached No. 1 in the UK Singles Chart, and the Top 10 in numerous other countries.

Formed in Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, in 1978, the band were originally known as Art Nouveau, a four-piece avant-garde group, with Nick Beggs on bass guitar, Steve Askew on lead guitar, Stuart Croxford Neale on keyboards, and Jeremy "Jez" Strode on drums. Art Nouveau released a track called "The Fear Machine", which sold a few hundred copies and enjoyed airtime on John Peel's show. In spite of the song's success, the band failed to secure a record deal during this period.
In 1981, Art Noveau advertised for a new lead singer. They ultimately auditioned and choose Christopher Hamill, who then went under the stage name Limahl (an anagram of his surname).
The group renamed themselves Kajagoogoo, a name coined phonetically from ga ga goo goo, the first sounds that many infants make.

White Feathers is the debut album, released on 18 April 1983 and the only album by the band to-date to feature lead vocalist Limahl.
It was produced by Nick Rhodes of Duran Duran and Colin Thurston, who was Duran Duran's producer at the time, except for track #5, the self-titled "Kajagoogoo", an instrumental (with some lyrics sung only in live performances), which was produced by Tim Palmer and the band.
This self-titled song was featured in the John Hughes movie Sixteen Candles as the film's opening title song in 1984. The album contains their most successful single "Too Shy", a UK Number One hit in February 1983, as well as two other UK Top Twenty hits; "Ooh to Be Ah" and "Hang on Now".


 Side A
A1.  White Feathers - 3:27
A2.  Too Shy - 3:43
A3.  Lies And Promises - 2:51
A4.  Magician Man - 3:41
A5.  Kajagoogoo (Instrumental) - 3:13

Side B
B1.  Ooh To Be Ah - 3:14
B2.  Ergonomics - 3:11
B3.  Hang On Now - 3:25
B4.  This Car Is Fast - 3:32
B5.  Frayo - 4:14


 Companies, etc.
Credits
Notes
Release:  1983
Format:  LP
Genre:  Synth-pop
Label:  EMI Records
Catalog#  1A 064-07728
Prijs:  €10,00

Vinyl:  Good
Cover:  Good

mei 27, 2020

The Temptations - Reunion (1982) - €10,00

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Reunion is a 1982 album by The Temptations for Gordy Records. The album was released during the 1982 Temptations Reunion tour, which reunited David Ruffin and Eddie Kendricks with the Temptations after a decade-long absence.
The album also features then-current Temptations Dennis Edwards, Glenn Leonard, Richard Street, and founding members Otis Williams and Melvin Franklin.
Reunion featured the hit single "Standing on the Top", produced by and featuring Motown funk star Rick James, who had previously used the Temptations as the background vocalists for his 1981 hit "Super Freak".

The Reunion tour, which began in April 1982 was only partially successful. Ruffin, a cocaine addict, missed several shows, causing the group to be fined thousands of dollars for each performance he missed, and Eddie Kendricks' falsetto voice had weakened due to constant smoking.
Group leader Otis Williams decided that the reunion would not be a permanent thing, and fired Ruffin and Kendricks shortly after Christmas 1982.

Reunion is a very good Temptations album that could have been great. Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff were originally rumored to produce this reunion of Eddie Kendricks and David Ruffin with the current crop of Temptations.
However, the two sides couldn't get the deal done. So Motown rationed out the production assignments to in-house producers Rick James, Smokey Robinson, and others.
Seven voices sang on these tracks besides Kendricks and Ruffin, including Dennis Edwards, Glenn Leonard, Richard Street, Melvin Franklin, and Otis Williams, a mini-choir. Considering the voices on hand, they should have spread the leads around.
Of the seven tracks, Edwards sings six and Ruffin one, the very ordinary "You Better Beware," written by money man Barrett Strong. Ruffin's vocal sounds rough and he appears to strain trying to reach some notes.
Punk-funker Rick James' epic "Standing on the Top" production is the most popular track here, with its dead-on beat, blaring horns, and multiple voices; Rick James himself joins the Tempts on this festive song. Kendricks' bluesy falsetto lines on the fade are like cherries topping a sundae.
Relishing the opportunity to produce Dennis Edwards, Smokey writes two beauties for the churchy belter: the introspective, engaging "Backstage" and the understated "More on the Inside," the second release from this set.
Kerry Gordy, one of Berry Gordy sons, co-wrote two in-your-face cold-blooded stompers, the so-true "Money Hards to Get" and the frantic "Lock It In the Pocket," both excellent and both left for dead on the album. Edwards displays his balladry ability on a stunning rendition of "I've Never Been to Me" originally done by Charlene.
Not a bad album, but the product doesn't equal the sum of the voices and producers. Why wasn't Eddie Kendricks given a lead?
Or Richard Street and the Kendricks-sounding Leonard? Fans would have loved to hear the two falsettos featured on a song, or Kendricks and Ruffin co-leading as they did on "You're My Everything" and the lesser-known but just as brilliant "Born to Love" from The Temptin' Temptations.


Side A
A1. Standing On The Top - 9:50
A2. You Better Beware - 5:00
A3. Lock It In The Pocket - 4:29

Side B
B1. I’ve Never Been To Me - 5:56
B2. Backstage - 4:29
B3. More On The Inside - 3:49
B4. Money’s Hard To Get - 4:42


 Performers
Musicians
Notes
Release: 1982
Format: LP
Genre: Soul
Label: Motown Records
Catalog# 542021
Prijs: €10,00

Vinyl:  Good
Cover:  Good

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mei 26, 2020

Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers - Hard Promises (1981) - €10,00

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Hard Promises is the fourth studio album by Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers released on May 5, 1981 on Backstreet Records.

Its original working title was Benmont's Revenge, referring to the band's keyboard player, Benmont Tench. The album features guest vocals from Stevie Nicks of Fleetwood Mac on the duet "Insider". The Heartbreakers also recorded the hit "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around" for Nicks' album Bella Donna around the time Hard Promises was recorded.

 Damn the Torpedoes wasn't simply a culmination of Tom Petty's art; it happened to be a huge success, enabling him to call the shots on its successor, Hard Promises. Infamously, he used his first album as a star to challenge the record industry's practice of charging more for A-list artists, demanding that Hard Promises should be listed for less than most records by an artist of his stature, but if that was the only thing notable about the album, it would have disappeared like Long After Dark.
Instead, it offered a reaffirmation that Damn the Torpedoes wasn't a fluke. There's not much new on the surface, since it continues the sound of its predecessor, but it's filled with great songwriting, something that's as difficult to achieve as a distinctive sound.
The opener, "The Waiting," became the best-known song on the record, but there's no discounting "A Woman in Love (It's Not Me)," "Nightwatchman," "Kings Road," "Insider," and "The Criminal Kind," album tracks that would become fan favorites.
If Hard Promises doesn't have the sweep of Damn the Torpedoes, that's because its predecessor was blessed with good timing and an unusually strong set of songs. Hard Promises isn't quite so epochal, yet it has a tremendous set of songs and a unified sound that makes it one of Petty's finest records.

During the recording of the album, John Lennon was scheduled to be in the same studio at the same time. Petty was looking forward to meeting him when he came in.
The meeting never occurred, as Lennon was murdered before the date of his planned visit to the studio.
Petty and the band paid tribute to the slain former Beatle by etching "WE LOVE YOU J.L." in the runout deadwax on early U.S. and Canadian pressings of Hard Promises.
Side A
A1.  The Waiting - 3:58
A2.  A Woman In Love (It’s Not Me) - 4:21
A3.  Nightwatchman - 3:59
A4.  Something Big - 4:44
A5.  Kings Road - 3:26

Side B
B1.  Letting You Go - 3:24
B2.  A Thing About You - 3:32
B3.  Insider - 4:23
B4.  The Criminal Kind - 4:00
B5.  You Can Still Change Your Mind - 4:15


 Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
  • Tom Petty – lead and backing vocals, guitar (acoustic, electric, 12-string, bass on "Something Big"), electric piano on "Something Big"
  • Mike Campbell – guitars (acoustic, electric, 12-string, bass), auto-harp, accordion, harmonium
  • Benmont Tench – organ, piano, backing vocals
  • Ron Blair – bass guitar
  • Stan Lynch – drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians
  • Stevie Nicks – backing vocals on "Insider" and "You Can Still Change Your Mind"
  • Lori Nicks - backing vocals on "Insider"
  • Sharon Celani – backing vocals on "You Can Still Change Your Mind"
  • Donald "Duck" Dunn – bass guitar on "A Woman in Love"
  • Phil Jones – percussion
  • Alan "Bugs" Weidel – piano on "Nightwatchman"
Production
  • Brad Gilderman – assistant engineer
  • Jimmy Iovine – producer
  • Tom Petty – producer
  • Tori Swenson – assistant engineer
  • Shelly Yakus – engineer
Notes
Release: 1981
Format:  LP
Genre:  Heartland Rock
Label:  Backstreet Records
Catalog#  203635
Prijs:  €10,00

Vinyl:  Good
Cover:  Good


mei 16, 2020

Yvonne Elliman - Love Me (1977) - €10,00

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Yvonne Marianne Elliman (born December 29, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter, and actress who performed for four years in the first cast of the stage musical Jesus Christ Superstar. She scored a number of hits in the 1970s.

Love Me is her fourth album, produced by Freddie Perren and released by RSO Records in 1977. This album features a cover of Barbara Lewis' tune, "Hello Stranger", the title cut, which is another cover of The Bee Gees' tune and "I Can't Get You Outa My Mind".

Yvonne was in full form here, as shows in the three top ten Euopean hits she had, and even managing a few top 40 in the U.S. She showed style, she showed flare, and she finally reached berth in the music industry. Her work here speaks for itself.
Her voice so divine, her beauty, both inside and out, exquisite, and all that came with it. Not a dull moment on this album at all.
RSO, picking her up when she did "Rising Sun" flashes her like a musical fashion show.

After a long hiatus in the 1980s and 1990s, during which time she dedicated herself to her family, she made a comeback album as a singer-songwriter in 2004.


Side A
A1.  Love Me - 3:22
A2.  Hello Stranger - 3:09
A3.  I Can’t Get You Outa My Mind - 3:05
A4.  I Know - 3:30
A5.  Without You (There Ain’t No Love At All) - 4:07

Side B
B1.  Good Sign - 2:56
B2.  She’ll Be The Home - 3:14
B3.  (I Don’t Know Why) I Keep Hangin’ On - 3:01
B4.  I’d Do It Again - 3:02
B5.  Uphill (Peace Of Mind) - 4:31


Companies, etc.
Credits
Notes
Release: 1977
Format:  LP (Gatefold)
Genre:  Pop, Soul
Label:  RSO Records
Catalog#  2394182
Prijs:  €10,00

Vinyl:  Good
Cover:  Good

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mei 09, 2020

Jim Steinman - Bad For Good (1981) - €15,00

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Bad for Good is a 1981 album by American songwriter Jim Steinman. Steinman wrote all of the songs and performed on most, although Rory Dodd contributed lead vocals on some tracks.
The songs were originally intended to be recorded by Meat Loaf as a follow up to Bat Out of Hell, titled Renegade Angel.
However, Meat Loaf suffered vocal problems and was unable to sing.
He would record several tracks from Bad for Good for his later albums.

The first two songs, "Bad for Good" and "Lost Boys and Golden Girls", were two of many songs written by Steinman under the inspiration of Peter Pan and lost boys who never grow up. This is reflected in lyrics in "Bad for Good" such as "You know I'm gonna be like this forever: I'm never gonna be what I should."
The composer says that Peter Pan has "always been about my favorite story and I've always looked at it from the perspective that it's a great rock 'n' roll myth because it's about – when you get right down to it – it's about a gang of lost boys who never grow up, who are going to be young forever and that's about as perfect an image for rock'n'roll as I can think of."
"Lost Boys and Golden Girls" is the basis for the musical Neverland, which Steinman says is "a rock 'n' roll science fiction version of Peter Pan that takes place in a city built on the ruins of Los Angeles after a series of chemical wars." Neverland never got past the workshop stage, although the stage musical Bat Out of Hell, scheduled to open in London in 2009, is based on the same concept.
The next track, "Love and Death and an American Guitar", is a spoken word fantasy monologue, performed by Steinman that he used to do in the Meat Loaf shows. It opens by quoting lyrics from Bat Out of Hell's "Paradise by the Dashboard Light" ("I remember everything.
I remember every little thing as if it happened only yesterday.
I was barely seventeen"), but instead of being "barely dressed" the protagonist "once killed a boy with a Fender guitar.
" Influenced by The Doors, Steinman wanted to write a piece where "the rhythm wasn't coming from the drums so much as the voice – the rhythm of the spoken voice and the heartbeat behind it."
The final two tracks were originally packaged with the LP on an additional vinyl disc.
"The Storm" is an orchestral piece. "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" is, according to music website Sputnik Music, a celebration of "music being the only thing left to believe in, it is a cry to the musical gods, thanking them for the gifts they have been given.
" Similarly, AllMusic describes the song as "a heart-tugging testament to the inspirational power of rock and roll."

On the original vinyl release, "The Storm" and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through" were the A-side and B-side, respectively, of a 33-rpm 7" single, enclosed with the album. These tracks, according to Steinman's concept, are supposed to be the prelude and epilogue, respectively, of the album.


Side A
A1. Bad for Good  (8:45)
A2. Lost Boys and Golden Girls  (4:36)
A3. Love and Death and an American Guitar  (2:38)
A4. Stark Raving Love  (7:23)

 Side B
B1. Out of the Frying Pan (And Into the Fire)  (6:12)
B2. Surf’s Up  (5:25)
B3. Dance in My Pants  (duet with Karla DeVito)  (7:58)
B4. Left in the Dark  (7:58)

 Extra EP
A1.  The Storm (4:28)
B1.  Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through (6:29)

Musicians
  • Jim Steinman – lead vocals (except on "Lost Boys and Golden Girls", "Surf's Up", "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"), keyboards, spoken word
  • Rory Dodd – lead vocals on "Lost Boys and Golden Girls", "Surf's Up", "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"; backing vocals
  • Karla DeVito – lead vocals on "Dance in My Pants"
  • Todd Rundgren – guitars, backing vocals
  • Davey Johnstone – guitars on "Bad for Good", "Stark Raving Love", "Surf's Up", "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"; mandolin on "Surf's Up"
  • Kasim Sulton – bass on "Bad for Good," "Out of the Frying Pan," "Surf's Up"; backing vocals
  • Steve Buslowe – bass on "Stark Raving Love," "Dance in My Pants," "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
  • Neil Jason – bass on "Left in the Dark"
  • Roy Bittan – piano (except on "Left in the Dark")
  • Steven Margoshes – piano on "Left in the Dark", conductor (New York Philharmonic) on "The Storm", string arrangement on "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
  • Roger Powell – synthesizer on "Bad for Good", "Stark Raving Love", "Dance in My Pants"
  • Larry "Synergy" Fast – synthesizer on "Love and Death and an American Guitar"
  • Max Weinberg – drums (except on "Stark Raving Love," "Dance in My Pants," and "Left in the Dark")
  • Allan Schwartzberg – drums on "Left in the Dark"
  • Joe Stefko – drums on "Stark Raving Love" and "Dance in My Pants"
  • Jimmy Maelen – percussion
  • Alan Rubin – trumpet on "Dance in My Pants" and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
  • Tom Malone – horn arrangements and trombone on "Dance in My Pants" and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
  • Lew Del Gatto – baritone sax on "Dance in My Pants" and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
  • Lou Marini – tenor sax on "Dance in My Pants" and "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through", solo on "Rock and Roll Dreams Come Through"
  • Ellen Foley – backing vocals on "Bad for Good" and "Out of the Frying Pan"
  • Eric Troyer – backing vocals
  • Will Malone – string arrangement on "Out of the Frying Pan"
  • Charles Calello – conductor (New York Philharmonic) on "Left in the Dark"
Production
  • Producers: John Jansen, Todd Rundgren, Jim Steinman, Jimmy Iovine
  • Engineers: Tom Edmonds, John Jansen, Todd Rundgren, Gray Russell, Shelly Yakus
  • Mixing: John Jansen
  • Mastering: Greg Calbi, Ted Jensen, George Marino
  • Production coordination: Gray Russell
  • Arrangers: Roy Bittan, Todd Rundgren, Jim Steinman
  • Art direction: John Berg
  • Cover art concept: Jim Steinman
  • Cover art: Richard Corben
  • Photography: Don Hunstein
Notes
Release:  1981
Format:  LP + Single
Genre:  Hard rock
Label:  Epic Records
Catalog#   EPC 84361
Prijs:  €15,00

Vinyl:  Good
Cover:  Good

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mei 04, 2020

Barry White - Barry White’s Sheet Music (1980) - €4,99

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This 1980 release came out half a decade after Barry White's hot run of bedroom soul hits and during a time when the silky, compact production style of disco had left its mark on much of modern R&B music.
Sheet Music reveals the downside of the situation with a slew of well-below-the-grade numbers and feeble, redundant grooves.
The title track starts things off in desperate fashion as White interjects anesthetized Earth, Wind, & Fire horn riffs over a perfunctory "Rock the Boat" beat.
Influence works both ways, though, since Beck used the nasal vocal vamp from the end of this song to comedic effect on his Midnite Vultures cut "Hollywood Freaks."
The disappointments continue on Sheet Music as White warms to "The Theme From Love Boat" on "Lady, Sweet Lady," turns the already repetitive "I Believe in Love" into an extended mix, and gives calypso a disco turn on "Rum and Coke."
The latter cut does contain one of White's irresistible, sexual-advisory monologues, and infectious grooves do pop up sporadically, but these moments are rare.

Barry White's Sheet Music from 1980 wasn't recorded and produced on the eve of the French Revolution, of course not, but the association doesn't seem so far-fetched in relation to the "Disco Demolition Night" in the summer of 1979. That event basically marked the end of the Disco era.

Sheet Music isn't more drenched in strings and brass than Barry White's earlier records, but the record's title does emphasize one aspect of the Soul producer's recipe: lush orchestrations accompany the tight slurred funk grooves of the band, and then there's this deep, velvety, seductive, voice of a man who sounds like a meltdown of a hard-boiled sugardaddy and a Baptist preacher.

The carefree atmosphere of the songs suggests that nobody at Love Unlimited Records anticipated the abrupt change in taste of the record buying public. Sheet Music sedulously celebrates the intricately related glamorous worlds of the crystal ball and of rumpled satin bedding, as if the party or the passionate night could never come to an end.

The record, and also the following releases, got lost in the post-disco era. It has been underrated ever since, but lovers of Barry White's music will find here just the kind of beats like those they found on earlier releases. Only the short, silly Caribbean tune, Rum and Coke (Rum and Coca-Cola), is redundant.


Side A
A1.  Sheet Music - 7:02
A2.  Lady, Sweet Lady - 5:40
A3.  I Believe In Love - 8:01

Side B
B1.  Ghetto Letto - 5:53
B2.  Rum And Coke (Rum And Coca-Cola) - 2:30
B3.  She’s Everything To Me - 4:02
B4.  Love Makin’ Music - 4:57


Credits

Notes
Release:  1980
Format:  LP
Genre:  Soul
Label:  Unmimited Gold Records
Catalog#  ULG 83927
Prijs:  €4,99

Vinyl:  Good
Cover:  Good

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mei 03, 2020

Dr. Buzzard’s Original Savannah Band - Dr. Buzzard´S Original Savannah Band (1976) - €10,00

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Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band was a big band- and swing-influenced disco band, formed in the Bronx, New York. They are best known for their #1 US dance hit, "Cherchez La Femme/Se Si Bon", from their self-titled debut album.

The band was conceived by half-brothers Stony Browder Jr. (February 7, 1949 – October 6, 2001) and Thomas Browder (also known as August Darnell, born August 12, 1950), with the former writing music and the latter lyrics. 
They started the band in 1974 with singer Cory Daye (born April 25, 1952), drummer Mickey Sevilla, and percussionist Andy Hernandez (Coati Mundi). 
They released three albums between 1976 and 1979. Their music blended disco beats with rhythms from genres including calypso, rhumba, cha-cha-chá, and compas. 
The Browders, who were both multiracial, wrote songs embracing multiculturalism over stories about tragic mulattoes. 

Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band is the debut studio album by Dr. Buzzard's Original Savannah Band. It was released in 1976 by RCA. It peaked at number 22 on the Billboard 200 chart and number 31 on the Top R&B Albums chart.

The definition of disco music as it should be done: it's classy, it's fun, it's funky and it has an eclectic mix of vocalists and instrumentalists. The female vocals on this are alluring and beautiful, and the instruments transports you a peaceful afternoon in the tropics. 
This record is far more mellow and chilled out then much of the simplistic, easily danceable disco of the 70s, in that it can actually be sat down and listened to for a relaxed afternoon. It's not exactly the greatest thing to spin at a club but instead swoons and seethes sensual funk and 70s flair. 
This is the disco vacation for the ages. It's an excellent gem from the past and one of my favorite releases of the era.

Kind of a weird one - the rhythms and production are unmistakably disco, but this cribs from the Big Band and Swing eras in terms of arrangements, horn charts, vocal stylings and overall atmosphere. The result is the type of dance-y, fun album you can still play around your friends who claim to hate disco, such is the authentic reverence from long-gone jazz styles in tracks like the low-key wonder "Hard Times." It certainly doesn't hurt that the songwriting is also top-notch, the band's hooks and August Darnell's lyrics perfectly suited for Cory Daye's warm, sultry voice. The mood is split between the dance floor enthusiasm of big, fun numbers like "I'll Play the Fool" and "Sour and Sweet" and quieter, hopeful pieces like the sublime "Sunshower" - with the irrepressible hit "Cherchez la Femme" and "You Got Somethin'" splitting the difference. One of my absolute favorite disco records. 

They were frequent performers at Studio 54. Darnell and Hernandez went on to form Kid Creole and the Coconuts and Elbow Bones and the Racketeers. Daye also pursued a successful solo career.


Side A
A1.  I’ll Play The Fool - 4:47
A2.  Hard Times - 4:12
A3.  Whispering / Cherchez La Femme / Se Si Bon - 5:44
A4.  Sunshower - 4:04

Side B
B1.  We Got It Made - 3:46
B2.  You Got Somethin’ / Betcha’ The Love Bug Bitcha’ - 5:40
B3.  Sour And Sweet / Lemon In The Honey - 6:03

All tracks are written by August Darnell and Stony Browder Jr., except "Night and Day" written by Cole Porter.


Companies, etc.
Credits

Notes
Release:  1976
Format:  LP
Genre:  Disco, Big Band, Soul
Label:  RCA Records
Catalog#  APL1 1504
Prijs:  €10,00

Vinyl:  Very Good
Cover:  Very Good