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This new title from Betty Davis on Light in the Attic/Columbia going to be released on June 28, 2016. (The release date formerly known as July 1)

It's considered a "secret release" -- at the time I posted this thread, there was NOTHING about it on the internet other than on discogs.

Order here: http://lightintheattic.ne...-1968-1969
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Yes, exactly what's listed at discogs.

I've got all of her albums so I'll have to pick this one up, too. Too bad her documentary didn't get the funding needed to finance the project. I hope they find a way to complete and release it...

this is definitely worth picking up! She is/was amazing!

NorthC said:

Whatever happened to her???

Here's an interview with Betty Davis from 2009 on a podcast http://www.maximumfun.org...davis.html:

Betty Davis Interview on The Sound of Young America Podcast

Posted Sun, 02/22/2009 - 09:51 by Jesse Thorn

Show:

Betty Davis is a legend of soul and funk music. The one-time wife of Miles Davis introduced the jazzman to Jimi Hendrix, Sly Stone and the broad world of electric music, leading him to create "Bitches Brew." She recorded three albums of her own in the 1970s, full of raw, sexy, outrageous funk. The first two, "Betty Davis" and "They Say I'm Different" have been re-released by the Seattle label Light in the Attic Records.

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Davis left the music industry in the late 1970s, and has been completely absent from the public eye since -- at one point, a fan had to track her down in the suburbs of Pittsburgh to get her $40,000 in songwriting royalties.

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This is her first radio interview since her performing days.

Listen Now http://www.maximumfun.org/player/28882

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Here's an update about the documentary on Betty Davis--the movie was originally scheduled to be released in the fall of 2016, now the movie website states it will be released in 2017. I hope so. The website is: http://www.nastygalmovie.com/ You can watch the movie trailer there.

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purplethunder3121 said:

purplethunder3121 said:

Here's an update about the documentary on Betty Davis--the movie was originally scheduled to be released in the fall of 2016, now the movie website states it will be released in 2017. I hope so. The website is: http://www.nastygalmovie.com/ You can watch the movie trailer there.

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Thanks! I had not heard about this! Pretty amazing.

purplethunder3121 said:

Here's an update about the documentary on Betty Davis--the movie was originally scheduled to be released in the fall of 2016, now the movie website states it will be released in 2017. I hope so. The website is: http://www.nastygalmovie.com/ You can watch the movie trailer there.

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I had read several years ago she was living in Pittsburgh PA.

I hope this does see the light of day. Her music was very unique.

The gold vinyl edition sold out in less than a day.

purplethunder3121 said:

just ordered my copy

I wish Light In The Attic could release Betty's 1979 recordings.These songs appear on a few bootlegs called Hangin Out In Hollywood and Crashin From Passion,but it would be great to finally have an 'official' release,with liner notes and all the details.

sexton said:

The gold vinyl edition sold out in less than a day.

I got lucky. With the earlier previously announced release date of July 1, which was changed to 6/28 -- my local record store still had their one copy.

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SoulAlive said:

I wish Light In The Attic could release Betty's 1979 recordings.These songs appear on a few bootlegs called Hangin Out In Hollywood and Crashin From Passion,but it would be great to finally have an 'official' release,with liner notes and all the details.

She might not want them released. They work with her directly on the releases they have done for her.

Thanks for the scoop. Will be on the lookout for this one.

did anyone hear the album yet?

SoulAlive said:

did anyone hear the album yet?

That's what I wanna know. Any reviews from the org yet??

Gonna pick this up from the record store tomorrow.

Nice to hear this. I prefer Betty's later fully-fledged funk albums though.