Haven't listened to this in a good minute. Loved hearing it in the prestine remastered condition,,,

You know there have been reissues recently released for Rene & Angela right?

silverchild said:

You know there have been reissues recently released for Rene & Angela right?

Oh yes

Harlepolis said:

silverchild said:

You know there have been reissues recently released for Rene & Angela right?

Oh yes

2012 has been a good year for me thus far.

silverchild said:

Harlepolis said:

Oh yes

2012 has been a good year for me thus far.

Ya know, it always struck me how similar sonically those R&A albums sound like it came right out of Quincy Jones' lab. Then I'm reminded that they worked with Q's main engineer Mr.Bruce Sweden.

And don't even get me started on the whole Rufus gang they got laid up in the mix doing damage phew!

I miss the "music full of session musicians" sound

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I havent given those Rene & Angela remasters a rest since I got my lot.

BBR did a grand job on the "Rise" album.

Harlepolis said:

silverchild said:

2012 has been a good year for me thus far.

Ya know, it always struck me how similar sonically those R&A albums sound like it came right out of Quincy Jones' lab. Then I'm reminded that they worked with Q's main engineer Mr.Bruce Sweden.

And don't even get me started on the whole Rufus gang they got laid up in the mix doing damage phew!

I miss the "music full of session musicians" sound

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I thought I was the only one that noticed that. Both Rene and Angela had something cooking up at that point. In fact, I'll like to make the argument that 1978-1983 was the golden period for that warm "music full of session musicians" sound that Quincy was really nailing at that time. I recall Angela saying during her Unsung special that she worked closely with cats like Stevie who taught her about engineering and production. It doesn't surprise me one bit that Angela had to borrow some stuff and create sonically well-made records at that point. Those early R&A records sound very distinctive, as do alot of jazz, funk, and soul releases at that time.

silverchild said:

Harlepolis said:

Ya know, it always struck me how similar sonically those R&A albums sound like it came right out of Quincy Jones' lab. Then I'm reminded that they worked with Q's main engineer Mr.Bruce Sweden.

And don't even get me started on the whole Rufus gang they got laid up in the mix doing damage phew!

I miss the "music full of session musicians" sound

[Edited 7/11/12 16:04pm]

I thought I was the only one that noticed that. Both Rene and Angela had something cooking up at that point. In fact, I'll like to make the argument that 1978-1983 was the golden period for that warm "music full of session musicians" sound that Quincy was really nailing at that time. I recall Angela saying during her Unsung special that she worked closely with cats like Stevie who taught her about engineering and production. It doesn't surprise me one bit that Angela had to borrow some stuff and create sonically well-made records at that point. Those early R&A records sound very distinctive, as do alot of jazz, funk, and soul releases at that time.

I got two words for you just to add on what you already said, babydoll; moog bass

If that was her playing the moog bass, she was raising hell. That "Plush" album they produced? Boy, did they show out.

And I love what you said about the time period, I'm on the same page as well. I love my one men/women bands too, but I think a collective of musicians in the same room throwing their own ideas into the mix, adds a certain dynamic thats lacking in some of the one men/women bands albums.

Harlepolis said:

silverchild said:

I thought I was the only one that noticed that. Both Rene and Angela had something cooking up at that point. In fact, I'll like to make the argument that 1978-1983 was the golden period for that warm "music full of session musicians" sound that Quincy was really nailing at that time. I recall Angela saying during her Unsung special that she worked closely with cats like Stevie who taught her about engineering and production. It doesn't surprise me one bit that Angela had to borrow some stuff and create sonically well-made records at that point. Those early R&A records sound very distinctive, as do alot of jazz, funk, and soul releases at that time.

I got two words for you just to add on what you already said, babydoll; moog bass

If that was her playing the moog bass, she was raising hell. That "Plush" album they produced? Boy, did they show out.

And I love what you said about the time period, I'm on the same page as well. I love my one men/women bands too, but I think a collective of musicians in the same room throwing their own ideas into the mix, adds a certain dynamic thats lacking in some of the one men/women bands albums.

Yep. That was something. Now that you've said that, I was just retracing some of the stuff I've been rediscovering such as Partice Rushen's 1978-1984 period. Patrice, Pizzazz, Posh, Straight From The Heart, and Now are significant when looking at how well musicians could bounce musical ideas off of one another and make something unique and distinctive. Rene and Angela were no different when it came to that. I also look at other duos such as Ashford & Simpson and

Yarbrough and Peoples as well. Just an interesting period for many soul, jazz, and funk collectives.