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Eccentric Soul: The Forte Label . In 1969, after three years as Soul Sister #1 to James Brown’s touring entourage, Marva Whitney came home to Kansas City, putting Ellis Taylor’s Forte label back at full fighting strength. She’d calmed aching crowds the day after MLK’s death, and she’d lived the life, despite its rigors—to pour out her pain and exuberance on Forte sides including “I’ve Lived The Life” and “Daddy Don’t Know About Sugar Bear,” which made national rounds in 1972. . By then, Forte had already done more than deliver Marvelous Marva to market. Taylor worked overtime at KPRS to bring the world The Rayons, who’d stroll their girl group harmonies past Chicago’s RCA studios on “Baby Be Good.” In ’68, The Four Darlings sauntered in with smoky-voiced soul operatics on the demanding “Give Me Love.” Progressing in the middle ’70s, Everyday People got “Super Black” on Forte’s pine-green label. Still powering forward some 13 years on, Forte redawned with the 1980s, essaying disco funk with Sharon Revoal’s “Reaching for Our Star.” . Numero 047 Eccentric Soul: The Forte Label charts Kansas City yeoman’s work, the Carpets and the Derbys, dapper clothiers mysteriously murdered, and marriages made and broken. In 28 LP tracks or 21 on CD, plus a trove of promo headshots and every-hued label scans detailing all iterations of Forte’s logo in print, this 16th Eccentric Soul sojourn hands over vivid floor shakers and lost dance craze records alike—though what moves “The Hen” required remains anyone’s guess. . 1. Gene Williams - "Don't Let Your Love Fade Away" You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound Bonus 7" limited to the first 500 pre-orders. LP and CD subscribers will get the bonus 7" as part of their subscription.
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In the late 1970s, a peculiar sound began bubbling up from the land of 10,000 lakes. Buried beneath 50 solid inches of annual snow, Minneapolis made a Sound quite different than what the pop world foresaw. It issued forth as a slick, black, technologically advanced fusion, poised to storm the charts. Never known for sizable African-American populations, the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul in fact harbored a tight-knit community of musicians working feverishly through the late ’70s and early ’80s toward a radical manipulation of American dance music, coating futuristic funk with the glamorous sheen of guitar rock. Synthetic ebony and ivory met electricity, with sexed-up results sent shockingly across the pop heavens like violet lightning. . On 4 LPs or 2 CDs, Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound—the Numero Group’s breathlessly anticipated 50th mainline release—chronicles the scene’s first steps, false starts, and follow-throughs, sourcing the life’s work of known quantities and shadowy figures alike. In the beginning, there was Purple Haze, whose billing as Haze on two obscure albums left the color purple to their city’s incipient sound. Pepé Willie’s 94 East project gave local prodigy Prince Rogers Nelson an early chance to row along with the crew. From there, the story courses past Jimmy Jam Harris’ extroverted Philly throwback Mind & Matter collective, to Terry Lewis and Flyte Tyme, flamboyant precursor to Morris Day’s The Time. . Unearthing basement demos by Prince’s childhood sidekick/departed bassist André Cymone, plus deep cuts from legend-about-town Alexander O’Neal, Numero 050 gathers relentlessly as the sprawling, nonfiction prequel to Purple Rain’s cultural takeover. . Surpassing 30,000 words, our hardbound, full-color book companion to Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound is a gorgeous, exhaustively detailed, and insight-rich guided tour across two hours of music and a decade of North Star history. Inside, dozens of supporting characters and combos seed clouds for the meteoric rise of a genre formerly known mostly as Prince’s—not to mention unheard product from his top collaborators and fiercest competitors. In game-changing sound and image-rich splendor, Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound clears a crowded stage, ushering in unsung Twin Cities future-funk talent, to bask for a spotlit moment, out of that persistent violet shadow, and to shine. . About the pre-order bonus 45: Back in 1985, with the Minneapolis Sound at the leading edge of its music culture takeover, David “T.C.” Ellis—an aspiring St. Paul rapper—dedicated his own rhyming-couplet document to the genre’s founding city. Constructed upon a sturdy drum machine and vocoder bedrock, “Twin Cities Rapp” contextualized and outright flattered the movement’s marquee contenders, threading together Prince, André Cymone, the Time and Morris Day, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Sheila E, and sundry other Purple Snow honorees. Originally released as a 12” single by Twin Town Records, Ellis’s electro-rap narrative gets into the grooves of a Numero replica 7”—complete with Minnesota silhouette pic sleeve—be included with the first 500 pre-orders on Numero 050, Purple Snow: Forecasting the Minneapolis Sound, as well as with 2013 LP and CD subscriptions. For all the many strengths of the compendious Purple Snow book, its words almost never rhyme. We’ve left that level of artistry to Minneapolis, to Ellis, and to good old 1985. . Side A: . The Stylle Band ~ If You Love Me You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Blackbyrds - Walking In Rhythm: The Essential Selection 1973-1980 (3xLP) . Donald Byrd was one of the greatest and most successful practitioners of the fusion of soul and jazz. In 1973 he released Black Byrd on Blue Note and it became the label's first million-seller. Taking their name from that album, a group of Byrd's Howard University students formed The Blackbyrds in 1974, and within a year they had delivered a top 10 pop hit. Their albums, produced by Donald Byrd and Larry Mizell's Sky High Productions, made a major impact on dance floors, urban radio waves and with black music lovers around the world. Their music has continued to be rediscovered by new generations. They were a major influence on the 1990's Acid Jazz scene and many of their records have been sampled by a diverse array of artists including De La Soul, Gangstarr, Massive Attack and many more, including - most recently - Wiz Khalifa. .
You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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PERRY COMO: Just Out of Reach—Rarities from Nashville Produced by Chet Atkins. CD . Perry Como was hardly the first pop vocalist to add country to his sound, but he might have been the most accomplished—recorded with Nashville producer-picker Chet Atkins, his 1975 album Just Out of Reach capped a three decade run of charting albums for the crooner, peaking at #142 in December of that year. But the ten tracks from that album—which has never appeared on CD anywhere in the world—are only the beginning of a 23-track treasure trove of sides that Como recorded with Atkins in Nashville during the ‘70s. Also included are six unreleased outtakes from the album sessions for Just Out of Reach and Como’s 1973 album And I Love You So, five non-LP singles new to CD, and Spanish language versions of Perry’s hit recordings of “And I Love You So” and “I Want To Give.” Como connoisseur Jim Ritz adds notes along with photos. The pairing (Perry-ing?) of Como with Atkins wasn’t just a meeting of RCA label giants; these two legends really made musical magic together. . Tracks: Just Out of Reach
1. Let's Do It Again 2. Then You Can Tell Me Goodbye 3. Here, There And Everywhere 4. Let It Be Love 5. (The) Grass Keeps Right On Growin' 6. Just Out Of Reach 7. Let Me Call You Baby Tonight 8 .Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) 9. Make Love To Life 10. Love Put A Song In My Heart .
Just Out Of Reach & And I Love You So Outtakes . 11. Yellow Beach Umbrella 12. Take A Look At Me 13. It Was Such A Good Day 14. I'll Take My Chances With You 15. Somehow 16. Take Me Home . Non-Album Single Releases . 17. Love Looks So Good On You 18. Love Don't Care (Where It Grows) 19. Walk Right Back 20. World Of Dreams 21. Wonderful Baby . Spanish Language Recordings . 22. And I Love You So (Spanish) 23. I Want To Give (Spanish) You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Woody Guthrie: American Radical Patriot . On October 22nd, Rounder Records will release American Radical Patriot, a limited edition six-CD box set chronicling the career of Woody Guthrie. The highlights of the set are Guthrie’s complete Library of Congress recordings. . As the press release details: In 1940, a 27-year-old Guthrie recorded his music for the first time (other than some radio airchecks) when he visited the U.S. Government’s Library of Congress and taped five hours of singing and talking with the legendary folklorist Alan Lomax. Here were many of the classic compositions that Guthrie would soon record for Folkways and RCA Victor: “So Long, It’s Been Good To Know Yuh,” “Do Re Mi,” “Pretty Boy Floyd,” “I Ain’t Got No Home” and “Hard, Ain’t It Hard.” But the stories Guthrie told Lomax about his life created a rich context for the songs, and the songs put an emotional charge into the stories. . The three-hour version of the sessions was previously released, but this new set featured the full five hours of recordings – truly a treasure trove for the most dedicated Guthrie fans. In addition to all the music, the set comes with a DVD and a 258-page book of essays, notes, and other related materials. . The Library of Congress material makes up four of American Radical Patriot‘s six discs – the other two are comprised of various other recordings Guthrie made in his lifetime. Some of them stem from his time with the Bonneville Power Administration, some pertaining to anti-fascist work he did around World War II, 10 songs he wrote for the United States’ Public Health Service’s anti-venereal disease campaign, and more – so as you can tell this is truly a ‘definitive collection’. . The 78 rpm vinyl included in the set features Bob Dylan’s recording of Guthrie’s VD City and Guthrie’s recording of The Biggest Thing That Man Has Ever Done. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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America America on Numbered Limited Edition Hybrid SACD from Audio Fidelity
The Hybrid SACD is Finally Back at Audio Fidelity: Marking the Label's First Releases on the Format in 10 Years!
Mastered by Steve Hoffman at Stephen Marsh Mastering
Released in 1971, America is the self-titled debut album from one of the most original and influential pop groups of the '70s. The album shot to #1 on the Billboard album chart and stayed there for 5 weeks. It produced two hit singles, "A Horse With No Name" which spent three weeks at #1 on the Billboard singles chart in 1972 and "I Need You" which climbed to # 9.
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America wonderfully highlights the exquisite harmonies and subtle acoustic shadings that would become a band trademark. Dewey Bunnell, Gary Beckley and Dan Peek - each an accomplished vocalist and guitar player - first met in England in 1967 while stationed with their parents at a U.S. Air Force base. They soon began seriously writing and performing together, eventually taking the name of a homeland they hardly knew.
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America quickly gained a reputation for incisive, evocative songwriting and appealing performances built around their distinctive three-part harmonies as showcased to great effect on their debut. America, the album, features twelve original songs including the two aforementioned hits while several additional tracks received FM radio airplay, including "Sandman" and "Three Roses." The album was produced by Ian Samwell with Jeff Dexter and engineered by Ken Scott.
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This numbered limited edition Hybrid SACD version of America's self-titled 1971 debut from Audio Fidelity has been mastered by Steve Hoffman at Stephen Marsh Mastering and is compatible with both CD and SACD players.
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America America Track Listing:
1. Riverside
2. Sandman
3. Three Roses
4. Children
5. A Horse with No Name
6. Here
7. I Need You
8. Rainy Day
9. Never Found the Time
10. Clarice
11. Donkey Jaw
12. Pigeon Song You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Atlanta native Knight and her Pips have returned to the Christmas songbook numerous times over the years, and their Classic Christmas Album is primarily drawn from 1975’s Buddah Records set The Christmas Album and 1982’s Columbia album That Special Time of the Year. Another bona fide Christmas legend, Johnny Mathis, raises his voice with Gladys and co. on two tracks here, the stirring “When a Child is Born” and “The Lord’s Prayer.” Knight and the Pips also tackle seasonal favorites both modern (“This Christmas”) and vintage (“Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town,” Frank Loesser’s “What Are You Doing New Year’s Eve?”). . Gladys Knight & The Pips, The Classic Christmas Album (Columbia/Buddah/Legacy 88883 73539 2, 2013) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)
Tracks 1, 3, 6, 8 and 12-13 from The Christmas Album (Buddah BDS-5651, 1975) You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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The Source Family on DVD . The Source Family was a radical experiment in '70s utopian living. Their outlandish style, popular health food restaurant, rock band, and beautiful women made them the darlings of Hollywood’s Sunset Strip; but their outsider ideals and the unconventional behavior of their spiritual leader, Father Yod, caused controversy with local authorities. They fled to Hawaii, leading to their dramatic demise. . Years later, former family members surface and the rock band reforms, revealing how their time with Father Yod shaped their lives in the most unexpected ways. . THE SOURCE provides an intimate, insiders’ view at this incredible group of people through their own archival photos, home movies, audio recordings, and contemporary interviews with members of the family. Serving as a highly personal, insider’s guide to the counter-culture movement of the early 70’s, the film is inspired by the cult-classic book The Source: The Story of Father Yod, Ya Ho Wa 13, and The Source Family (Process Media) which was written by Isis Aquarian and Electricity Aquarian and edited by director Jodi Wille. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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There’s A Dream I’ve Been Saving: Lee Hazlewood Industries 1966 – 1971 . It has been a slow train coming, but at last the day has come. After 7 intense years in the making, we are proud to announce our long awaited and by far most lavishly expansive packaged project to date: There’s A Dream I’ve Been Saving, commemorating the complete legacy of Lee Hazlewood Industries from 1966-1971. . For more than a year now, we have been reissuing the solo work of this true American moustachioed maverick. Beyond restored versions of Lee’s debut Trouble is a Lonesome Town and the soundtrack A House Safe for Tigers, the lid has also been lifted on the rich, little-explored archives of the label Lee Hazlewood Industries (LHI), when Hazlewood was svengali and super-producer to a stable full of brilliant artists. . THE SET INCLUDES:
DELUXE EDITION EXTRAS:(Note: Deluxe Edition includes everything above from Standard Edition plus the below extras)
For additional information and complete tracklist visit Click Here! [Edited 9/9/13 18:01pm] You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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 Sun Ra: Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow (180 gram vinyl) . Eclectic, outrageous, sometimes mystifying but always imbued with a powerful jazz consciousness, the music of Sun Ra has withstood its skeptics and detractors for over three generations. And well it should, since Sun Ra has been both apart of and ahead of the jazz tradition during that time. Like Duke Ellington and swing-era pioneer Fletcher Henderson, Sun Ra learned early on to write music in an arranged form that showcased the specific talents of his individual Arkestra members.
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Sun Ra was also the first jazz musician to perform on electronic keyboards (56), the first to pursue full-scale collective improvisation in a big band setting, and his preoccupation with space travel as a compositional subject predated bands like Weather Report by about 15 years. All this from someone who refuses to even cite the earth as his home planet and prefers to have arrived from Saturn.
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As Sun Ra once explained it, "I never wanted to be a part of planet Earth, but I am compelled to be here, so anything I do for this planet is because the Master-Creator of the Universe is making me do it. I am of another dimension. I am on this planet because people need me."
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Regarded as the first of Sun Ra's 'outside recordings', Art Forms of Dimensions Tomorrow was issued by the otherworldly organist/band leader and his Solar Arkestra on Saturn in 1965 and finds the group exploring unique echo and reverberation in the recording of the rhythm section. Sun Ra, who plays piano and self made instruments like sun harp, dragon drum and a spiral percussion gong, is accompanied by longtime cohorts John Gilmore, Ronnie Boykins, Pat Patrick, Clifford Thornton, Marshall Allen, and Clifford Jarvis.
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Sun Ra Art Forms Of Dimensions Tomorrow Track Listing:
1. Cluster of Galaxies
2. Ankh
3. Solar Drums
4. The Outer Heavens
5. Infinity of the Universe
6. Lights on a Satellite
7. Kosmos in Blue You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Glide: The Essential Selections 1975-1982 (2-CD set)
Pleasure originated from the ashes of two local Portland, Oregon bands, The Soul Masters and Franchise, to become veritable monsters of funk, soul and jazz. Their sound is often compared to Earth, Wind and Fire or Kool and the Gang. They had an inspired run of seven albums, six for Fantasy Records and one for RCA, from 1975 through 1982. The group was discovered by Grover Washington Jr.; he passed their demos on to Wayne Henderson of The Crusaders, who signed them to his production company, At Home Productions. There, in addition to recording the group's own material for Fantasy Records, members of Pleasure also collaborated with Henderson's other artists, including Ronnie Laws and Side Effect. Tracks from all seven Pleasure albums are featured on this multi-CD set, Glide: The Essential Collection 1975-1982, many of which have never been reissued on CD before, including an extended disco/dance remix of "Foxy Lady" which was lost in tape vaults for 35 years! Two versions of Pleasure's top 10 R&B smash "Glide" appear, along with carefully curated deep tracks like "Thoughts Of Old Flames", "Sassafras Girl" and Sending My Love", as well as radio favorites such as "Let Me Be The One" and the hip-hop breakbeat classics "Let's Dance" and "Bouncy Lady". Rounding out this deluxe package are many rarely seen group photos, along with extensive liner notes featuring newly-commissioned interviews with original band members by veteran Urban music critic and historian A. Scott Galloway.
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Verdi at The Met: Legendary Performances from The Metropolitan Opera (20 CD Box Set) You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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Nick Ashford was someone I greatly admired, had the honor of knowing, and was the real-life inspiration for Cowboy Curtis' hair. RIP Nick. - Pee Wee Herman | |
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George Jones, 'Amazing Grace' (Bandit/Welk)The first release of George Jones music following his death in April features the legendary singer on a collection of traditional hymns. . Largely recorded in 2002, “Amazing Grace” finds Jones in full voice and backed by the subtle orchestrations of producer Billy Sherrill, who recorded many of Jones’ classic hits in the 1970s and ’80s. . Across 12 recordings, Jones performs classics such as “Peace In The Valley,” “The Old Rugged Cross” and the title song with solemn reverence. . Sherrill also shows why he was such a great studio match for Jones. Whether it’s the quiet piano-and-bass opening of “In The Garden,” or how the harmony voices and steel guitar play off Jones in “Just A Closer Walk With Thee,” Sherrill’s arrangements add depth to the singer’s distinctive interpretations. . Many of these tracks were available for a limited time as “The Gospel Collection,” which went out of print in 2006. An unreleased track comes from 1994, with Jones warming up for a recording session by singing “Great Judgment Warning” with producer Brian Ahern on acoustic guitar and Marty Stuart on mandolin, with guest vocalists Jessi Colter, Waylon Jennings, Ricky Skaggs, Connie Smith and Travis Tritt. It’s a stunning closer to a remarkable collection. You can take a black guy to Nashville from right out of the cotton fields with bib overalls, and they will call him R&B. You can take a white guy in a pin-stripe suit who’s never seen a cotton field, and they will call him country. ~ O. B. McClinton | |
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