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Pleasure 'Future Now' (1979 album) the complete album....
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This classic funk album has been remastered and is due on August 13 Arguably, the members of Pleasure were among the unsung heroes of 1970s funk and soul. The band enjoyed a small but enthusiastic cult following, but one thing that it didn't have was a lot of major hits on R&B radio. For the most part, R&B radio ignored Pleasure, although quiet storm formats did play some of its more mellow album tracks. The exception to that rule came in 1979, when black radio proved to be quite receptive to "Glide." A pearl of a funk single, "Glide" is an infectious party jam that the African-American working class easily related to. The tune isn't really sociopolitical, although it isn't mindlessly fun either -- essentially, "Glide" is telling listeners to hang in there and be positive despite the challenges that life presents. And you don't have to be African-American to relate to the song's message. "Glide" was the only song on Future Now that could be called a major hit, although it isn't the album's only gem. Those who acquired this 1979 LP also found a lot to admire about jazz-influenced material that ranges from funk smokers like "Nothin' to It" and "Space Is the Place" to the smooth quiet storm offerings "Strong Love" and "Thoughts of Old Flames." Without question, Future Now is among Pleasure's most essential albums. ~ Alex Henderson Digitally remastered edition of this 1979 album. Future Now was Pleasure's penultimate album for Fantasy Records. It saw the band experimenting with a new sci-fi influenced Funk sound and gave them their biggest US hit 'Glide' . The Jazz Funk influence of their mentor, ex-Crusader Wayne Henderson, who discovered them and took them to Fantasy is much less on this album, it being the first the Portland, Oregon funksters produced themselves. New notes on the album by Dean Rudland. BGP.
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Bout time Funk Is It's Own Reward | |
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If you guys want your own copy, on cd, you better run over to Dusty Groove............RIGHT NOW !!!! I just ordered my copy, along with Parlet's "Pleasure Principle" and "Invasion Of The Booty Snatchers". Go get those cd's.........hurry, hurry !!!!! | |
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Cool band/album.
Glide is one of the most "I can play that." videos for bass players on YouTube. "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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