Lamont Dozier Demo Tape
tech12z
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Hoping the Strut can shed some light on this thing for me.
Long story short: flea market vendor was closing down; he sold me his cassette inventory for 10 bucks; and this tape was in the mix.
It seems like a 3-track demo tape by Lamont Dozier, including "Hungry For Your Love", "Chemistry", and "Thursday Fool". I can't find youtube/audio/release-history for any of these three songs, but, when you Google them, you get hits to songwriting credits on this site: http://songwritershalloffame.org/index.php/songs/detailed/C157/P200/.
I'm NOT up on modern soul / rnb, but by the sounds of it I'd *guess* this is mid-80's Lamont. Also, the songs are all credited to a publisher called "Beau Di O Do Music", one which seems to have been especially active during the mid-/late-80's.
I need to give the tape a more careful listen, but my first impression was that it was Lamont sounding raw over synthy/drum machine-y modern soul or rnb vibes. Again, I only listened once in passing, but I was actually kinda feeling "Hungry For Your Love"!
Can any of yall tell me anything about this tape? Is this a known cassette? Are these unreleased tracks (as they seem to be), or have they been put out on a release I'm missing? Any estimates on how many of these things might exist? Is there gonna be interest in this thing (I feel like some French dude HAS to want this)? Anything, man!
Long story short: flea market vendor was closing down; he sold me his cassette inventory for 10 bucks; and this tape was in the mix.
It seems like a 3-track demo tape by Lamont Dozier, including "Hungry For Your Love", "Chemistry", and "Thursday Fool". I can't find youtube/audio/release-history for any of these three songs, but, when you Google them, you get hits to songwriting credits on this site: http://songwritershalloffame.org/index.php/songs/detailed/C157/P200/.
I'm NOT up on modern soul / rnb, but by the sounds of it I'd *guess* this is mid-80's Lamont. Also, the songs are all credited to a publisher called "Beau Di O Do Music", one which seems to have been especially active during the mid-/late-80's.
I need to give the tape a more careful listen, but my first impression was that it was Lamont sounding raw over synthy/drum machine-y modern soul or rnb vibes. Again, I only listened once in passing, but I was actually kinda feeling "Hungry For Your Love"!
Can any of yall tell me anything about this tape? Is this a known cassette? Are these unreleased tracks (as they seem to be), or have they been put out on a release I'm missing? Any estimates on how many of these things might exist? Is there gonna be interest in this thing (I feel like some French dude HAS to want this)? Anything, man!
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No doubt there will be interest.
I guess he shopped the songs around, no one wanted to cover them.
He likely made enough to give to every producer/artist he thought would be interested.
Lil sip of the juice, plaese?
:tunes:
@Juice-sippers -- I got you, but I just need a day or so. All I have at my place is an extra janky boombox (no line outs), so I'm gonna have to borrow something from a friend.
"never put me in your box if your shit eats tapes"
b/w
make sure you hand-wind the tape taut before putting in some random deck!
This post makes me all types of nervous!
Hand wind it? For real? I'm not a cassette-man, so is there anything else I need to know so as not to fuck this thing up?
Tapes are usually repairable if they split with a bit of surgery... but you don't want it to get all crinkled up, which could permanently ruin the sound.
Scott, you were way cooler when you had 420 posts.
:slow burner:
This....
Just PM it to me
I actually agree that you should keep this quiet for now, just to maximamize your position if you want to sell it to someone. But I was (mock) offended by the careless nature in which Scott addressed "the community".
Truly, you should first try to reach out to Lamont! He's still alive. Maybe he'd want it. Who knows?? Maybe he REALLY doesn't want it to be turned into a 12" pressing at this stage!
So you shouldn't let anyone else download HQ files of it. BUT you should make it streamable for a coupla days so we can sip the juice.
As one does!
As promised, here's a sip (first minute of the first track, so-so mp3 quality). If you guys think this compromises my position with the tape (because I do plan on eBaying it), please be bros and holler.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/149272679/Lamont.mp3
The other tracks are way, way more raw. Like, "recorded in a closet" raw. Levels are all out of wack, doesn't sound like the mic has any sort of screen/pop-guard. Pretty rad.
What's even more interesting is the music that starts when Lamont's songs run out. New Wave / Punk / Synth stuff that's actually very fucking cool. I guess Stiff dubbed over one demo tape with another.
Thanks!
Please keep us updated on eBay progress...
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