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I'm diggin on O.V Wright

88SphereAddict88SphereAddict 10 Posts
edited July 2007 in Strut Central
Since I cop this O.V Wright tape, i'm trippin on how Rza loop the O.V Wright voice on "Co-Defendant", it's so raw, it's brillant !

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  • luckluck 4,077 Posts
    Hard to go wrong with Mr. Wright.
  • motown67motown67 4,513 Posts
    Has a series of excellent 45s as well.

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/review/review_insert.php?item_id=2338

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/review/review_insert.php?item_id=2434

    O.V. WRIGHT
    Drowning On Dry Land/I???m Gonna Forget About You (Back Beat 72)
    This is another strong 45 by O.V. Wright. He starts off with the slow and moody Drowning On Dry Land with some loud horn play at the beginning before Wright???s powerful singing comes in. I???m Gonna Forget About You sounds more like an earlier RnB tune.


    Plus here are two reviews of LPs he released:

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/review/review_insert.php?item_id=684

    http://www.soulstrut.com/reviews/review/review_insert.php?item_id=685
  • PATXPATX 2,820 Posts
    I picked up "I'm Going Home (to Live with God)" recently and it's rather beautiful on the Gospel Soul tip.
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  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    "Everybody Knows" is a chiller.

    Even in his later years with Hi, he was still
    recording in pretty much the same style (except
    with the smooth 70's Hi sound behind him, of course)
    and has a few good albums from the era. His version
    of "Let's Straighten It Out" is a killer. Am I the
    only one who thinks he sounds 117 years old on some of
    those Hi tracks, though?

    Also, although people throw money at all his early Back Beat
    LP's, you can get his final LP for the label, "Memphis Unlimited"
    for under $20 on eBay, and it's a solid album all the way through.

    I have a thrashed OG of the "Nucleus of Soul" LP that Cheapo's just
    let me have free because it was so wasted. It plays pretty well, though,
    and I do play it. Last I knew, only a 90's-era anthology of 10 or 12 of his
    tracks was legally available, whcih is a shame, since his catalog must
    be pretty huge, considering how many LP's he put out.
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts

    Even in his later years with Hi, he was still
    recording in pretty much the same style (except
    with the smooth 70's Hi sound behind him, of course)
    and has a few good albums from the era. His version
    of "Let's Straighten It Out" is a killer. Am I the
    only one who thinks he sounds 117 years old on some of
    those Hi tracks, though?

    GROSS-OUT ALERT[/b]:
    True story (according to Hi Records' guitarist Teenie Hodges): O.V. recorded the entire Bottom Line album without his dentures, which is why he's slurring his "s"'s.

    I have a thrashed OG of the "Nucleus of Soul" LP that Cheapo's just
    let me have free because it was so wasted. It plays pretty well, though,
    and I do play it. Last I knew, only a 90's-era anthology of 10 or 12 of his
    tracks was legally available, whcih is a shame, since his catalog must
    be pretty huge, considering how many LP's he put out.
    You mean he put out a lot of 45's.

    His album catalog was relatively small. Nine albums between 1965 and 1980. And his second long-player (Eight Men, Four Women) repeated a lot of the same songs from the first (If It Is Only For Tonight). His final album, Four & Twenty Elders, was a gospel LP on Creed (credited to O.V. Wright & the Luckett Brothers).
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts


    You mean he put out a lot of 45's.

    His album catalog was relatively small. Nine albums between 1965 and 1980. And the first two (If It Is Only For Tonight and Eight Men, Four Women) repeated a lot of the same songs. His final album, Four & Twenty Elders, was a gospel LP on Creed (credited to O.V. Wright & the Luckett Brothers).

    No, I meant LP's. In the context of what I was saying,
    which was that only one 13-track CD is in print, compared to
    the number of LP's he released. Actually, I think there is a Hi
    CD available as well, so I was thinking mainly of his Back Beat
    material, but his 4 LP's - plus b-sides - for the label warrant more than
    a one-disc set. I was assuming that most of his many 45's were included
    on the albums. Also, the CD has the less raunchy version of "Ace of Spades"
  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    Also, the CD has the less raunchy version of "Ace of Spades"

    Less raunchy? What did they do, use an inferior alternate take? What they doin' differently? Never heard this.
  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    There are two distinct versions of Ace of Spades.
    I don't own the album to know for sure, but I believe
    the one on the Ace of Spade/Nickel & a Nail LP is
    different from the 45. I know the version on my CD
    is different than the version on the ubiquitous "14 Golden
    hits from the Vaults of Duke/Peacock" comp LP from the early 70's
    that I know you must have owned at some point. That
    was the first place I heard O.V. Wright, many years ago.
    One is much more uptempo, and his delivery is a little
    less polished.
  • luckluck 4,077 Posts
    I believe the one on the Ace of Spade/Nickel & a Nail LP is
    different from the 45.

    You are correct, sir. The single is a different, rawer vocal take that is more of a duet (with himself?) than the LP version. The line "keep my baby in pain" on the 45 is actually followed with a laugh. Same backing track, to my ears.
  • markus71markus71 937 Posts
    "Everybody Knows" is a chiller.

    Even in his later years with Hi, he was still
    recording in pretty much the same style (except
    with the smooth 70's Hi sound behind him, of course)
    and has a few good albums from the era. His version
    of "Let's Straighten It Out" is a killer. Am I the
    only one who thinks he sounds 117 years old on some of
    those Hi tracks, though?

    His version of Let's straighten it out is a killer I think.
    Indeed he sounds aged on that one...like he's missing a couple of teeth as well but it only adds to the flavor of the track.
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    "Working Your Game"

  • pickwick33pickwick33 8,946 Posts
    There are two distinct versions of Ace of Spades.
    I don't own the album to know for sure, but I believe
    the one on the Ace of Spade/Nickel & a Nail LP is
    different from the 45. I know the version on my CD
    is different than the version on the ubiquitous "14 Golden
    hits from the Vaults of Duke/Peacock" comp LP from the early 70's
    that I know you must have owned at some point.

    Believe it or not, as common as that is, I've never owned that album. It's mainly because by now I have about 98% of the stuff on it. Some kind of way, I bought like the majority of the songs on that comp piece by piece through the years, on singles, albums and other compilations.

    But I do have the followup, the one with the stacks of 45's on the cover (From The Vaults Of Duke-Peacock), which turns up just as often. That one has O.V.'s "You're Gonna Make Me Cry."
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