Prophets of Soul Questions
SoulOnIce
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Seeing Day's post in the wants forum hadme wondering about this album. First off,I've owned it for nearly 10 years and stilldon't know if the group is Prophets of Souland the album "The Gregory James Edition"or vice versa. I always assumed the latter buthave seen it both ways in a hundred places.The other, and more important, question is -does anyone have a 45 from this album, or everseen one? I mean, Dakar is not a label that wasshy about releasing 45's, I feel like I've seensingles from every album I know of on the labelexcept Prophets/GJE ... in fact, a 45 would answerthe first question once and for all, unless one sideof the label was credited to Prophets of Soul andthe other side to Gregory James Edition 
But I really want to know about singles because a45 of "Changing Things" would have to sound 100xbetter than the album, which I think has some prettysick cuts but may suffer a bit from a quiet pressing.
But I really want to know about singles because a45 of "Changing Things" would have to sound 100xbetter than the album, which I think has some prettysick cuts but may suffer a bit from a quiet pressing.
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Too much partying on the mid-week day off!
I was wondering that too. I can only assume the group is Gregory James Edition and the album is called "Prophets of Soul", but really, who knows. What does the spine say? Most times they name the group first.
To answer your question about singles, I'm pretty sure I came across a 7" or two from the group while looking for it, but I was so intent on finding the album I didn't bother to check.
"Changing Things" is the main reason I want this record. Rarely does something come along that makes me re-think music, but they were on some other shit with that song. When the synth line comes in it takes it to another level.
Now someone plaese to sell me a copy!
you'll see 500 references to the band being Prophets ..
and another 500 to them being Gregory James ...
I could swear I read something a while back in which
somebody claimed to know of another record by the group
released privately or on a smaller label, where they were
billed as Prophets of Soul ... but I can't find it now.
I just checked and found this:
THEN it lists the performers as Prophets of Soul?!
http://www.answers.com/topic/prophet-of-soul-gregory-james-edition?cat=entertainment
non LP cut I believe
Not to get all "Amen-Break Scholar"-esque about it, but I
always felt like that flanged and phased drum break was one of
those "they invented electro/techno/jungle in 1973" type-moments.
Blew my mind the first time(s) I played it.
C**d, since you're here, you know anything about this?
It's another record from Douglas High School. I talked to Chris at GM about it but I know you have a few of their records and thought you might know what's up. It's a double LP from a talent show and I'm missing one of the albums
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Well, that answers the name question.
I wish I could find my copy, I'll have to look
for it, because I swear the liner notes added to
the confusion with some weird thing where it's
like "they were the Prophets of Soul and now
this is the Gregory James Edition" so you're
like "huh?" but I'll have to dig it out and see.
Moot point now, anyway, since the 45 label tells all.
And I STILL want "Changing Things" on a nice loud 45!
Yeah, the dude who put me up on this said it was like a pre-cursor to D&B? I'm not sure but that breakdown also sounds like a rip off of "Soul Pride".
old school douglas tribute post:
http://www.rehashrecordings.com/rmnew/randomish.asp?id=soulpic
true, that.
Yezzir that's why I know you know what's up. When I did a search for info on the record the only thing that came up was YOUSE GUYS. There's some interesting moments on this record though. I have the one with the Soulettes but I want to know what I'm missing on the other LP!
last week while pulling trades for my swap - it always
gets pulled for a second cause I know I could trade it
for heat, but then I think naw, I like it too much.
I should have had it ready before I started the thread, though.
There I go again, unprepared as always! If nobody beats me to it
before I find it, I'll post up a track or two.
Yeah, not sure which disc the audio posted above is on... but I do remember that the given selection was the best thing to be found on both discs. Blackout is definitely a more solid straight-up funk LP where this one is more of a slide show with segments of songs. But that Impressions cover towards the end where all the girls go nuts for "understaaaaaaaaaaaaand why" is the shit. Oh yeah, and trade me this (1/2)LP.