Best Release on the Sussex Label?
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IMHO I got it narrowed down to these three 
what say you?
what say you?
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I say the Coffey doesnt do it for me, still need to hear the presidents and a hearty cosign on the Withers.
I think it's gotta be the first Bill Withers or his live album.
I like these
really? This one never did it for me. I had an unreleased acetate from '74 that I traded to Thes a while back that was actually far better than this album. But still not great enough for me to want to keep
The album works for me, so we'll agree to disagree. Besides, the album cover always reminded me of Led Zep's Houses Of The Holy for some reason...
Now here's something that's gonna get me banned from the Strut for real: I don't think the Soul Searchers' We The People album is all that great. No, it's not horrible, but it is kinda spotty.
Haha, is there a story to how those guys ended up on Sussex? That record is straight awful.
Yeah, that one never did it for me, either. But this one definitely does:
I concur, although the Bill Withers' LPs are all as great. I like 'Salt of the Earth' best for regionally sentimental reasons.
I found Masterfleet to be pretty unlistenable myself.
I've never heard this, is it similar to his stuff on Verve?
I remember reading in the liner notes to one of their albums that Sussex producers Dennis Coffey and Mike Theodore (I think?) stopped by one of their gigs in Michigan (?) and liked what they heard. Evidently, the public did too, 'cause they had a few hit singles. "I Believe In Music" was unavoidable back then.
http://popsike.com/php/detaildata.php?itemnr=320134610951
I still don't get it.
It's actually funkier, and it doesn't have that watered-down-for-the-pop-market feel that many of his Verve records have. He was better on Sussex, I'd say.
I never heard this. I had the other one from him and was really underwhelmed by it. Whats the sound on this like?
Good to know, thanks Pickwick. I was wondering why it was more sought after, since the Verve stuff isn't too great for the most part.
Jesus Lord, there must be a zillion Gallery 45s out there. They make me so mad!
I know, his Verve recordings are spotty to me, too. Only Mongo Santamaria's Columbia records are worse.
I posted a thread about this before, but the off beat clapping on this makes my angry.
Am I the only who rides for 'We the people'?
ha. our trains crossed in the tunnel. ehem,
I think his LP's are better than Coffey's ...
(EDIT: beat me to it, above)
As for Coffey, I like "Goin' For Myself" better than "Evolutions"
I think the Willie Bobo LP and Soul Searchers "Salt of the Earth"
are the two best non-Bill-Withers albums on the label, with the
Senay records right up there, too.
Also, not mentioned, and not the best but worth a shout, is the
"Man & Boy" soundtrack, by J.J. Johnson, which has some nice tracks.
We need to turn this into a "Best Sussex Release that you can play more than twice before the styrene syndrome strikes" thread.
Ha, they really do have some shitty pressings.
I've never heard their LP, but more than once I've read that Mutzie was supposed to be a hard rock band, which is something a softish group like Gallery pointedly is not. What exactly would these two bands have in common?