Soulpower
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LaserWolf said:Soulpower said: It even got to the point where Ms Whitney pushed us to release the album without a licensing agreement, and she wanted to take "full responsibility" for it and even "willing to do jail time." lol Of course this …
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And here's a new link to the radio special. We just aired it again last week and created a new file. http://midnightsoulstice.podbean.com/2012/12/29/a-tribute-to-marva-whitney/
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We're still working on it. As you may know, Universal Music holds the rights to the King Records catalog. It took a long time for Universal to locate the masters because of despite the project being assigned a catalog number back in the day, all son…
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@Tom Thanks for the kind words bro. It's been a rough two days, and it still hasn't sunk in that she's gone, but we're ok. She hadn't been too well since the last time we saw you, and at least she had a great run in the last 8 years, which made her …
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@LaserWolf - Sorry for my late response, I was away for a while. You make some valid points, there are many factors which led to a decrease in Brown's creative output, and tapped into most of them. His drug phase actually began in the earl…
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Dean R said:Soulpower said:pickwick33 said:Also...James Brown was extremely prolific in the studio back then. Regardless of whether he had any worthwhile ideas or not. Which is why I find it hard to believe that: The songs on this al…
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pickwick33 said:Soulpower said:LaserWolf said:Soulpower said:Essential album. Interestingly, many songs on this album aren't even the J.B.'s but Fred Wesley solo session efforts (prime examples are "Blessed Blackness, " "King Heroin", "To my brot…
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LaserWolf said:That Brown has few, if any, writers credits on the record is strong argument for your point. And you know that he'd usually take credit even if he didn't write the song at all. Credits on a James Brown record should never be use…
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pickwick33 said:Also...James Brown was extremely prolific in the studio back then. Regardless of whether he had any worthwhile ideas or not. Which is why I find it hard to believe that: The songs on this album were recorded at a time…
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LaserWolf said:Soulpower said:Essential album. Interestingly, many songs on this album aren't even the J.B.'s but Fred Wesley solo session efforts (prime examples are "Blessed Blackness, " "King Heroin", "To my brother" and 'Wine Spot". etc.) wit…
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Horseleech said:Soulpower said:The only truly original J.B.'s group session tunes are "Pass the peas", "The Grunt" and "Escape-ism." What about "These Are The J.Bs"? I'll have to find out .. I wasn't quite sure, which is why I didn't…
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Essential album. Interestingly, many songs on this album aren't even the J.B.'s but Fred Wesley solo session efforts (prime examples are "Blessed Blackness, " "King Heroin", "To my brother" and 'Wine Spot". etc.) with very little or zero James Br…
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Easily one of my favorite records. I found this at the Pasadena flea market in '96. I don't think I paid more than $10 for it. It's still in decent shape because it's one of those "special occasions" record. The group recorded a second album ... …
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The_Hook_Up said:The stripped-down, stark presentation of these songs is what makes the LP amazing and makes these versions the definitive ones IMO.. There really isn't another 70s soul LP (aside from another live LP, Bill Withers' Carnegie Hall) t…
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One of Curtis' best albums and it should have been way up in the Top #100 list. Fun fact: Curtis' bassist Lucky Scott is the nephew of Sam Gooden of the Impressions. Sam hooked him up with the Curtis gig and even bought him the Fender bass that …
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batmon said:I tend not place too much wieght on the number instruments a cat can play. Each cat can provide many things to the table regardless of string arrangments that the other cat cant. "He plays 12.......But He plays 20!" I disagree that o…
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day said:Soulpower said: It should also be noted that Leroy wrote "The Ghetto" in collaboration with his friend and dorm roomate Donny Hathaway indeed. Thanks for those posts. From what I remember, he, Donny and Roberta Flack w…
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batmon said: I wouldnt call him a genius. As good as he was, he was expanding on existing styles of R&B/Soul/Funk and didnt really change the game or cause a paradigm shift IMO. Rick James and Prince come to mind whom put a hea…
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tripledouble said:and soul power, thanks for all the insight into hutson and curtom. so what does an arranger do? does that mostly concern the string section? You're welcome. The role of an arranger can vary. In the case of the Impressio…
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tabira said:Can someone give me the low down the non LP version of lucky fellow? It has a sharper early 80s or later production feel to it (poorer imo). "From the vaults" discovery? later remix ? contemporary 7" alternative version ? There i…
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tripledouble said: i get confused about Curtom production. there was rich tufo and hutson. did curtis produce? what else was hutson on? who produced "super people" and the notations album? Curtis did produce neither. Leroy produced all …
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batmon said:Big_Stacks said: It boggles my mind as to why he never blew up like crazy. I would love to see an Unsung about him. What do u think his problem was? Was Curtom not able to promote him? Payola? Who was Curtoms distr…
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I gave it a spin the other day .. and another spin ... and another spin .. and yes, it's a deep record. Glad that this thread hipped me to re-discover it.
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Curtis Mayfield's "If there's hell below (we're all gonna go)" has a primitive but pretty cool little video clip. It's not one of those clips put together years later, but it was done in 1970/71. Not sure if it's on YouTube ...
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Is it really better than "Talk to the People" or "Live on Montreaux?" Maybe I should listen to it again. I haven't given it a spin since I found it at least 17 years ago or so. I love to rediscover records in my collection .. maybe this will be one…
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There's a neat little story behind the artwork for this album. Lloyd Price was a friend of Joe's and when he first heard the 45 of "So much trouble," released on D.C.'s local Mantis Records, he immediately signed Joe for a one-album release on GSF. …
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"Think" has more dynamics because it was recorded in a live studio setting (in a recording studio called The Cave in Indepence, Missouri). It was a very spontaneous session. Fred Wesley was fired right before that session, which is why the recording…
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Just four weeks left ... get your tickets now at www.ticketmaster.com As a warm up to the Chocolate City Soul Revue, DJ Perry Louis (Jazz Cafe, London) and DJ Pari (Soulpower), will be spinning rare Soul and Funk 45s on Thursday, June 2nd, 1…
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Download the official rare Soul & Funk mix for the Chocolate City Soul Revue: http://lunchboxtheory.com/2011/04/12/dj-pari-and-mr-fenty-chocolate-city-soul-revue-official-mix/