I’m Gonna Love You Just A Little Bit More Baby by Barry White. One of the key tracks of his I’ve Got Some Much To Give album, released back in… 1973. The opening beats are completely crazy. And don’t get me started about the arrangements.
You can get a decent vinyl from Discogs.com for as little as 3.50€.
Love Is All (feat. Liz Elensky) by Marc Rapson featured in his excellent Dark vs. Light EP. I got mine from Betino’s Record Shop, my favorite record store in Paris, France. It came in a simple plastic sleeve, looking like a promotional record or self-produced one for which the artist had barely enough money for the pressing.
Romain, Betino’s sidekick, insisted I sample it even though I looked at the record quite suspiciously. He knew I was no huge fan of electronica/drum’n’bass/house music. I was astonished to feel such a quality groove percolating through its few tracks. Months after, it keep showing up on my turntable quite regularly.
Danger by The Lijadu Sisters. This is a great piece of Afrofunk straight out of Lagos, Nigeria. The album was originally issued on LP in 1976. Afrodisia has reissued it recently for our delight.
Chant written by Duke Pearson and played by Donald Byrd. Issued as part of Blue Note’s BST-84124, A New Perspective. 1963.
Personnel: Donald Byrd (tp), Hank Mobley (ts), Donald Best (vibes), Kenny Burrell (g), Herbie Hancock (p), Burch Warren (b), Lex Humphries (d).
Ted Taylor, Ghetto Disco. 1977. Featured in Norman Jay MBE’s Good Times 30th Anniversary Ed. issued by Strut Records.
The week-end is upon us. Time for some deep Soul with Millie Jackson’s I Cry featured on her 1973 album It Hurts So Good. On vinyl of course…
An homage to jazz great John Coltrane by Dr. Yusef Lateef, recorded live at the Pep’s in Philadelphia on June 1964. This is one of Lateef’s finest recordings in my opinion.
The vinyl I own has a different cover and is called Club Date. It was pressed by ABC Records in 1976.
