Yesterday
06:29 PM
Dusty Springfield-"Longing" [CD or LP-6/6/2025-Real Gone]
Info from RealGone.com:
In the early 1970s, Dusty Springfield relocated from her native England to Los Angeles in an effort to pursue new opportunities in her career and signed with ABC/Dunhill Records. Her 1973 album Cameo showcased Springfield's soulful pop in splendid fashion but failed to generate significant traction outside of Billboard's Adult Contemporary listings. For her sophomore project with the label the following year, Dusty travelled to New York to team with producer Brooks Arthur, renowned for his work with Phil Spector's 1960s coterie of girl singers, For Longing, Arthur chose to frame Dusty in the 1970s singer-songwriter milieu, surrounding her with material from Colin Blunstone ["Exclusively for Me"], Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager ["Home to Myself"], Janis Ian ["In the Winter"], Stephen Schwartz ["Corner of the Sky"], Chi Coltrane ["Turn Me Around"], Barry Manilow ["I Am Your Child"] and others. In many cases, the songwriters themselves contributed directly by playing keyboards on their respective creations at Arthur's famed 911 Studios. Bruce Springsteen was also known to sit in on some of the sessions in admiration.
Scheduled for release on June 6th, 2025.
1. Turn Me Around
2. In the Winter
3. Exclusively for Me
4. A Love Like Yours
5. I Am Your Child
6. Home to Myself
7. Make the Man Love Me
8. Beautiful Soul
9. Angels
10. Corner of the Sky
Pre-order for CD-
Dusty Springfield Longing CD – Real Gone Music
Pre-order for Vinyl Editions-
Dusty Springfield Longing Vinyl – Real Gone Music
In the early 1970s, Dusty Springfield relocated from her native England to Los Angeles in an effort to pursue new opportunities in her career and signed with ABC/Dunhill Records. Her 1973 album Cameo showcased Springfield's soulful pop in splendid fashion but failed to generate significant traction outside of Billboard's Adult Contemporary listings. For her sophomore project with the label the following year, Dusty travelled to New York to team with producer Brooks Arthur, renowned for his work with Phil Spector's 1960s coterie of girl singers, For Longing, Arthur chose to frame Dusty in the 1970s singer-songwriter milieu, surrounding her with material from Colin Blunstone ["Exclusively for Me"], Melissa Manchester & Carole Bayer Sager ["Home to Myself"], Janis Ian ["In the Winter"], Stephen Schwartz ["Corner of the Sky"], Chi Coltrane ["Turn Me Around"], Barry Manilow ["I Am Your Child"] and others. In many cases, the songwriters themselves contributed directly by playing keyboards on their respective creations at Arthur's famed 911 Studios. Bruce Springsteen was also known to sit in on some of the sessions in admiration.
Scheduled for release on June 6th, 2025.
1. Turn Me Around
2. In the Winter
3. Exclusively for Me
4. A Love Like Yours
5. I Am Your Child
6. Home to Myself
7. Make the Man Love Me
8. Beautiful Soul
9. Angels
10. Corner of the Sky
Pre-order for CD-
Dusty Springfield Longing CD – Real Gone Music
Pre-order for Vinyl Editions-
Dusty Springfield Longing Vinyl – Real Gone Music
Yesterday
01:17 PM
War-"Why Can't We Be Friends? [50th Anniversary Edition]" [3CD-6/6/2025-Avenue/Rhino]
Celebrate 50 Years of the iconic, multi-million selling, Billboard 200 Top 10 Album that features classic WAR anthems like "Low Rider", "So" and the title track "Why Can't We Be Friends?". This Anniversary edition features the original album remastered by Bernie Grundman, alongside two additional discs of unreleased bonus tracks pulled from album sessions and unedited mixes to fill out the Collector's Edition set. Just in time to commemorate the genre-bending, funk-soul-jazz-pop-latin-fusion band's 55th year together as a preeminent fixture on the Los Angeles music and cultural scene.
Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Don't Let No One Get You Down
2. Lotus Blossom
3. Heartbeat
4. Leroy's Latin Lament [Medley]: Lonnie Dreams/The Way We Feel/La Fiesta/Lament
5. Smile Happy
6. So
7. Low Rider
8. In Mazatlan
9. Why Can't We Be Friends?
[CD2]
1. Zorro
2. Don't Let No One Get You Down [Original Mix Unedited]
3. Roam & Ramble
4. Low Rider [Original Mix Unedited]
5. So [Remix Unedited]
[CD3]
1. Oatmeal Box [feat. Jerry Goldstein]
2. Heartbeat [Original Jam]
3. The Making Of "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
Amazon USA
Available for pre-order soon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4Y2CJX3/?tag=imwan-20
Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0F4Y2CJX3/?tag=imwanca-20
Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F4Y2CJX3/?tag=imwan-21
Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Don't Let No One Get You Down
2. Lotus Blossom
3. Heartbeat
4. Leroy's Latin Lament [Medley]: Lonnie Dreams/The Way We Feel/La Fiesta/Lament
5. Smile Happy
6. So
7. Low Rider
8. In Mazatlan
9. Why Can't We Be Friends?
[CD2]
1. Zorro
2. Don't Let No One Get You Down [Original Mix Unedited]
3. Roam & Ramble
4. Low Rider [Original Mix Unedited]
5. So [Remix Unedited]
[CD3]
1. Oatmeal Box [feat. Jerry Goldstein]
2. Heartbeat [Original Jam]
3. The Making Of "Why Can't We Be Friends?"
Amazon USA
Available for pre-order soon:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F4Y2CJX3/?tag=imwan-20
Amazon Canada
https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0F4Y2CJX3/?tag=imwanca-20
Amazon UK
https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F4Y2CJX3/?tag=imwan-21
Yesterday
12:06 AM
Motown's harshest edit
Just been listening to the single edit of Diana Ross' Reach Out I'll Be There and the edit at 00:54 has got to be Motown's harshest edit.
What do you all think is the harshest?
What do you all think is the harshest?
04-16-2025
07:42 AM
New PBS Independent Lens Documentary Explores the Legacy of Funk [premires 4/8/2025]
Info from UMusic.com:
‘WE WANT THE FUNK!’ explores the lifespan of the genre and features interviews with George Clinton, Kirk Franklin, Questlove, David Byrne, and more.
A new Independent Lens PBS documentary titled WE WANT THE FUNK! explores the lifespan of funk and its continuing cultural influence.The film explores funk’s early roots in jazz and soul, touching on trailblazers like James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, and George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. It also examines how funk became a form of joyful resistance to the racial and political repression of the time. WE WANT THE FUNK! premieres Tuesday April 8th 2025 and will be available to stream on PBS, PBS app and YouTube.
Read full article here;
New PBS Documentary Explores the Legacy of Funk
PBS Trailer for We Want The Funk-
https://www.thirteen.org/programs/in...-funky-zbezq9/
‘WE WANT THE FUNK!’ explores the lifespan of the genre and features interviews with George Clinton, Kirk Franklin, Questlove, David Byrne, and more.
A new Independent Lens PBS documentary titled WE WANT THE FUNK! explores the lifespan of funk and its continuing cultural influence.The film explores funk’s early roots in jazz and soul, touching on trailblazers like James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, and George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic. It also examines how funk became a form of joyful resistance to the racial and political repression of the time. WE WANT THE FUNK! premieres Tuesday April 8th 2025 and will be available to stream on PBS, PBS app and YouTube.
Read full article here;
New PBS Documentary Explores the Legacy of Funk
PBS Trailer for We Want The Funk-
https://www.thirteen.org/programs/in...-funky-zbezq9/
01-17-2025
08:47 PM
Joy
Anyone ever hear of this group?
RPM, PVBL9002
Producers: Patric van Blerk, Fransua Roos & Greg Cutler
Engineer: Greg Cutler
Recorded at: RPM Studios
Made up of the late Anneline Malebo, Felicia Marion and Thoka Ndlozi, Joy pre-empted the bubblegum era with their commercially appealing sound and image, crafted by producer Patric van Blerk [[Victory, Margaret Singana), one of the first to forge a multiracial crossover sound influenced by American soul and R&B. As South Africa's answer to the Supremes, Joy supported touring acts like Lamont Dozier, Clarence Carter, Dobie Gray and Leo Sayer. They were undoubtedly best known for the massive crossover hit 'Paradise Road' in 1980, which helped them earn two Saries Awards for Best Vocal Group and Best English LP of the Year in 1980 [[a landmark moment in the ethnically divided industry) and even led to a tour of the UK. High Life followed in 1981, but lacked a hit to take the trio further. They broke up in 1983, the year that Brenda Fassie, who had once filled in for Malebo in the Joy line-up, ushered in the bubblegum era with 'Weekend Special'. Although their sound was less fresh and funky that the bubblegum acts that followed in the footsteps, Joy's contribution to the local industry should never be forgotten.
JOY - High Life [[1981)
RPM, PVBL9002
Producers: Patric van Blerk, Fransua Roos & Greg Cutler
Engineer: Greg Cutler
Recorded at: RPM Studios
04-07-2025
07:21 PM
Why Labelle Matters
"Why Labelle Matters" hits the shelves! — Nona Hendryx
Has anyone read this? Thoughts?
Released in 2021.
Has anyone read this? Thoughts?
Released in 2021.
Grammy winner Ann Nesby returns...
Yesterday, 11:20 AM in Soulful Detroit Forum