Now arriving- major lance

[arrr&bee]

I know it was the late seventies and maybe he was past his best record selling period but the major showed that he still had some bulletts in the gun with this one,i don't care if it only sold ten copies this lp is a gem..i never thought[a great opening tune]chicago disco[shoulda been a hit] think about the love we had[smooth]i just had to give a shout out to this little known and maybe forgotten one from one of the legends...major lance forever!!

[jsmith]

arr&bee,
..... check the threads on Jamal Trice & High Inergy to find out some more about the guys who worked with the Major on his Motown LP and also to discover how some of the songs he cut for the project were assigned to him.
The project was obviously a 'piece meal' affair as some cuts seem to have originated / been inspired back in Chicago [[the Otis Leaville / Major L produced tracks), whereas the Kent Washburn produced cuts were most likely recorded in LA [[though Kent up till him signing his Motown contract had worked out of St Louis).

[jsmith]

After checking further credits on this LP, it seems that it was laid down at both P.S. Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois & Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California. So it was both at Windy City & LA based project.
William Bickelhaupt [[who co-produced some of the tracks) also worked with the Temptations, Hi Inergy & Jermaine Jackson whilst with Motown. After that, he continued his association with Kent Washburn on some gospel projects they worked on.

[big_mac]

I love this album, it has been a favourite of mine since it was released.

[robb_k]

Can someone please upload some sound files of the best cuts on that album? -or links to You-Tube videos? I've never heard any of them.

[phil]

Robb, here are 2 tracks from the album :







I don't have this LP but here is the track-listing :

A1 I Never Thought [[I'd Be Losing You) 3:06
Written-By - Louis Smith [[2) , Marvin Smith
A2 Wild & Free 3:42
Written-By - Curtis Mayfield
A3 Chicago Disco 3:04
Written-By - Barbara Acklin , Marvin Smith , Sylvia Lance , Wales Wallace
A4 Do The Mess Around 3:02
Written-By - Raymond Smith [[3) , Sylvia Lance
A5 How My Love Goes 3:44
Written-By - Bruce Davis [[3) , Cameron Davis , Doug Davis [[2) , Glen Davis
B1 Think About The Love We Had 3:35
Written-By - Jamal Trice , William Bickelhaupt
B2 Troubles 3:53
Written-By - Harry Belafonte
B3 Love Pains 3:44
Written-By - Jesse Boyce , Sanchez Harley
B4 It's All Over 5:06
Written-By - Kenny Lupper* , Sylvia Lance

6 for sale on this link : http://www.discogs.com/sell/list?rel...=1319976&ev=rb

[platters81]

nice pic on the UK issue.......

[robb_k]

Those 2 cuts are pretty good. It's means something when I [[sort of) like a '70s cut. I like very few songs from the '70s, especially after 1971.

[marv2]

I do remember this album being advertised back at the time, but I did not get to hear any of the cuts until years later.