4/12/2021 0 Comments Lamont Dozier On Rapidshare
Credits Art Direction Bob Defrin Backing Vocals Phil Collins ( tracks: 7 ), The Dozettes Drums Phil Collins Engineer Mixing Additional Conway Recording Studios Daren Klein Guitar Eric Clapton Keyboards Lamont Dozier, Ryo Okumoto Liner Notes Masaharu Yoshioka Management Barbara Dozier Photography By Albert Sanchez Producer, Written-By Lamont Dozier, Phil Collins ( tracks: 7 ) Programmed By Ryo Okumoto Recorded By, Mixed By Reginald Dozier Saxophone David Boroff Notes Made in Japan.
![]() Delving deeper into the individual talents on display unearthed an amazing pedigree to this forgotten outfit. Instantly familiar to me was Jerry Peters, the highly gifted producer, arranger, writer and keyboardist (check his solo LP Blueprint for Discovery from 1972) for the likes of Jerry Butler, Brainstorm and The Sylvers. ![]() Annester Davis (sometimes referred to as Anne Ester) worked on many soul and Jazz LPs as backing vox with the likes of Gene Harris and Phyllis Hyman. She also reunited with Jerry Peters on a jazz LP by Manfredo Fest (Manifestations, 1979). She had cut one solo single on GNP Crescendo ( Its written all over my face ) which is apparently quite big on the Northern Soul circuit prior to joining Black Magic. What she also brought was her lyrical prowess in helping to pen 3 of the songs on the album. Unfortunately she left the group just prior to the release of the album to have a child, hence the change in personnel between the two faces of the sleeve. Anita Poree also collaborated with Leonard Caston (of Caston Majors fame) over at Motown, writing songs for the likes of Eddie Kendricks in particular ( Keep on truckin, Girl you need a change of mind, etc). I could not find any info on the remaining two members, bassist Wayne Dark Gable Douglass and actressmodelsinger Niggy dOberoff (the Black Twiggy). They translocate us to the middle of the ghetto, unsurprisingly, with an exquisite mosaic of rhythms and sounds. Each track has it own character while piecing the parts of a larger jigsaw. We kick off in fine style with a sunny group harmony number Where Love Is, immediately confirming the link with The Friends Of Dimension, sorry, The 5th Distinction. Things become a little funky with the reminder that Mama Says and you better take heed sucker A very confident baritone lead and a very nice track. Black Bottom is a little novelty number recalling a bygone era. And the rhythmically challenging Miss Jessie carries a familiar woe and gives it an attitude that is refreshing. Kimu is theatrical soliloquy that could only fit as part of the puzzle and as such is a brave inclusion. Aunt Adele is a vibrant tale of the wise tale teller surely an inspiration for the albums structure. It really is an awesome testimony of how this failed to ignite the hearts and minds of the record buying public in its day. Such a shame. We start with the glorious Tater Man, a very mature ode given a throbbing insistence of the invisible man working on the street. Lamont Dozier On Rapidshare Series Of StoriesFaces on a bus is absolutely gorgeous and again a familiar series of stories given an edge by its inspired structure. The concept behind Vacant Block is brilliant and another highlight. The front cover has the back of Anita displaying the word Sex and the her brothers foot Strife in reference to a line in the song.
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