THE SYLVERS-THE SYLVERS

The Sylvers
The Sylvers
MGM/Pride
1972

Here we have The Sylvers self titled Debut Album
The Sylvers were a popular "family" gropup from the early 70's until the early 80's

Beat diggers will know the young Foster Sylvers song "misdemeanor"
used by Dr. Dre for The D.O.C's "It's funky Enough"
(which is not on this album ...it's on Fosters SOLO album)

the Sylvers 1st three albums were produced by R&B legends Jerry Butler & Keg Johnson
Check out the great soul vibe of the production on this one
Including The Funky "Fools Paradise" and "I Wish I Could Talk to You"
which was used by Ghostface Killah on "Mighty Healthy"
& RJD2's - "Here's What's Left"

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The First Family of Soul - The Best of the Five Stairsteps

01* You Waited Too Long
02* Danger! She's A Stranger
03* Come Back
04* Playgirl's Love
05* World Of Fantasy
06* Oooh, Baby Baby
07* Don't Waste Your Time
08* You Don't Love Me
09* Behind Curtains
10* The Girl I Love
11* Ain't Gonna Rest (Till I Get You)
12* The Touch Of You
13* Don't Change Your Love
14* Baby Make Me Feel So Good
15* We Must Be In Love
16* O-o-h Child

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Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - The Anthology 1961-1977 (Disc 1)

01 - Gypsy Woman
02 - Grow Closer Together
03 - Never Let Me Go
04 - Little Young Lover
05 - Minstrel And Queen
06 - I'm the One Who Loves You
07 - Sad Sad Girl And Boy
08 - It's All Right
09 - Talking about my Baby
10 - I'm So Proud
11 - Keep On Pushing
12 - You Must Believe Me
13 - See the Real Me
14 - Amen
15 - I've Been Trying
16 - People Get Ready
17 - It's Hard to Believe
18 - Woman's Got Soul
19 - Meeting over Yonder
20 - I Need You
21 - You've Been Cheatin'
22 - Man Oh Man
23 - Can't Satisfy
24 - We're a Winner
25 - I Loved and I Lost
26 - We're Rolling On (Part One)

Wikipedia: English - Spanish

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Curtis Mayfield & The Impressions - The Anthology 1961-1977 (Disc 2)

01 - Fool For You
02 - This Is My Country
03 - Choice Of Colors
04 - Check Out Your Mind
05 - Move On Up
06 - (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell Below We're All Going To Go
07 - The Makings Of You
08 - Beautiful Brother Of Mine
09 - Freddie's Dead
10 - Superfly
11 - Pusherman
12 - So In Love
13 - Only You Babe (Single Edit)
14 - Do Do Wap Is Strong In Here (Single Edit)

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Revolutionary Mixtape Revisted

So here it is, the (done with M.A.N.'s permission):Originally written by Mark Anthony Neal, Feb. 2005

"The spirits do not descend without music" -- Amiri Baraka (Leroi Jones), 'Blues People'


'(I Wish I Knew How) It Would Feel to Be Free' -- Nina Simone
From Heart and Soul (RCA, 1972). Also available on Anthology.

Many of the hard-core activists from the period, including the late Kwame Toure (Stokley Carmichael), considered Nina Simone the "voice" of the civil rights movement. While a track like 'Mississippi Goddamn' captures the anger that often surfaced in Simone's personality, it is the more restrained '(I Wish I Knew How) It Would Feel to Be Free' (written by Dr. Billy Taylor) that really captures the emotions of the period.

'We're a Winner' -- The Impressions
From We're a Winner (ABC, 1968)

With classic recordings like 'Keep on Pushin',' 'Amen' and 'People Get Ready,' Curtis Mayfield and the Impressions helped to mainstream the ideas of the civil rights movement with non-threatening pop anthems. Perhaps this is why so many folk were in a tizzy when Mayfield's music became more concretely political beginning with 'We're a Winner' -- some stations refused to play the song. It was no longer about a "piece of the pie"; Mayfield was talking about a "takeover."

'Young, Gifted and Black' -- Aretha Franklin
From Young, Gifted and Black (Atlantic, 1972)

When you are arguably the most important black female vocalist of the 20th century (Billie Holiday notwithstanding) and you were literally raised in the bosom of the movement (courtesy of your daddy The Rev. C.L. Franklin), every note you sing is gonna take on an enhanced significance. And indeed, throughout the 1960s Aretha's voice was used in the service of the movement many times. But her most political recording didn't come until 1972 with the release of 'Young, Gifted and Black.' It was Franklin's rendition of the title track -- a song written and initially performed by Simone in tribute to her friend, the late playwright Lorraine Hansberry -- that lit a fire in the still emerging post-civil rights generation as witnessed by John Singleton's use of the song in the film 'Higher Learning.'

'A Change Is Gonna Come' -- Sam Cooke
From Ain't That Good News (RCA, 1964)

With the exception of Ms. Billie's 'Strange Fruit' or Coltrane's 'Alabama,' there is perhaps no other song recorded by an African American in the 20th century that makes you stop dead in your tracks the way Sam Cooke's 'A Change Is Gonna Come' does. Mournful, sullen and majestic, the song was Cooke's final gift to a movement that was losing dreamers to shotgun blasts by the day.

'I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself)' -- James Brown
From Sex Machine (Polydor, 1970)

JB's 'Say It Loud (I'm Black and I'm Proud)' seems like a more obvious choice, even with the little Asian-American and Caucasian kids who sang background on the tune. Whereas 'Say It Loud' was a popular "feel good" anthem, JB's more pronounced Black Nationalist do-for-self politics was on display with 'I Don't Want Nobody to Give Me Nothing (Open Up the Door, I'll Get It Myself).'

'Express Yourself' -- Charles Wright and the 103rd Street Rhythm Band
From Express Yourself (Warner Bros, 1969)

Throughout the 1970s Gamble and Huff revolutionized the concept of politics on the dance floor. But years earlier it was a slice of West Coast funk from Charles Wright that captured the style politics of the generation that emerged in the aftermath of the marches, sit-ins and murders. This "free to be black and me" anthem would be recovered nearly two decades later when Dr. Dre paid tribute to Wright with N.W.A.'s version of the song.

'Walk Tall (live)' -- Julian "Cannonball" Adderley
From Country Preacher (Capitol, 1969)

Back when our man Jesse Jackson Sr. was lovingly known as the "Country Preacher" he often opened up Operation Breadbasket offices to the popular musicians of the day. In October 1969 it was Cannonball Adderley's funky soul-jazz that was in the house. Rev. Jackson's introduction to 'Walk Tall' is worth the price of admission alone.

CURTIS / LIVE!

Curtis/Live! is, simply, one of the greatest concert albums ever cut on a soul artist, and one of the legendary live albums of all time. Cut in January of 1971 during four nights at The Bitter End (then Greenwich Village's leading music venue) in New York, the resulting double LP transcended any expectations in both its programming and execution -- Mayfield performed numbers off of the Curtis album ("[Don't Worry] If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go"), as well as exciting and urgent new versions of songs originally performed by the Impressions ("We're a Winner," "People Get Ready," "Gypsy Woman"), plus a very moving R&B version of "We've Only Just Begun." This is all beautifully stripped-down work by a quintet consisting of Mayfield (vocals, guitar), Craig McMullen (guitar), Tyrone McCullen (drums), "Master" Henry Gibson (percussion), and Joseph "Lucky" Scott (bass) -- a solid, intense performance, with quietly elegant guitar playing against a rock-solid rhythm section, as Impressions hits are rethought and reconfigured in a new context, and Mayfield's early solo repertory comes to life in newer, longer live versions

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1. Curtis Mayfield - Mighty Mighty (Spade And Whitey) (6:57)
2. Curtis Mayfield - Rap (0:26)
3. Curtis Mayfield - I Plan To Stay A Believer (3:16)
4. Curtis Mayfield - We're A Winner (4:47)
5. Curtis Mayfield - Rap (0:51)
6. Curtis Mayfield - We've Only Just Begun (3:44)
7. Curtis Mayfield - People Get Ready (3:47) 8. Curtis Mayfield - Rap (0:34)
9. Curtis Mayfield - Stare And Stare (6:12)
10. Curtis Mayfield - Check Out Your Mind (3:53)
11. Curtis Mayfield - Gypsy Woman (3:48)
12. Curtis Mayfield - The Makings Of You (3:28)
13. Curtis Mayfield - Rap (2:01)
14. Curtis Mayfield - We The People Who Are Darker Than (6:46)
15. Curtis Mayfield - (Don't Worry) If There's A Hell B (9:27)
16. Curtis Mayfield - Stone Junkie (8:05)
17. Curtis Mayfield - Superfly (3:56)
18. Curtis Mayfield - Mighty Mighty (Spade And Whitey) (3:16)

AL GREEN - LAY IT DOWN

Let’s get this out of the way: Al Green’s new album, Lay It Down, is not a return to the form of his 1973 masterwork Call Me or the flawed genius of 1977’s The Belle Album. It doesn’t have a song on the level of “Let’s Stay Together,” “Love and Happiness” or “Tired of Being Alone.” It simmers rather than burns. And with that said…

Lay It Down is a lovely album that is probably his best since he returned to recording secular music in the mid-90’s. Producers Ahmir (?uestlove) Thompson (The Roots) and James Poser (Common, Erykah Badu) use Green’s and producer Willie Mitchell's mid-70’s sonic template, but rather than creating a completely retro-vibe, they do a fine job of making that classic Memphis sound feel modern and present. ?uestlove, the finest drummer of his generation, does an especially impressive job emulating the subtle restraint and groove of Stax drummer Al Jackson, Jr., one of the greatest drummers ever and a key component of Green’s greatest records in the 70’s. The Dap-King horns (of Amy Winehouse and Sharon Jones fame) punctuate the proceedings nicely without being obtrusive and the strings shimmer. It’s a recreation of a sound without being regurgitation of one.

But let’s face it – given that the songs, with the exception of “Just For Me,” do not exactly imprint themselves upon the brain, the album works for one main reason – that one-of-a-kind voice. Al has lost little-to-nothing of his range and to hear his falsetto whoops, gravelly assertions and sanctified moans is a slice of soul heaven. John Legend, Anthony Hamilton and Corinne Bailey Rae appear on the album, adding a bit of marketing heft and little else; they all acquit themselves nicely and sound somewhat unnecessary. Bailey Rae, especially, lacks the sensuality to make "Take Your Time" something more than just nice. But hey - marketing is marketing.

There’s a phenomenon in record reviews that I call “Rolling Stones Syndrome.” Basically, it’s when a legend comes out with an album, the reviews say it’s the “best thing they’ve done since [insert classic album title here].” I can’t say for certain whether Lay It Down is the best album he’s done since his classic period. It's almost an impossible standard to live up to. But simply hearing Al Green sing well is one of the great pleasures of life on this planet – and for that alone, I’m happy to have Lay It Down to listen to.

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Tracklist:

1. Lay It Down (feat. Anthony Hamilton)
2. Just For Me
3. You’ve Got the Love I Need (feat. Anthony Hamilton)
4. No One Like You
5. What More Do You Want From Me
6. Take Your Time (feat. Corinne Bailey Rae)
7. Too Much
8. Stay With Me (By the Sea) (feat. John Legend)
9. All I Need
10. I’m Wild About You
11. Standing In the Rain