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P 743877HLP
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2022 restock. 180 gram vinyl exact repro reissue of Shuggie's timeless 1970 debut. "Produced and arranged by his father, R&B legend Johnny Otis, the set features nine original cuts co-written by the pair, and in some cases others, and one written by Johnny with Dan Aldrich. The album is evenly divided between vocal tunes and instrumentals. The cast for these sessions included Johnny, Wilton Felder, Stix Hooper, bassist Al McKibbon, Preston Love, Jackie Kelso, Plas Johnson and a string section. 'Oxford Gray,' the album's opener, is an instrumental written by Johnny, Shuggie, Felder, and Hooper. Unlike anything that ever came before it, it's a baroque blues tune that features Shuggie playing both electric and acoustic bottleneck slide, a harpsichord, strings and a groovy little backbeat that walks the edge of blues and funk. It feels like a suite because of its many composed sections, but Shuggie's guitar is pure improvisational poetry. This is followed by the beautiful, psychedelic pop of 'Jennie Lee.' Shuggie's vocals weren't quite there, and were still somewhat tentative, but his gorgeous, Albert King-inflected guitar solo is right in the pocket, and stands in wonderful contrast to his acoustic string in the verses. The horns are restrained and regal, and the textural palette of the cut is lush and spacious. There is plenty of rootsy playing here too, such as on 'Bootie Cooler,' a Stax-styled blues groove, and the name-dropping shimmy and shake of 'Shuggie's Boogie,' the wig-tightening funk of 'Hurricane,' and the reverentially gritty 'Gospel Groove.' It closes with a modern soul rocker called 'Baby I Needed You,' with a killer hook in the refrain even if Shuggie's vocal doesn't quite pull it all off. Here Comes Shuggie Otis stands the test of time over 30 years later, and stands as a hallmark of songwriting, improvisation, and production acumen." -- All Music Guide
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P 737363HLP
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2015 repress. Exact repro reissue on 180 gram vinyl. Originally released in 1969, includes the long version of "Sunshine Superman" and the stereo version of "Mellow Yellow." "...The productions and the songs -- 'Sunshine Superman,' 'Jennifer Juniper,' 'Wear Your Love Like Heaven,' 'Season of the Witch,' 'Mellow Yellow,' 'Hurdy Gurdy Man,' 'Epistle to Dippy,' 'There Is a Mountain,' 'Lalena' -- have proven to be classics of the era, and this is the best place to get them all on one collection." -- All Music Guide
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P 742925HLP
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Exact repro reissue on 180 gram vinyl. Originally released in 1964. "Their songs come from all over, from every category. The material in this album alone spans the musical gamut from off-Broadway show tunes down through pop, and rhythm 'n' blues, to songs with a folk history. As Curt says: 'No matter what it is when we start working on a song, it always comes out 'GoldeBriar.' We can hear some guy playing a piano and really messing up a song -- even a song we're hearing for the first time -- and though he's playing different chords than we would and he's giving it a different beat than we'd give it, if it's really 'Goldebriar,' we can tell.'" -- Bob Gold(e)stein, from the back cover.
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P 742926HLP
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Repressed; exact repro reissue on 180 gram vinyl. Originally released in 1963, an early project of Curt (Sagittarius, The Millennium, The Association) Boettcher. "The Goldebriars' debut album is clean-cut folk-pop with bright, high female-male harmonies, sometimes foreshadowing the searing high harmonic blends typical of group member (and arranger) Curt Boettcher's later rock productions." -- All Music Guide
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