Wednesday, June 9, 2010

Larry Saunders ~ Free Angela LP [Golden Triangle, 1973]



A
1. Free Angela
2. This World
3. Old Uncle Tom Is Dead
4. Where Did Peace Go?
5. Nobody Knows

B
6. I Can Be
7. Baby Can't You See
8. Paradise
9. Geraldine Jones
10. Leave Me alone

An incredibly righteous bit of soul -- one of the few albums ever cut by 70s mellow soul genius Larry Saunders, and an amazing tribute to Angela Davis! Larry's got a fantastic voice -- one that we'd rank right up there with Donny Hathaway or Marvin Gaye, and which is recorded here with sublimely spare arrangements that have a slight southern soul touch, but which are more in the east coast indie mode in which he often worked. The whole album's amazing -- almost like finding a part 2 to What's Going On, or listening into what Otis Redding might have sounded like, had he made it to the 70s -- the tunes alone speak volumes!
i totally agree with the assertion above. this whole album is incredibly righteous & amazing [hooks abound!] so i got hella happy when i stumbled upon this treasure just floating around out there in cyberspace & thusly spread this same love to you, dear reader. let's all feel good. 320k in full effect. shout out to velociraptor

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