Showing posts with label larry saunders the prophet of soul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label larry saunders the prophet of soul. Show all posts

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