BETTY DAVIS “They Say I’m Different” funk LP JUST SUNSHINE orig ’74 NM

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Artist:  BETTY DAVIS

Title:   “They Say I’m Different”

Label:   JUST SUNSHINE.  Light yellow label with black text.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Catalog number is JSS-3500.  

Date:  1974. 

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is gorgeous NM-, a beauty!  The playing surface is immaculate, with a high luster, played a small number of times and handled with care.  Plays beautifully with superb fidelity.  Labels are clean and pristine.        

JACKET:   Gatefold jacket is nice VG+.   Panels have ring wear, and small cutout hole at bottom left.  Also, wear along seams and spine, including approx 2” of chipping at bottom center.  No writing, stickers, or other issues.    

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him
• He Was a Big Freak
• Your Mama Wants You Back
• Don’t Call Her No Tramp

Side Two:

• Git In There
• They Say I’m Different
• 70s Blues
• Special People  

Review:

“Betty Davis' second full-length featured a similar set of songs as her debut, though with Davis herself in the production chair and a radically different lineup. The openers, "Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him" and "He Was a Big Freak," are big, blowsy tunes with stop-start funk rhythms and Davis in her usual persona as the aggressive sexual predator. On the title track, she reminisces about her childhood and compares herself to kindred spirits of the past, a succession of blues legends she holds fond -- including special time for Bessie Smith, Chuck Berry, and Robert Johnson. A pair of unknowns, guitarist Cordell Dudley and bassist Larry Johnson, do a fair job of replacing the stars from her first record. As a result, They Say I'm Different is more keyboard-dominated than her debut, with prominent electric piano, clavinet, and organ from Merl Saunders, Hershall Kennedy, and Tony Vaughn. The material was even more extreme than on her debut; "He Was a Big Freak" featured a prominent bondage theme, while "Your Mama Wants Ya Back" and "Don't Call Her No Tramp" dealt with prostitution, or at least inferred it. With the exception of the two openers, though, They Say I'm Different lacked the excellent songs and strong playing of her debut; an explosive and outré record, but more a variation on the same theme she'd explored before.”

(courtesy John Bush, allmusic.com.)

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