BLACKBYRDS, The - City Life - Vinyl (gatefold 180 gram vinyl LP)
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The BLACKBYRDS
City Life
Concord
gatefold 180 gram vinyl LP Cat: CR 846Rel: 2 Jun 25
Funk/Rare Groove Side 1 - Track 1. Rock Creek Park Side 1 - Track 2. Thankful 'Bout Yourself Side 1 - Track 3. City Life Side 1 - Track 4. All I Ask Side 2 - Track 1. Happy Music Side 2 - Track 2. Love So Fine Side 2 - Track 3. Flying High Side 2 - Track 4. Hash & Eggs
The Blackbyrds, Washington Direct-Current pioneers of jazz-funk from the early 70s, overloaded the jazz circuit with City Life, a hair-frying album renowned for its flowing, fulminous rhythms. Core tracks 'Happy Music' and 'Rock Creek Park' set the stage for a long sampling legacy: the latter was famously sampled by both De La Soul and Nas, on 'Bitties In The BK Lounge' and 'Fried Chicken' respectively. This reissue, cut from the original tapes (AAA) by Kevin Gray and pressed on 180-gram vinyl at RTI, reupholsters the Blackbyrds' debut worm-catching funk pecks for the world's ears to witness once more.
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