Carl "Sherlock" Holmes INVESTIGATION No. 1 orig CRS Lp
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Investigation No. 1
Original Lp pressing on C.R.S. Records, #CRS01, 1973
NOT THE RE-ISSUE!
The vinyl shows lots of hairline marks and scuffs and looks hammered but plays amazingly well with just a little bit of noticeable surface noise during the music (light ticking on side 2 mainly during "The Game"), looks VG but plays VG+ or better for the most part due to the great pressing. No skips or obnoxious pops. The cover is practically near mint... a small dent in the top edge and a tiny paper chip in that area of the edge.
A funky holy grail, one of the rarest of the rare, and the only album ever cut by funky guitarist Carl “Sherlock” Holmes! Carl’s work on the guitar is incredible fast riffing and jazzy, with a style that’s dirtier and messier than some of his 70s jazz funk contemporaries, but which also lays back on a few tracks so that Carl can deliver a sweetly soulful vocal. The album’s a real blend of styles, all handled pretty darn well from the hard funk of “Black Bag” and “Investigation”, to the Latin jamming of “Modesa”, the fast grooving of “Get Down Philly Town”, and the mellow soul of “Think It Over” and “Your Game”. Great stuff and a real treat to finally have reissuedThis is a super rare soul/funk record where Carl tries to close “the gap between R&B, jazz and psychedelic rock by the creation of a sound that is funky, mellow, intricately soulful and explosive, yet uniquely disciplined in its complexity!
“This is a super rare soul/funk record where Carl tries to close “the gap between R&B, jazz and psychedelic rock by the creation of a sound that is funky, mellow, intricately soulful and explosive, yet uniquely disciplined in its complexity”
Tracks:
A1.Investigation 4.05
A2.Close To You 5.07
A3.Black Bag 3.20
A4.Think It Over 3.25
B1.Modesa 4.59
B2.Your Game 4.16
B3.Get Down Philly Town 2.59
B4.It Ain’t Right 3.07
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