LEE FIELDS soul funk breaks LP “Let’s Talk It Over” nm

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LEE FIELDS soul funk breaks LP “Let’s Talk It Over” nm HEAR

Artist:   LEE FIELDS

Title:   “Let’s Talk It Over”

Label:   ANGLE 3 Records – Sound of Plainfield.  Label is reddish orange with black text.  Stereo pressing on medium thick vinyl.  Jacket is heavy frame construction, medium weight dark gray cardboard stock, with pasted over slicks.  The rear slick is printed in B&W and is pasted over the overlapping front slick.  Nothing about this LP shows any hint of a repress.

Year:  1979

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is flawless NEAR MINT with 100% of original gloss, as clean as can be found.  Has been played a very small number of times, perhaps once, and handled with utmost care.  No scuffs, marks, or other flaws – the disc is unimprovable.  Fidelity is superb.  This is one you will never need to upgrade.  

JACKET:  Condition is beautiful NM-, with flawless front and back panels.  Seams and corners are excellent.  No writing, stickers, or other problems.  Overall a fine jacket to accompany the gorgeous disc.

ABOUT THE ARTIST: by Steve Huey

Lee Fields initially made his name among die-hard funk fans with a series of hard-hitting singles recorded for various small labels during the '70s.  Everything about Fields -- his look, his vocals, the grooves on his records -- was so indebted to James Brown that he earned the nickname "Little J.B."  Fields never hit it big, but his rough-and-tumble singles went on to become popular collectors' items.  After a lengthy hiatus, Fields returned in the '90s as a soul-blues belter playing to female-heavy audiences on the Southern circuit.  Thanks to sample-obsessed hip-hoppers and British rare-groove aficionados, interest in obscure vintage funk reached a peak in the late '90s, and Fields was fortunate enough to have remained active when new recordings in the style became a viable proposition.  Energized by his return to raw, heavy, James Brown-style funk, Fields emerged as the leading light of the so-called “deep funk” movement with a series of recordings that often equaled, and sometimes outdid, his early work.  Fields released his first single on the Bedford label in 1969, "Bewildered" b/w "Tell Her I Love Her."  After the 1973 one-off "Gonna Make Love" on London, Fields caught on at Norfolk Sound; 1973 also saw the release of one of his most enduringly popular 45s, "Let's Talk It Over" b/w "She's a Love Maker" (though it wasn't a big seller at the time).  Another prized item was 1975's "Everybody Gonna Give Their Thing Away to Somebody (Sometime)" b/w "East Coast Rapper," issued on SoundPlus.  Fields spent most of the latter half of the '70s cutting sides for Angle 3, including perhaps his most sought-after single of all, "The Bull Is Coming" b/w "Funky Screw" (credited to Lee Fields & the Devil's Personal Band, which only heightened its surface appeal).  His last single with Angle 3 came in 1981, by which time he'd finally released a full-length album, “Let's Talk It Over;” naturally, it also went on to become a rare and pricey collector's item.

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• Wanna Dance  -  5.35
• Let’s Talk It Over  -  3.09
• Mighty Mighty Love  -  3.15
• Flim Flam  (inst.)  -  3.37

Side Two:

• She’s a Love Maker  -  4.15
• You’re My Weakness  -  3.40
• Everybody Gonna Give Their Thing Away, Pt. 1
• Everybody Gonna Give Their Thing Away, Pt. 2     

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