Lou Jones - You Are The Star 1981 lp RARE Private AOR Modern Soul Boogie NM

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105

Soundclip info: B3 "Tarantella" (Open drum breaks! Vocals do come in around 2/3rds through)    
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Media Grade:  NM (OG deadstock unsealed by me, top copy, peep the soundclips!)  
Sleeve Grade:  NM (still in shrink, unsealed by me, sharp, see photos!) 
Year / Label / Catalogue #:   1983  /  Permanent Records (Private one-off)  / PR 1001 (1st Press, Stereo) 
Brief Comments: Absolutely killer private press, still way under the radar, apologies for losing time, or I'd have put up more tracks, there's a few  on YouTube, I'll just copy my Discogs review
"Believe me, there's so many bangers, not posted up, the whole lp is great, back to front, not one "dud" track (some tracks may stand out, but the whole thing is so cohesive, well done), from Columbia, South Carolina, interestingly Lou Jones (although does produce / arrange) does not play or sing on the album, the 5 musicians who play, 3 of whom also contribute vocals, have exceedingly refined chops. Synthesizer glory, the harmonies are vapor wave phunktastic....the minimal SSW "Space Blues" the shortest track, is a great way to cap it off.....
Bangers include: Only In My Mind Suzy Protégé Tarantella (largely instrumental!) (slow burn, but You May Be Omitted is a burner) as well as: Island Of Love You Are The Star
Space Blues is a good end cap, a nice way to close, more of a reflective SSW cut, but killer for that.
Basically the whole lp hits far beyond its weight, I'm glad I took the chance, sometimes if only one or two clips are up, you can end up with a one-tracker (or two-tracker) with duds filling up the rest, thankfully this was not the case!"
^That really is my best explanation for this one, hopefully that helps out :)
Peep the soundclips :)







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