PATRICE RUSHEN, Straight From The Heart WHITE LABEL PROMO EXC LP Forget Me Nots

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Patrice Rushen ?– Straight From The Heart Label: Elektra ?– E1-60015 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Promo  Country: US Released: 1982 Genre: Funk / Soul Style: Disco Tracklist Hide Credits A1 Forget Me Nots Backing Vocals – Roy Galloway Backing Vocals, Electric Piano, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer – Patrice Rushen Bass – "Ready" Freddie Washington* Drums – Melvin Webb Saxophone – Gerald "Wonderfunk" Albright* Written-By – Fred Washington*, Terry McFadden* 4:42 A2 I Was Tired Of Being Alone Arranged By [Horns], Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Piano, Percussion – Patrice Rushen Backing Vocals – Jeanette Hawes, Roy Galloway Bass – "Ready" Freddie Washington* Drums – Melvin Webb Guitar – Paul M. Jackson, Jr.* Written-By – Angela Ehigiator, Fred Washington* Written-By, Arranged By [Horns], Electric Piano – Charles Mims, Jr.* 3:49 A3 All We Need Arranged By [Vocals], Backing Vocals, Lead Vocals, Clavinet, Electric Piano, Percussion – Patrice Rushen Backing Vocals – Karen Evans, Lynn Davis Bass – "Ready" Freddie Washington* Drums – Tony St. James Guitar – Paul M. Jackson, Jr.* Percussion – Ulysses Duprée Written-By, Arranged By [Vocals], Lead Vocals – Roy Galloway 5:50 A4 Number One (Instrumental) 4:55 B1 Where There Is Love Acoustic Guitar – Paul M. Jackson, Jr.* Backing Vocals – Roy Galloway Backing Vocals, Electric Piano, Lead Vocals, Percussion, Synthesizer – Patrice Rushen Bass – "Ready" Freddie Washington* Drums – James Gadson Guitar [Electric] – Wali Ali Written-By – Fred Washington* Written-By, Backing Vocals – Lynn Davis 3:07 B2 Breakout! Backing Vocals – Lynn Davis Backing Vocals [Male] – Charles Mims, Jr.* Backing Vocals, Clavinet, Lead Vocals – Patrice Rushen Bass – "Ready" Freddie Washington* Drums – Ollie Brown Guitar – Paul M. Jackson, Jr.* Guitar [Lead, Solo] – Marlo Henderson Remix – Philip Moores* Written-By, Backing Vocals – Brenda Russell (2) 4:04 B3 If Only Arranged By [Synthesizer], Backing Vocals, Electric Piano, Lead Vocals, Synthesizer – Patrice Rushen Backing Vocals – Lynn Davis, Roy Galloway Bass – "Ready" Freddie Washington* Drums – Tony St. James Guitar – Paul M. Jackson, Jr.* Remix – Philip Moores* Written-By – Syreeta Wright Written-By, Arranged By [Synthesizer], Piano, Synthesizer – Charles Mims, Jr.* 3:19 B4 Remind Me Backing Vocals – Lynn Davis, Roy Galloway Backing Vocals, Electric Piano, Lead Vocals, Percussion, Synthesizer – Patrice Rushen Drums – James Gadson Written-By – Karen Evans 5:15 B5 (She Will) Take You Down To Love Backing Vocals – Roy Galloway Backing Vocals, Guitar, Lead Vocals – Patrice Rushen Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa Written-By – Fay Hauser 4:20 Credits Copyist – Greg Modster Engineer [Assistant] – Grieg Stout Horns – The Madagascar Horns Mastered By – John Golden Producer – Charles Mims, Jr.*  Producer, Arranged By, Executive Producer, Written-By – Patrice Rushen Recorded By – Peter Chaikin Recorded By [Additional] – Philip Moores*  Remix – F. Byron Clark Saxophone – Gerald "Wonderfunk" Albright*  Trombone, Bass Trombone – Clay Lawry*  Trumpet – Raymond Lee Brown*  Notes Recorded at Conway Recording, Hollywood, California  Mastered at K-Disc, Hollywood, California  White label with black lettering.  

USA WHITE LABEL PROMO PRESSING VINYL ALBUM WITH ORIGINAL PRINTED INNER SLEEVE.  Freddie Washington's stunning bass line on 'Forget Me Nots' never sounds better than it does on these elusive white label promo pressings.

SLEEVE: VERY GOOD+, JUST LIGHT SHELF, CORNER, EDGE AND RING WEAR.  REAR PRMO STAMP.  INNER SLEEVE VERY GOOD+ WITH NO SEAM SPLITS.

DISC: EXCELLENT. NO MARKS OR SCRATCHES. CLEAN LABELS.

Why buy a first or early pressing and not a re-issue or a ‘re-mastered’ vinyl album?

First and early pressings are pressed from the first generation lacquers and stampers. They usually sound vastly superior to later issues/re-issues (which, in recent times, are often pressed from whatever 'best' tapes or digital sources are currently available) - many so-called 'audiophile' new 180g pressings are cut from hi-res digital sources…essentially an expensive CD pressed on vinyl.  Why  experience the worse elements of both formats?  These are just High Maintenance CDs, with mid-ranges so cloaked with a veil as to sound smeared.  They are nearly always compressed with murky transients and a general lifelessness in the overall sound.  There are exceptions where re-masters/re-presses outshine the original issues, but they are exceptions and not the norm.

First or early pressings nearly always have more immediacy, presence and dynamics. The sound staging is wider.  Subtle instrument nuances are better placed with more spacious textures. Balances are firmer in the bottom end with a far-tighter bass. Upper-mid ranges shine without harshness, and the overall depth is more immersive.  Inner details are  clearer.

On first and early pressings, the music tends to sound more ‘alive’ and vibrant.  The physics of sound energy is hard to clarify and write about from a listening perspective, but the best we can describe it is to say that you can 'hear' what the mixing and mastering engineers wanted you to hear when they first recorded the music.

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