RUTH COPELAND soul funk LP INVICTUS “I Am What I Am” original gatefold NICE
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Description
Artist: RUTH COPELAND (with members of Funkadelic)
Title: “I Am What I Am”
Label: INVICTUS. Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl. Label is pale blue with black text. Catalog number is SMAS 9802.
Year: 1971
Personnel:
Ruth Copeland – vocals and arrangements
Eddie Hazel, Ron Bykowski, Ray Monette – guitar
Bernie Worrell – piano and organ
Dave Case – organ
Billy Nelson and Dawn Hatcher – bass
Tiki Fullwood – drums.
Condition:
DISC: EXCELLENT with full original gloss. Has been played a small number of times and handled with care. There are a couple slight hairline paper scuffs but no serious or audible marks or problems. Plays beautifully with superb fidelity. Labels are clean. This hard-to-find LP is one that you will never need to upgrade.
JACKET: Jacket (Unipak gatefold) is VG+. Outer and inner panels show ring and surface wear. Seams show rubbing wear, but no splits. Top of spine has approx 2” tear, and bottom of spine has approx ½” tear. No writing, stickers or cutout indications.
Track Listing:
Side 1:
- The Medal - 6.50
- Cryin’ Has Made Me Stronger - 5.39
- Hare Krishna - 3.22
- Suburban Family Lament - 3.48
Side Two:
- Play With Fire - 7.16
- Don’t You Wish You Had - 4.49
- Gimme Shelter - 7.54
Review:
“Ruth Copeland's second Invictus recording retains the services of Funkadelic veterans Eddie Hazel, Bernie Worrell, Tiki Fulwood, and Ron Bykowski, but like the preceding Self-Portrait, I Am What I Am simply fails to jell. Without the leadership and focus of George Clinton, the music zigs and zags in too many opposing directions. Credit Copeland for ambition -- the opening antiwar epic "The Medal" recalls the politicized psychedelic soul of Norman Whitfield-era Temptations classics like "Cloud Nine" and "Ball of Confusion," while "Crying Has Made Me Stronger" shifts gears completely to embrace gospel -- but her reach consistently exceeds her grasp. When I Am What I Am does come together, it's impressively heady stuff. Particularly noteworthy is the deep-fried funk outing "Suburban Family Lament," which showcases Hazel's scorching guitar as well as Fulwood's much-sampled and monstrous introductory drum break.”
(courtesy Jason Ankeny, allmusic.com).
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