Style self titled 10 track 1988 rare northern soul LP
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Incredibly rare Indiana soul group "Style".
I am not a professional record grader, so my honest opinion... The original shrinkwrap protects 95% of the cover, there is some wear in 2 spots on the TOP EDGE of the cover. There is a yellow stain on the top right hand side of the BACK cover, it can be seen in the photo. The back cover is much more WHITE than the bad photo I took. There is some browning from age beginning on the cover's edge (open side) where the shrinkwrap is not covering it. The inside record sleeve (plain white) is wrinkled and starting to brown from age. The record itself is not mint, but does not have any scratches on it. There are some spots and a scuff or two that can be seen when the light reflects off the surface, I am sure a gentle cleaning will remove or greatly improve these minor flaws.
1988 Horton & Jones Publishing Company / BMI / Razz-A-Matazz Records release.
Tracks...
1. Video Playgirl (4:45)
2. Make It Count (3:00)
3. All I Need Is You (3:54)
4. You Don't Want To Settle Down
5. Sexy, Sexy
6. Disconnect Notice
7. Illusions
8. Holding On
9. Make That Move
10. Give Me Your Number
Jason Yoder at Indiana45s.com was nice enough to let me use his review of the album...
"For too long the "Style" album has languished in obscurity, unknown to even some of the hardest soul and funk collectors around the world. Certainly the most obscenely rare soul album out of Indianapolis, Style was one of the most popular soul groups in the early 80s. Its membership included Jerry Brown, Katharine Carter, Donald Daily, William Drane, Terry Moncrief, Diane White and Thomas Woods.
Both Thomas Woods and William Drane were original founding members of Soul Relation Show Band that recorded on John Footman's obscure "Beetle", imprint their incredible "Mongo Strut" way back in 1972. They later shortened their name to SRB and eventually morphed into Style. According to Woods the reason for this was that to the world "soul" was considered a bit old-fashioned to have in your name by the late 70s.
Rumor has it that producer Jim Horton (who also produced Fabulous Souls - Take Me) threw away a small garage unit filled with this album sometime in the earls 2000s and a couple hundred were accidentally burned by the guitarist Woods. It's really too bad because it's an album whose time is yet to come. You won't likely find one soon, but it's worth picking up if you stumble across one.
The album itself is a strong mixture of mid-tempo soul cuts and ballads with great singing. True, the material's arrangements and instrumentations are dated by the synthesizer sounds, but it only makes the material more memorable and more exciting to listen to. It's hard for me to forget that Woods informed me that his SRB band was heavily influenced by George Clinton's Parliament and the rock-oriented soul/funk arrangements shine through.
Several years ago I was lucky enough to stumble across one of the Style test pressings in a collection in Indianapolis. The guy who had it thought for some reason that the record was never issued. Indeed, the original proved to be as elusive to find as the test pressing. Both the original gold cover and the test pressing are shown in the photos above.
Some of the stronger tracks include "Video Playgirl" and Terry Moncrief penned, "All I need is you" and "Holding On". For early voice-box freak-outs check out "Disconnect Notice.""
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