Dead Presidents: Music From The Motion Picture Vinyl LP - Only pressed for DJs
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Description
Album Features Format: Vinyl LP Release Year: 1995 Record Label: Capitol Genre: Funk, R&B
Track Listing
1. If You Want Me to Stay
2. Walk on By
3. Payback, The
4. I'll Be Around
5. Never, Never Gonna Give You Up
6. I Miss You
7. Get Up and Get Down
8. (Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below, We're All Going to Go
9. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
10. Where Is the Love?
11. Tired of Being Alone
12. Love Train
13. Look of Love, The
14. Dead Presidents Theme Vinyl: EX / EX Cover: EX This is an incredibly rare copy of the soundtrack to Dead Presidents on Vinyl. This was only released for DJs, and is a collector's item. The only one I've seen for sale is going for $761 at Discogs, so if you're looking for a great collector's item, this is it.
Details Playing Time: 75 min. Producer: Maxx Frank, Steve Grisette Distributor: EMI Music Distribution Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Stereo
Album Notes
Albert and Allen Hughes' DEAD PRESIDENTS takes place in the early 1970s, the nation's supposed time of recovery from the social upheaval of the '60s. At the time, musicians--particularly soul artists--were edgier, more likely to create music that addressed previously ignored societal ills; even the love songs of the era were daring in their structure and sound. The music found on the soundtrack of the gritty film falls directly into the period spanning 1967 to 1974, when R&B was experiencing this radical phase prior to the arrival of disco.The artists the Hughes brothers chose include many trailblazers who took black music to the "next level." Sly & The Family Stone, who check in with "If You Want Me To Stay," were forefathers of funk who fused the positive messages of the love generation with an amalgam of soul, gospel and jazz. Elsewhere, Curtis Mayfield's grim depiction of ghetto life ("If There's A Hell Below") is balanced by the O'Jays' message of hope and brotherhood ("Love Train").Love songs also went from innocent platitudes to a more aggressive style, soaked in desperation and desire. Some artists went the way of lengthy orations (Isaac Hayes' covers of "Walk On By" and "The Look Of Love"), while others coupled smooth funk with lush orchestration (Barry White's "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up") to deliver messages that reeked of champagne and silk sheets.
Editorial Reviews
...the best primer I've heard of the best music that has ever existed...
Melody Maker (19960601)
...the collection is part Motown, part Stax; part light, part darkness....grouped here, [these songs] have all the passion of a biblical drama.
Vibe
4 Stars - Excellent - It's 1972....Dramatic, sophisticated soul and R&B from the period...
Q (19961001)
...provides a refreshing reminder that there are still plenty of great songs from soul's heyday that haven't become familiar as background music from Tarantino films. - Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly (19950929)
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