LYN COLLINS Think (About It) LP PEOPLE 1972 US re PE 5602 JAMES BROWN
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THIS IS THE LATE-90s/EARLY-2000 US REPRESSING on PEOPLE Records. IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER. The cover is in EX condition. normal wear and without any deterioration BUT light discolouration/wear on right corners (where missing shrink), left spine is fully readable, for details see photos. The vinyl is in EX condition [barely played], and plays wonderfully.
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LYN COLLINS
Nicknamed the "Female Preacher," Lyn Collins was discovered in the early '70s along with her relatives Bootsy and Catfish Collins by James Brown, who was making the transition to the hardest funk phase of his career. Lyn Collins was born June 12, 1948, in Abilene, TX, where she grew up; she began singing in her teens, waxing a tune called "Unlucky in Love" at age 14, and married a man who served both as her manager and as the local promoter for the James Brown Revue. Collins sent Brown a demo tape and he responded by essentially putting her on standby in 1970, when Marva Whitney left the Revue. Former vocalist Vicki Anderson elected to rejoin, however, so Brown instead invited Collins to come to Georgia for a recording session in early 1971, which produced the single "Wheel of Life." By the end of that year, Anderson was ready to leave again, and Collins officially joined the James Brown Revue. In 1972, Brown's People Records label released Collins' self-penned single "Think (About It)"; produced by Brown, it became her first and biggest hit, made her the most commercially successful female singer in Brown's camp, and was later sampled for the main vocal hook in the party rap classic "It Takes Two" by Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock.
"THINK (ABOUT IT)"
<reissue, originally published 1972>
Produced by James Brown
LP PEOPLE RECORDS PE 5602 Stereo 2391 044 PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. LATE-90s/EARLY-2000 REPRESSINGIN SHRINK SINGLE SLEEVE (HEAVY CARDBOARD COVER)
NOTES: Reissue dating to 1997 or later based on the Rainbo S-number in the runouts. Labels can also be indentified by Side One/Two (not "1" and "2") at left side of labels.
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LABEL: PEOPLE - PURPLE LABEL w/LOGO on TOP & WHITE RIM - SILVER/WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: (spine) PE 5602 (front, rear) PE 5602 2391 044
Catalog on labels: PE 5602 PE 5602 A 2391 044 / PE 5602 PE 5602 B 2391 044
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): PE 5602-1(A) S-34855 RE 3 Dc BQS
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): PE 5602-1 B S-34856 RE3 Dc BQS
On labels: rim text "Distributed by Polydor Incorporated, New York, N.Y."
℗ 1972 Polydor Incorporated
On Back Sleeve: Tracklist + Credits
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tracklisting: please, for tracklist see pictures
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
At the time of the release of Think (About It) in 1972, Lyn Collins had been a member of James Brown's performing revue for about two years. Her full-throated voice had earned her the nickname "the Female Preacher" and a shot to record her own album. Of course, the Godfather was in the producer's chair, writing four of the nine tracks, directing the J.B.'s as they laid down their usual funky grooves, and liberally adding vocals throughout. The title track is the main point of interest here; from Collins' throat-ripping vocals to the track's nasty groove to Brown's background interjections, this is a killer. (Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock later sampled the track for their rap classic "It Takes Two").
"Just Won't Do Right" is a good doo wop-ish ballad with some churchy organ and great vocals by Collins and Brown, "Wheels of Life" is a nice little groover that sounds like vintage Aretha Franklin, and "Women's Lib" is a very slow ballad that lets Collins show off her anguished yowl of a vocal to its fullest...(AllMusic)price rating
