ARTIST...: George Smallwood & Marshmellow Band
TITLE....: Just 4 You
YEAR.....: 2010
LABEL....: Jazzman
CAT.NO...: JMANCD031
GENRE....: Funk
TIME.....: 43:44 min
SIZE.....: 100,2 MB
QUALITY..: 320kbps/44.1kHz/Joint-Stereo
ENCODER..: Lame 3.98 (beta)
SOURCE...: WEB
RLS.DATE.: 2011/05/27
WEBSITE..: http://boomkat.com/downloads/258109-george-smallwood-marshmellow-band-just-4-you
TRACKLIST
01) (06:54) Funk By The Pound
02) (03:14) The Best Love Of My Love
03) (02:42) Mr. Sunshine (Part 1)
04) (04:44) Mr. Sunshine (Part 2)
05) (04:15) Listen To The Rain
06) (06:13) Lady Disco
07) (05:43) I Love My Father
08) (03:03) Rollercoaster
09) (03:49) Hey Mama
10) (03:07) Touching Is My Thing
NOTES
The fifth release in Jazzman's Holy Grail series of reissues, George Smallwood & the
Marshmellow Band's Just Four You (sic) gets an airing for the first time since its
initial private press run in 1981. The Washington DC native only released this one
album over the course of his career and the CD edition of the reissue packages the
original tracklist with a further four bonus tracks culled from 45s. The story goes
that Smallwood at one stage gave up on music as a possible profession, instead
driving trucks for a living, only for a terrible accident to leave him irreversibly
blinded. It was this accident that turned Smallwood back in the direction of music,
setting up a home studio and releasing a series of 7"s. Giving how difficult it must
have been during the '70s and early '80s to get a decent home studio sound,
Smallwood's achievements are remarkable. The productions are modern and progressive,
embracing synthesizers and post-disco funk as well as more traditional soul sounds,
and George's own voice is terrific throughout.
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