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| Artist______________ Various Artists |
| Title_______________ Inner City Review |
| Label_______________ The George Semper Music Archives / Arc Records |
| Genre_______________ Soul |
| Year________________ 2020 |
| Release Date________ 2020-06-28 |
| Street Date_________ 2020-06-26 |
| Source______________ WEB |
| Encoder_____________ MP3 / Lavf |
| Quality_____________ CBR 320kbps 44.1kHz |
| Size________________ 83.3MiB |
| Playtime____________ 0:36:02 |
| URL_________________ https://play.google.com/store/music/album/ |
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| 1. Jimmy Hayes - Goody Goody Gumdrops 05:42 |
| 2. Lewis Flournoy - Cold Blooded Woman 05:17 |
| 3. The Love Affair - You're So Good To Me 02:36 |
| 4. Lewis Flournoy - That's The Way It Is 04:10 |
| 5. Lewis Flournoy - Let's Live And Let Live 02:26 |
| 6. The George Semper Orchestra - Got To Find A Way To Make Some 02:49 |
| 7. The George Semper Orchestra - Cosmic Funk 03:52 |
| 8. Jimmy Hayes - Queen For A Day 02:55 |
| 9. The Love Affair - Never In My Life 06:15 |
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| "Inner City Review" by George Semper is the first full re-issue of |
| the songwriter and musician's ultra rare 1973 compilation. A |
| songwriter and studio musician behind troves of soul, rock and R&B |
| records from the late '50s onwards, it shines a fresh light on |
| Semper's influential behind-the-scenes role. |
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| He was the creative force behind Hammond organ classic "Makin' |
| Waves", the cult 1977 Bay Area funk record "The Perfect Circle", and |
| a collaborator with the likes of Donny Hathaway, Jimmy Smith and |
| Brenton Wood. It's the second release on the "reissues and oddities" |
| imprint launched earlier this year by Peterson. |
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| On "Inner City Review", Semper is backed by his George Semper |
| Orchestra, a showcase for their distinctive cosmic funk sound |
| (including the two only tracks credited to them as a standalone |
| group), featuring drummer Ollie Brown, who would later work with the |
| likes of Minnie Ripperton, The Temptations and Stevie Wonder. |
| Originally released on the obscure SECO Records Hollywood label, only |
| 100 copies were pressed. |
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| Gilles bought the record some years ago at Groove Merchant in San |
| Francisco, and but only recently posted it on Instagram where it was |
| spotted by George Semper's son and archivist Joel S. Brockman. The |
| record has been re-mastered directly from the original analogue |
| tapes. |
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| The collection shows the different sides to Semper, from uptempo |
| doowop to lovelorn, downtempo soul jams, with themes that weigh on |
| life, romance and the day-to-day reality of inner city life. |
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| A multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer, acclaimed for his |
| innovative funky organ sound, Semper's Hammond-playing style was an |
| influence on The Doors and The Rolling Stones. His career saw him |
| cross paths with the likes of Charles Stepney, and - as the co-owner |
| of several influential San Diego venues - present Frank Zappa's first |
| professional show, booking him to open for Little Richard and Jimi |
| Hendrix. |
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| The record features a stellar cast of vocalists, spanning from the |
| then established Jimmy Hayes (of The Persuaders), who graces the |
| uptempo 'Goody Goody Gumdrops' and plaintive 'Queen For A Day', to |
| the Semper-discovered Lewis Flournoy, whose stunning, graceful |
| falsetto on his three entries are some of the only material he ever |
| recorded. Likewise, Troy Raglin, who features on two romantic soul |
| entries, was a Semper collaborator who only ever recorded a handful |
| of other material. |
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| Recorded after a formative stint in Las Vegas, where Semper backed |
| the likes of Ray Charles, James Brown and Sammy Davis Jr, "Inner City |
| Review" opened the door for his later work with his Inner City |
| Records label. It was through his years in Vegas that he met some of |
| the players who would go on to feature on the record, including tenor |
| sax player David Majall Li (Parliament, SOS Band, Pointers Sisters) |
| and bass percussionist Basey Green (Nancy Wilson, Carol King). |
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| An independently-produced and recorded album, in keeping with |
| Semper's many other small-run private pressed records, Semper used |
| his day-job as a musician to get precious studio time, bagging time |
| in the A&M Hollywood lot for the album's recording sessions. (At the |
| time, he was playing with Merry Clayton, a singer who - after her |
| solo career declined - became a backing singer and would go on to |
| feature in the 2013 film 20 Feet From Stardom). |
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| An all-killer, rarely heard collection of music, and a document of an |
| important moment in Semper's career, as he laid the foundations for |
| the independent-minded Inner City Records label, (not to be confused |
| with Irv Kratka's New York based, Inner City Records), as well as the |
| game-changing Bay Area funk sound that has made "The Perfect Circle" |
| a sought after cult classic. |
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| Personnel: |
| David Majall Li - tenor sax |
| Basey Green - bass percussion |
| Orlando "Bad News" White - drums percussion, vocal background |
| Tony "Touchdown" Drake - lead guitar |
| Virgil Johnson - trombone, bass |
| Gary Cardile - percussion and special effects |
| George Walker - rhythm guitar |
| Robert "Sweets" Fortson - background vocals |
| Jack and James of Native Sun - trumpet and alto sax respectively |
| George Semper - keyboards, alto sax, conductor, tympani, chimes, bell |
| tree, and vocals |
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| YOU KNOW YOU HAVE TO BUY THIS SHIT IF YOU LIKE IT RIGHT?! |
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