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VOL № C072 — May 2023

Brown Sugar

Freddie Roach
Why you'll love it...
Freddie Roach’s first three albums introduced him to the world, but Brown Sugar showed it who he was. It was the album that Roach made to capture the energy of soul jazz. To somehow take the sounds in the city, in the clubs, and bring them to a record. In his original liner notes, Roach writes that the album is an ode to late nights and loud clubs, to backs damp with sweat, arms wrapped around waists. ‘’Not caring for the moment about troubles or problems,'' he wrote of people dancing, ‘’their bodies quivering under smiles that seemed to promise ‘after the dance.’'' After talking to Alfred Lion, president of Blue Note, they decided that the album needed to be made up of standards — not the standards of the stage or screen, but the standards of the people. ‘’To get the ‘soul,’'' R...
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Label
Blue Note
Original Release Year
1964
Release Type
Reissue
Format
1 LP
Speed
33 1/3 rpm
Vinyl Size
12 inch
Weight
180 gram
Foil Stamped
Yes
Mastering Studio
Sterling Sound
Mastering Engineer
Ryan Smith
Remastering Details
(AAA) Lacquers Cut from the Original Master Tapes by Ryan Smith, Sterling Sound
Extras
Listening Notes Booklet by Ashawnta Jackson
LP 1 / Side A
1 Brown Sugar
2 The Right Time
3 Have You Ever Had The Blues
LP 1 / Side B
1 The Midnight Sun Will Never Set
2 Next Time You See Me
3 All Night Long
Classics Jazz Reissues Soul r b
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