Gordon Staples And The String Thing - Strung Out (1970) torrent

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− 2009 - Reel Music, Motown / 66748-78014-2 / Reissue, Remastered / CD

Gordon Staples And The String Thing ‎– Strung Out

Format: CD, Album, Reissue, Remastered
Country: US
Released: 2009
Genre: Funk / Soul, Jazz
Style: Jazz-Funk, Funk


Tracklist

01) Strung Out (4:54)

Written-By – P. Riser
02) Toonie (4:44)

Written-By – P. Riser
03) Sounds Of The Zodiac (5:54)

Written-By – P. Riser
04) The Look Of Love (3:42)

Written-By – B. Bacharach, H. David
05) Get Down (3:45)

Written-By – P. Riser
06) If Your Love Were Mine (3:15)

Written-By – P. Riser
07) It's Got To Be Alright (3:26)

Written-By – P. Riser
08) From A Heart That's True To Only You (3:26)

Written-By – P. Riser
09) Someday We'll Be Together (3:07)

Written-By – H. Fuqua*, R. Beavers*, J. Bristol*
10) The April Fools (3:26)

Written-By – H. David, B. Bacharach

Companies etc

Distributed By – Universal Music – B0013138-02

Credits

Cello – Edward Korkigian, Italo Babini, Marcy Schweickhardt, Thaddeus Markiewicz
Harp – Carole Crosby, Pat Terry (3)
Percussion – Robert Pangborn
Producer, Arranged By – Paul Riser
Viola – Anne Mischakoff, David Ireland (3), Edouard Kesner, Meyer Shapiro, Nathan Gordon
Violin – Alvin Score, Beatriz Budinzky, Felix Resnick, James Waring, Lillian Downs, Linda Snedden Smith, Richard Margitza, Virginia Halfmann, Zinovi Bistritzky

Notes

"Gordon Staples combines his recording activities at the Motown Record Corporation with the role of Concertmaster of The Detroit Symphony Orchestra".
Originally issued in 1970.
Track 1 came out in 1970 as a 7"single under name "Gordon Staples & The Motown Strings".



A damn funky record – way more so than you might expect from the "string" in the title! The group's kind of an answer to the Soulful Strings ensemble headed by Richard Evans for Cadet/Concept in Chicago – and like that group, it mixes up funky rhythms with some sweet large orchestrations – in a style that's almost a precursor of blacksploitation funk to come in the 70s! Paul Riser handles arrangements – very much in the same spirit of Evans – and he picks up a hip Motown groove that bridges sweeping soul and gritty funk – all played to perfection by an ensemble led by Gordon Staples, and featuring players from the Detroit Symphony Orchestra! There's lots of funky nuggets in the set – and titles include excellent originals like "Strung Out", "Toonie", and "Sounds of the Zodiac" – plus "The April Fools", "The Look Of Love", "Get Down", "If Your Love Were Mine", "Someday We'll Be Together", and "From A Heart That's True To Only You". ~Dusty Groove