Darondo - 2006 - Let My People Go [V0] torrent

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The term “buried treasure” is bandied about with a rather monotonous frequency—hell, chances are you’ve probably read that phrase on this site more than a few times. But let’s be honest: most really good music doesn’t stay buried forever. Every now and again a song or an album will reemerge, popping up out of the cultural flotsam and washing ashore for our benefit. But it’s hard for legitimately great music to stay hidden. Most “buried treasure” gains credibility simply by virtue of its age, giving us a whiff of an elusive past that we somehow missed the first time around, if not quite the same heady aroma of a true classic. Very rarely does a classic album—classic in terms of both vintage and status—appear out of thin air.

And yet that is exactly what Let My People Go has done. Like a magician pulling a previously-invisible rabbit out of his hat, the good folks at Luv N’Haight have given us an album of forgotten early ‘70s soul that legitimately deserves to share shelf space with the likes of Marvin Gaye, Al Green and James Brown. That may seem like a tall order, but Darondo is more than just a footnote. Even if his recorded output prior to this release was only six tracks, wow, what a six tracks they were!

Read the rest of the review at: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/darondo_let_my_people_go/

Tracklisting
1. Let My People Go
2. Legs (Part 1)
3. Didn't I
4. I Want Your Love So Bad
5. How I Got Over
6. My Momma and My Poppa
7. Sure Know How To Love Me
8. Listen to My Song
9. True