Rod Stewart - Every Picture Tells A Story
Rod the Mod finds his solo footing, headed for stardom, with the Faces in his wake.
6:00 AM GMT 22/06/2011
Features Disc of the day
The O’Jays
Ship Ahoy
(Philadelphia International, 1973)
Gamble & Huff's finest statement rivals Gaye and Wonder...
A defining sound of the early to mid-1970s, at its best Kenneth Gamble and Leon Huff’s Philadelphia International empire offered a fresh and powerful mixture of social conscience, sophisticated orchestral arrangements, the rigorous MFSB rhythm section (every bit as good as Motown’s Funk Brothers) and sanctified soul singing. Formed in the late ’50s, The O’Jays were a seasoned act by the time they signed to PI and 1972’s Love Train and Back Stabbers had been standard bearers for both group and label,. Then came this achievement of genuinely epic proportions. Nearly 10-minutes long, the title track, all creaking timbers and sails rippling in the wind, is a rumination on the slave trade sandwiched between the exultant gospel-rooted Put Your Hands Together and the exuberance of This Air I Breathe, with its strong ecological undertow. With strong messages, too, in For The Love Of Money and Don’t Call Me Brother, there is not one weak song on the album.
Geoff Brown
Posted by Danny_Eccleston at 6:00 AM GMT 05/01/2008
Further Listening
The O’ Jays – Back Stabbers (Philadelphia International, 1972)
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes [featuring Theodore Pendergrass] – To Be True (Philadelphia International, 1975)
Jerry Butler – The Iceman Cometh (Mercury, 1968)
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