🎵 AotW AOTW: Arthur Adams - I LOVE ... MY LADY (SP-4752)

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Arthur Adams
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, LOVE MY LADY
A&M SP-4752

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Side One:

You Give Me Such a Good Feelin' 3:32
Put Your Hand In Mine 3:36
Special Kinda Lady* 3:28
Boogie With Me 4:01
Sugar Cane 3:08

Side Two:

Let's Dance 3:23
I Like It Funky** 3:47
It's Just a Groove 3:29
Cruisin' 3:40
Never Get Enough of Your Love** 3:22

All songs written by Arthur Adams except *Adams & Billy Brown/ **Adams & Tom Beard

Released in 1979
Produced by Stewart Levine and Rik Pekkonen for Outside Productions, Inc.
Executive Producer: Herb Alpert
Art Direction: Roland Young
Design: June Osaki
Photography: Mark Hanauer

Music Credits:

Guitar - Arthur Adams
Keyboards - Neil Larson and Greg Phillingaines
Drums: Danny Seiwell, Harvey Mason & Ed Greene
Bass- Scott Edwards

Vibes - Victor Feldman
Percussion - Paulino Da Costa
Trumpet - Jerry Hey (horn arrangements) & Gary Grant
Trombone - Lew McCreary, Bill Reichenbach & Gary Herbig
Sax - Larry Williams, Kim Hutchcraft & David Luell

Sax arrangements - Donald Cooke & Steve Madaio
"Never Get Enough ..." arranged by Donald Cooke
Vocals - Oren Waters, Luther Waters, Maxine Willard Waters & Julia Tillman Waters

For biographical information please see:

http://www.blindpigrecords.com/index.cfm?section=artists&artistid=1

To listen to "I Like It Funky" please see:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szdbiHbiFq4
JB
 
I really love this album. And I probably wouldn't've bought it if I hadn't seen Mr. Adams when Alpert/Masekela played the Roxy. That, incidentally , was the first concert I'd ever attended (at the ripe age of 17).
 
I also bought this for the Alpert/Masekela connection. It's really a good album. Nice and funky without going the disco route. Great instrumental track on "Sugar Cane". Definitely worth looking for!
 
I guess I should've said, "I love, love, love, love, love, love, love this album!"
 
I really, really, really, really, really, really, really expected more & much better GUITAR WORK from this album! C'mon, 'AA' is on the back cover w/ Jazz Guitar & Amp and all I seem to hear is rather minimalist funk, excessive rhythm & meandering production & a mild Disco escape... (Hmmmmm...what were he & Herb really thinking????)

Maybe I've just heard too much of his better work behind other artists--Nick DeCaro's Italian Graffiti comes to mind: he lays down some better, more effective & delicious grooves...

His earlier albums on Blue Thumb, Home Brew & Midnight Serenade are the same way... A few embellishments like horns, strings & a guitar solo or two, but even there, nothing special...

-- Dave
 
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