Description
Format: 2 x LP
Catalogue No.: NUM047lp
Barcode: 825764104715
Release Date: 02 Feb 2024
Genre: Funk / Soul
From 1967-1980, Kansas City’s Forte Records captured nearly every iteration of popular Black music; basement beehiver-y from The Ray-Ons and Four Darlings, funky soul from Gene Williams Lee Harris, Louis Chachere, and The Fantastiks, downtempo disco ballads from James W hitney and Sharon Revoal, and the newly independent work of James Brown’s former Soul Sister #1 Marva W hitney. Compiled here are 28 of the label’s enduring sides, contextualized with copious photos, ephemera, and essay, all housed in heav y weight gatefold jacket. Who knows how to do “The Hen”?
Track Listing
SIDE A
Gene Williams – Don’t Let Your Love Fade Away
Lee Harris – I Am Gonna Get Your Thing
Tear Drops – I’m Gonna Get You
Louis Chachere – The Hen Pt 1
The Fantasticks – Cry Night And Day
Marva W. Taylor – I’ve Lived The Life
The Fabulous Rhythm Makers – Mini, Mini Afro Twist
SIDE B
Tony Ashley And The Delicates – I’ll Never Be Satisfied
The Rayons – You Confuse Me Baby
The Four Darlings – Baby Your Love Is Amazing
Lee Harris – Lookin’ Good
Marva Whitney – Daddy Don’t Know About Sugar Bear
Gene Williams – Whatever You Do (Do It Good)
Everyday People – Is It Really That Bad
SIDE C
The Rayons – Baby Be Good
Tony Ashley And The Delicates – All Along I’ve Loved You
Lee Harris – I’ve Got To Have Somebody’s Love
Everyday People – Super Black
James Whitney – With Fun In My Life
Sharon Revoal – Reaching For Our Star
Marva W. Taylor – Nothing I’d Rather Be (Than Your Weakness)
SIDE D
The Four Darlings – Give Me Love
Unknown Artist – Dearest Lover
The Fantasticks – Live And Let Live
The Fabulous Rhythm Makers – Ya Gotta Be Doing It
Lee Harris – Skate Boogaloo And Karate Too
Tear Drops – Don’t Fade Away
Marva Whitney And Ellis “Gripey” Taylor – We Need More
(But Somebody Gotta Sacrifce)
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