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James White & The Blacks - Off White

Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Disco
Year:
1979

Tracklist

Contort Yourself 6:19
Stained Sheets 5:48
(Tropical) Heat Wave 3:49
Almost Black 7:44
White Savages 4:47
Off Black 6:26
White Devil 4:30
Bleached Black 2:47

Versions

Title, FormatLabelCat#CountryYear
Off White (LP) ZE Records ZEA33-003 US 1979
Off White (LP, Album) ZE Records, Island Records ILPS 7008 UK 1979
Off White (LP, Album) ZE Records, Island Records, Phonogram 6313 066 France 1979
Off White (LP, Album) ZE Records ZE 3303 UK 1979
Off White (CD) Infinite Zero 9 43033-2 US 1995
Off White (LP, RE) 4 Men With Beards 4M 504 US 2002
Off White (CD, Album, RM, Dig) ZE Records ZEREC.CD07 France 2004
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Rated 4/5
Review by jussumen Jan 22, 2003

referencing Off White, LP, ZEA33-003

oh holy sh#t . ths is a far out record . HEAT WAVE is my favorit on it . Nice reggae feel and female singing (By the Coconuts ,if i remember that well enough) another highlight is this song about bondage with this girl talking on the phone while doing it. that was Lydia Lunch. NO NEW YORK they called this in the press-kinda avantgarde early 80ies style. james chance made another 3 records . the last as a Mambo Band-leader and disappeared out of the music scene.
Rated 4/5
Review by rob.vw Jan 06, 2003

referencing Off White, LP, ZEA33-003

Note that there are two different releases of this album. The difference is in the mix of the first track (Contort Yourself). The original version? is a 'straight' James White mix, the second version? has a disco beat underneath. The disco version is produced by August Darnell, the original version is produced by James White. I seem to remember that the disco mix version was the Candian pressing of the album, and the original version was the US pressing. Unfortunately I do not own the albums any more so I cannot check this for you.