James White & The Blacks - Off White
Label:
Catalog#:
ZEA33-003
Format:
Vinyl, LP
Country:
US
Released:
1979
Genre:
Electronic
Style:
Disco
Tracklist
| A1 | Contort Yourself | 6:19 | ||
| A2 | Stained Sheets | 5:48 | ||
| Vocals - Lydia Lunch | ||||
| A3 | (Tropical) Heat Wave | 3:49 | ||
| Congas - Ray Mantilla | ||||
| A4 | Almost Black | 7:44 | ||
| B1 | White Savages | 4:47 | ||
| B2 | Off Black | 6:26 | ||
| B3 | White Devil | 4:30 | ||
| Guitar - Lydia Lunch | ||||
| B4 | Bleached Black | 2:47 | ||
Credits
Bass -
George Scott (2)
Drums - Don Christensen
Engineer - Bob Blank
Guitar - Jody Harris , Lydia Lunch (tracks: B3) , Robert Quine (tracks: A3, B2)
Guitar [Slide Guitar] - Pat Place
Organ - James White (2) (tracks: B1)
Photography [Ginger Lee] - Mi9chael Sullivan
Photography [Stella Rico] - Julia Gorton
Photography, Artwork By - Anya Phillips
Piano - Kristian Hoffman (tracks: A2, A4)
Piano, Percussion - Adele Bertei (tracks: A1, A3)
Producer, Arranged By, Saxophone - James White (2)
Drums - Don Christensen
Engineer - Bob Blank
Guitar - Jody Harris , Lydia Lunch (tracks: B3) , Robert Quine (tracks: A3, B2)
Guitar [Slide Guitar] - Pat Place
Organ - James White (2) (tracks: B1)
Photography [Ginger Lee] - Mi9chael Sullivan
Photography [Stella Rico] - Julia Gorton
Photography, Artwork By - Anya Phillips
Piano - Kristian Hoffman (tracks: A2, A4)
Piano, Percussion - Adele Bertei (tracks: A1, A3)
Producer, Arranged By, Saxophone - James White (2)
Notes
Distributed by Buddah Records (via Arista Records in the US, Quality Records in Canada).
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Reviews & Discussion
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.
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.