George McCrae – Rock Your Baby

i love how you can still see the old imprints on the back (printed in germany) but the italian print just scanned the cover and batched it loveless on this one xD

Sweetest chords this side of paradise, tik-tok funk box patterns (c/o the Roland TR 77 if u into make & model numbers) & - oooooooh- ‘I Get Lifted’ (a classic Bronx break) to ice this fine, fine disco cake. Yup, he got me & rocks me like I am his baby. Lovely stuff.

This looks like just the US pressing in a Jamaican printed sleeve. I have uploaded the full Jamaican pressing here:
https://www.discogs.com/George-McCrae-Rock-Your-Baby/release/16061489

Hey you KC Sunshine fans this album was co-written by Harry Wayne Casey (KC) from the Sunshine band. Funny how music goes, it's not Rock Me Baby that keeps this lp going these days, it's I Get Lifted that gets sampled. I still like this album and it gets a once a year play (like today) lol.

My ears tell me that there's no doubt that the BBR CD release of the Rock Your Baby album was mastered from vinyl (to my disappointment). I've yet to encounter a George McCrae digital release taken from the original analog masters except for the Rock Your Baby and I Get Lifted singles on Rhino compilation CDs. It makes wonder if the original album masters were lost or destroyed.

The description of labels should read as spelled not spelt. Spelt is a type of grain used in making flour

There is a certain dullness to some of the tracks which could be audio filtering to cover up the crackles from a vinyl drop / rip. Not 100% sure but Cherry Red / BBR don't exactly have a great track record with vinyl rips being sold as remasters.

"Rock Your Baby" & "I Need Somebody Like You" to amazing soul tracks on one great album! Best album by George McCrae for me.