Brown Sugar (24) Featuring Clydie King – Brown Sugar
| Label: | Chelsea Records – BCL1-0368 |
|---|---|
| Format: | Vinyl, LP, Album |
| Country: | US |
| Released: | |
| Genre: | Funk / Soul |
| Style: | Soul |
Tracklist
| A1 | Didn't I | 2:57 | |
| A2 | Moonlight And Taming You | 2:49 | |
| A3 | If You Like My Music | 2:57 | |
| A4 | Soul Asylum | 3:16 | |
| A5 | Love Can Bring You Down | 2:21 | |
| B1 | Loneliness | 3:00 | |
| B2 | Real Love | 3:10 | |
| B3 | Dance To The Music | 2:45 | |
| B4 | Don't Hold Back | 2:33 | |
| B5 | Weep For Me | 3:11 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Chelsea Records Corp.
- Copyright © – Chelsea Records Corp.
- Produced For – Great Western Music
- Recorded At – Bullet Recorders, Inc.
- Pressed By – RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis
- Manufactured By – RCA Records
- Distributed By – RCA Records
Credits
- Arranged By – Jimmie Haskell (tracks: A1, A2, A4, A5, B1, B2)
- Arranged By [Backgrounds], Backing Vocals – Clydie King
- Arranged By [Horns] – Rick Kellis (tracks: A3, B3)
- Backing Vocals – Jim Gilstrap, Melissa McKay*
- Congas, Tambourine, Cowbell – Charlene Tobin
- Design [Art Design] – Frank Mulvey
- Drums – Earl Palmer, Ed Green*, Eric Swanson (5)
- Drums, Guitar – Peter Swiadon
- Engineer – Glen Mohrbacher
- Guitar – Dean Parks, Lenny Macaluso
- Horns, Saxophone – Rick Kellis
- Mastered By – AZ*
- Photography By – Ed Careff*
- Producer – George Tobin
- Strings – George Poole Section
- Trombone – Jeff Deane*
- Trumpet – Cal Arnold, Michael Green (12)
Notes
RCA, Indianapolis pressing.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Matrix / Runout: BCL1-0368-A
- Matrix / Runout: BCL1-0368-B
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, etched): BCL1-0368A-3 AZ
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, stamped): I - A1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, etched): BCL1-0368B-3 AZ
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, stamped): - I
Other Versions (5 of 8)
View All| Title (Format) | Label | Cat# | Country | Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Recently Edited | Brown Sugar (LP, Album) | Polydor | 2310 321 | Germany | 1973 | ||
Recently Edited | Brown Sugar (LP, Album, Promo) | Chelsea Records | BCL1-0368-DJ | US | 1973 | ||
New Submission | Brown Sugar (8-Track Cartridge, Album) | Chelsea Records | BCS1-0368 | US | 1973 | ||
New Submission | Brown Sugar (CD, Album, Reissue, Cardsleeve) | Big Pink | BIG PINK 199 | South Korea | 2012 | ||
New Submission | Brown Sugar (CD, Album, Reissue, Paper Sleeve) | Vivid Sound, Big Pink | VSCD-5067, BIG PINK 199 | Japan | 2012 |
Recommendations
Reviews
Clydie King is a fantastic singer, and appeared as a backing vocalist on hundreds of rock and soul records in the 60s and 70s. So a record of her own is a natural, right? Well, sort of. Although she's got an all-star crew of musicians backing her, and some reasonably good songs, somehow this Lp just doesn't pull it off. It's pleasant pop-soul in the mid-70s manner, but for some reason the hooks are not strong enough to really make it stick. The standout tracks are the ones where her sweetness gives way to an earthy growl, like the re-working of Sly Stone's "Dance To The Music". (Re-working may not be a strong enough word; it's been re-written and re-arranged so much that it's own father might have a hard time recognizing it.)
It was a good effort, and she might have made it as a solo artist given a second chance. Unfortunately, Chelsea was on its last legs, and no follow-up followed up.
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