A Taste of Honey - A Taste of Honey / Twice as Sweet . 2000 Capitol (CD) (1978/1980). Found this at a thrift shop in the Kansas City area (May / Oct 2023). I have my antennas out for CDs such as this, as they are rarer than you might initially think. 'Boogie Oogie Oogie' is an iconic disco number, played incessantly in the late 70s. It's super too. And I like the Ernie Isley styled phase guitar. 'World Spin' is another interesting track from the debut. But the rest is fairly ordinary stringsy soulsy disco-y. Twice as Sweet is similar with no highlights. I'll take the profit.
Patrice Rushen - Pizzazz. 1979 Elektra promo (LP). Another two dollar pick up from the Rocky Mountain Record Show (Apr). This is three years before her recognized smash accomplishment Straight from the Heart. I wrote about that one already. That album is like finding money laying around. This one is disco versus boogie (I'm not so good at distinguishing them). I'm a sucker for a pretty girl with a nice smile, so I had to hear it. For what it is, I can appreciate the talent displayed. But it's not my style of choice overall. One of these days I hope to find her earlier fusion oriented albums.
The Steve Karmen Big Band - Memories. 1969 United Artists (SP). I own this group's 45 from the year before and it's a killer instrumental funk track. Also goes for big bucks. I pulled this out of a thrift shop in Kansas (Jan / Oct 2023) presuming similar, but nope, it's worth five bucks tops. The SP is the same song, one has vocals, the other is instrumental. The latter is much nicer to my ears. Fairly middle of the road orchestrated pop compared to the more raucous 'Breakaway'. No need to keep this one.
Patti Williams - Satan's Daughter / Wings of Love. 1971 Rocky Ridge promo (SP). This one was from a local antique mall (Jan). Carries some value, so why not try it? Yea, not my kind of soul funk. Gospel styled crooning with strings. OK, well I heard it all the way through. Next.
---collection revisits
*Budos Band - III. 2010 Daptone (CD). Very similar to the second album but it still has some exceptional moments making it worth keeping. (Apr)
Toni Esposito - Rosso Napoletano. 2014 Sony (1974) (CD). Pleasant breezy jazz fusion with funk undertones. Sort of ordinary really. I can get it go. (Apr)
* - Keeping for the collection; x - Not in RYM
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