Artist: RAMP (Roy Ayers Music Productions)
Title: Come Into Knowledge
Label: ABC Blue Thumb
Year: 1977
Format: Vinyl LP (Original)
Review
A moment of silence (hush the keyboards please)…
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I’m at a lost for words…
This is another one of the GREATEST albums EVER made. PERIOD. Anybody who know…KNOWS. Melodic, dreamy, ahead of it’s time, this music is single-handedly kicking 1977 in the @ss…with steel-toe Colorado boots on. I also feel that this LP is the originator, the great grandaddy, the grand puba of what we now call, Neo Soul. Everybody knows that 1977 was one of the years where everybody in soul and r&b was switching to disco music. NOT RAMP, Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong wrote and produced this album into an unsuspecting cult classic. This album didn’t do well back when it was released, but now has become one of the holy grail records for collectors…very sought-after. If you all come across this LP, buy it, no matter the cost, you won’t regret it.
Anyhow, RAMP hails from Cincinnati, Ohio…and interestingly enough, they’ve formed back together and are touring, bringing these ultra rare killer grooves to today’s generation, and putting smiles on the faces of old fans. Check them out here.
Check out the sample audio for these timeless tracks…PLEASE, enjoy.
Everybody Loves the Sunshine (RAMP mix)
Daylight
Come Into Knowledge
I Just Love You
Notable
Album is written and produced by Roy Ayers and Edwin Birdsong
Album has been a major target for samples from classic artists and groups
Design
Niiiiiiiiice logo! I like the fact that the letters connect at the base. Nothing breathtaking, but it’s a solid mark. The 3-d illustration on the cover is cool, a brain made of little tunnels, representing the title, which is Come Into Knowledge…artwork by Masaki Sato.
The back is pretty straight-forward. Three column grid, left column aligned right, right column aligned left, with photos of the group running down the center column. Less is more, it gets the point across.
posted by: Darien of flwrpt
5 Comments
you must have done some SERIOUS digging to find this one. My Mom had this stolen from her nearly 30 years ago, and always talks about how she can never find it. Good shit…
Checkout Ramp’s myspace page. I forgot their actual url but they have Ramp official tees for sale as well as good flicks and updates on their shows… Funny but they have a pic from this year from their FIRST meeting with Q-Tip from Tribe. I was kinda suprised it took that long!
I have three words for this record: CLASSIC, CLASSIC, CLASSIC.
wet.
wetter than rain
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[...] but this song has a really distinct sound that was ahead of its time in my opinion, similar to RAMP, it almost sets the listener up for what (neo soul/soul) music would become for this generation. [...]