Artist: Cymande
Title: Promised Heights
Year: 1974
Label: Janus
Format: Vinyl LP (Original)
Flwrpt Rating of this Record: 3.0/5.0
Review
Real funky LP with nice drumming and percussion. This is probably my least favorite of the groups three albums, but it has my favorite track featured on this particular record…”Brothers On The Slide”, which features some killer guitar, drumming and percussion work. These guys are eclectic to say the least, but they’re at their strongest when producing funk tracks in my opinion.
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Brothers On The Slide
Equitorial Forest
Design
Dope illustration/painting with nice type treatment. The sharp contrast between the two create a nice balance within the space, definitely a conscious design decision. I also really dig the color palette.
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Additional info on Cymande
2009
Cover Art + Mixed by Darien Victor Birks of Flwrpt
The Message
We’ve all been blessed to be here another year!
Let’s kick it off with a nice mix, this time incorporating some latin tunes and afrobeat into my signature soul/funk/jazz pot. Fifty-something minutes of dope music!
Have a great year in 2009…Enjoy!
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Listen Now:
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Tracklisting:
Weldon Irvine – Time Capsule (Intro)
Sheila – David
Marcos Valle – Nao Tem Nada Nao
The Ogyatanaa Show Band – Disco Africa
Brian Auger – Beginning Again
Ronnie Foster – Happy Song
Azymuth – Avenida das Mangueiras
Dale Jacobs – Softly
Weldon Irvine – Shopping
Sonny Carson (Hallway Beef Skit)
Stefano Torossi – Fearing Much
Keni Burke – Keep On Singing
Jon Lucien – Creole Lady
Jackson 5 – I Wanna Be Where You Are
The Sylvers – Wish You Were Here
George Duke – Statement
Alain Goraguer – Ten et Tiwa
Sun Ra (Space Is The Place Skit)
Dexter Wansel – Rings of Saturn
Wee – Try Me
Azymuth – Aguia Nao Come Mosca
The Gimmicks – Roda
Human Egg – Love Like This
Wendell Harrison – Take Time Out
JD and the Evil’s Dynamite Band – Sunday Kind of Love
Jackson Conti – Nao Tem Nada Nao
(Outro)
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Peace.