Afro-American Ensemble - Free the Black Man's Chains - Black & White Marbled - VINYL LP
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Black & White Marbled Vinyl / Insightful liner notes. CHARLY RECORDS present the first ever reissue of the sought-after, cult, New York, gospel street opera, Free The Black Man's Chains. The most intriguing, and certainly the most ambitious project on the city's GSF tag (see more stunning titles on GSF exclusively from Charly). The project had it's roots in a trio of singles released by the mysterious Broad Street Gang in 1971. The first, on the Cougar tag called InchFair Skin ManInch and it's two follow-ups InchL-o-v-e LoveInch and the title track from the album InchFree The Black Man's ChainsInch. Celebrated musicians on the sessions were Mitchell Rowe, Bobby Eli, Len Pakula, Daryl Hall, Ron Baker, Norman Harris, The Raelettes and strings arranged by Richie Rome. A project like Free The Black Man's Chains should have been perfect for the multi-media nature of GSF. The album could have led to a film in the way that it had for Jesus Christ Superstar, but instead like so many of the tag's releases, the album failed to make it's mark due to a lack of promotion. GSF would barely reach it's second birthday before it - and it's parent company - shut down. A Black Opera Album Tracks 1. Side A - L.C. Grier Free the Black Man's Chains 2. L.C. Grier InchSlaveInch I Wanna Be Free 3. L.C. Grier It's a Sad Black World 4. L.C. Grier and Novella Edmonds North to the Promised Land (Big Black Man) 5. Novella Edmonds Black Is Black 6. Jr. Grier Fair Skin Man 7. Side B - L.C. Grier Gone Is the Laughter with You 8. Novella Edmonds Somebody Bigger Than You and I 9. L.C. Grier Love (L.O.V.E.) 10. L.C. Grier Tomorrow the Sun Will Shine 11. L.C. Grier Soul President 12. Novella Edmonds, L.C. Grier We Are Here (Finale)
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- GenreJazzDescriptionBlack & White Marbled Vinyl / Insightful liner notes. CHARLY RECORDS present the first ever reissue of the sought-after, cult, New York, gospel street opera, Free The Black Man's Chains. The most intriguing, and certainly the most ambitious project on the city's GSF tag (see more stunning titles on GSF exclusively from Charly). The project had it's roots in a trio of singles released by the mysterious Broad Street Gang in 1971. The first, on the Cougar tag called InchFair Skin ManInch and it's two follow-ups InchL-o-v-e LoveInch and the title track from the album InchFree The Black Man's ChainsInch. Celebrated musicians on the sessions were Mitchell Rowe, Bobby Eli, Len Pakula, Daryl Hall, Ron Baker, Norman Harris, The Raelettes and strings arranged by Richie Rome. A project like Free The Black Man's Chains should have been perfect for the multi-media nature of GSF. The album could have led to a film in the way that it had for Jesus Christ Superstar, but instead like so many of the tag's releases, the album failed to make it's mark due to a lack of promotion. GSF would barely reach it's second birthday before it - and it's parent company - shut down. A Black Opera Album Tracks 1. Side A - L.C. Grier Free the Black Man's Chains 2. L.C. Grier InchSlaveInch I Wanna Be Free 3. L.C. Grier It's a Sad Black World 4. L.C. Grier and Novella Edmonds North to the Promised Land (Big Black Man) 5. Novella Edmonds Black Is Black 6. Jr. Grier Fair Skin Man 7. Side B - L.C. Grier Gone Is the Laughter with You 8. Novella Edmonds Somebody Bigger Than You and I 9. L.C. Grier Love (L.O.V.E.) 10. L.C. Grier Tomorrow the Sun Will Shine 11. L.C. Grier Soul President 12. Novella Edmonds, L.C. Grier We Are Here (Finale)ArtistAfro-American EnsembleTitleFree the Black Man's Chains - Black & White MarbledFormatVINYLLabelCharly
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Black & White Marbled Vinyl / Insightful liner notes. CHARLY RECORDS present the first ever reissue of the sought-after, cult, New York, gospel street opera, Free The Black Man's Chains. The most intriguing, and certainly the most ambitious project on the city's GSF tag (see more stunning titles on GSF exclusively from Charly). The project had it's roots in a trio of singles released by the mysterious Broad Street Gang in 1971. The first, on the Cougar tag called InchFair Skin ManInch and it's two follow-ups InchL-o-v-e LoveInch and the title track from the album InchFree The Black Man's ChainsInch. Celebrated musicians on the sessions were Mitchell Rowe, Bobby Eli, Len Pakula, Daryl Hall, Ron Baker, Norman Harris, The Raelettes and strings arranged by Richie Rome. A project like Free The Black Man's Chains should have been perfect for the multi-media nature of GSF. The album could have led to a film in the way that it had for Jesus Christ Superstar, but instead like so many of the tag's releases, the album failed to make it's mark due to a lack of promotion. GSF would barely reach it's second birthday before it - and it's parent company - shut down. A Black Opera Album Tracks 1. Side A - L.C. Grier Free the Black Man's Chains 2. L.C. Grier InchSlaveInch I Wanna Be Free 3. L.C. Grier It's a Sad Black World 4. L.C. Grier and Novella Edmonds North to the Promised Land (Big Black Man) 5. Novella Edmonds Black Is Black 6. Jr. Grier Fair Skin Man 7. Side B - L.C. Grier Gone Is the Laughter with You 8. Novella Edmonds Somebody Bigger Than You and I 9. L.C. Grier Love (L.O.V.E.) 10. L.C. Grier Tomorrow the Sun Will Shine 11. L.C. Grier Soul President 12. Novella Edmonds, L.C. Grier We Are Here (Finale)
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