Creative Source and More

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Creative Source: Don Wyatt, Barbara Lewis, Steve Flanagan, Celeste Rose, Barbara Berryman (vocals). Compilation producer: Harry Weinger. ...AND MORE contains 4 bonus tracks from other albums recorded for the Sussex and Polydor labels. All tracks have been digitally remastered. Audio Mixers: Don Blake; Michael Stokes ; Mike Stokes. Audio Remixer: Orson Lewis. Liner Note Author: A. Scott Galloway. Recording information: Broadway Recording Studios, NY; Criteria Recording Studios; G.M. Studios, East Detroit, MI; Muscle Shoals Sound Studios; Record Plant, Los Angeles, CA; Sound Shops; Studio Masters, Los Angeles, CA; Wally Heider Studio, San Francisco, CA. Arranger: Paul Riser. This smooth-singing quintet faded after four woefully underappreciated albums on Sussex and Polydor Records. The choicest picks from those LPs appear on this veiled best-of collection. Blessed with a sultry female lead and a male that possessed a baritone like Jerry Butler's (only rangier), this Los Angeles-based group was something special. They deliver a peppy, jazzy version of "You Can't Hide Love" that's totally different from Earth, Wind & Fire's. Bill Withers' songs are like magical elixirs to Creative Source. They excel on his mellow "Let Me Into Your Life," where the male lead slides effortlessly from baritone up to falsetto, and the hypnotic "Who Is He and What Is He to You," which flows like Moret for more than 11 minutes; the LP also contains the shorter radio edit. Steppenwolf's "Magic Carpet Ride" and Skylark's "Wildflower" get classy, designer makeovers. Special kudos to the imaginative arrangements, especially Brad Shapiro's tantalizing horn charts. ~ Andrew Hamilton
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