The Vinyl Room [PA]

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Sleepy's Theme: Eddie Stokes (vocals, Fender Rhodes, keyboards); Patrick Brown (vocals); Victor Rico Cortez. Additional personnel: Sir Dean Gant (conductor, strings); Keisha Jackson (vocals); Carlos Glover (guitar, keyboards); Craig Love, Billy Odum, David Whilde, Tom Martin (guitar); Organized Noize (strings, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, keyboards, drums); Andre Roberson (saxophone); Rhamblee Davis, Mike Harris (trumpet); Steve Baxter (trombone); Preston Crump (bass); Victor Alexander, Pimp C (drums); Omar Phillips (congas, percussion); Wilde Peach, Joi Gilliam, Stephanie Bolton (background vocals); South Central Chamber Orchestra, Greg Skeet, Jason Stokes. Engineers include: Kevin Parker, Carlos Glover, Blake Eiseman. Sleepy's Theme: Eddie Stokes (vocals, Fender Rhodes, keyboards); Patrick Brown (vocals); Victor Rico Cortez. Additional personnel includes: Sir Dean Gant (conductor, strings); Keisha Jackson (vocals); Carlos Glover (guitar, keyboards); Craig Love, Billy Odum, David Whilde, Tom Martin (guitar); Organized Noize (strings, Fender Rhodes, clavinet, keyboards, drums); Andre Roberson (saxophone); Rhamblee Davis, Mike Harris (trumpet); Steve Baxter (trombone); Preston Crump (bass); Victor Alexander, Pimp C (drums); Omar Phillips (congas, percussion); Wilde Peach, Joi Gilliam, Stephanie Bolton (background vocals); South Central Chamber Orchestra, Greg Skeet, Jason Stokes. Engineers include: Kevin Parker, Carlos Glover, Blake Eiseman, Kalifani, Dexter Simmons. Personnel: Eddie Stokes (vocals, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards); Keisha Jackson (vocals, background vocals); Jason Stokes, Slick (vocals); Carlos Glover (guitar, keyboards); David Whild, Tomi Martin (guitar); Craig Love, Billy Odum (wah-wah guitar); Charles Veal, Yi-Huan Zhao (violin); Patrick Morgan (viola); Michael Cameron (cello); Dean Gant (strings, horns); Andre Roberson (saxophone, trumpet); Rhamlee Davis, Michael Harris (trumpet); Steve Baxter (trombone); Organized Noize (Fender Rhodes piano, Clavinet, keyboards, drums); Preston Crump (bass guitar); Victor Alexander (drums); Omar Phillips (congas, percussion); Joi, Stefanie Bolton, Cee Lo Green (background vocals). Audio Mixer: Neil Pogue. Recording information: Chamber; Doppler Recording Studio; Larrabee S; Patchwerk Recording Studio; Purple Dragon; Tree Sound Studios. Photographer: Eric Williams. Unknown Contributor Roles: Jason Stokes; Patrick Brown . This particular vinyl room must be filled with every imaginable urban soul 45 and LP that was released between 1968 and 1977, because that is exactly the atmosphere created by this debut album from Sleepy's Theme, part of Organized Noize's Atlanta cadre. Right from the get-go of The Vinyl Room, the vision of huge floppy hats, bell bottoms, and fur coats; Afros; old Lincolns and Cadillacs; and hustlers and players is irrevocably evoked, albeit through a hazy late-'90s light. Sleepy's Theme is not at all interested in kowtowing to '90s soul and R&B etiquette or following the conventions of those formulas. Their rule book was instead written by the Impressions, Isaac Hayes, Barry White, Donny Hathaway, the O'Jays, and any number of more obscure, delectable funky soul treats from the '70s. There are no sterilized beats or vocal histrionics within earshot of The Vinyl Room. As funky as their chops are, the band never seems to be going exactly retro or copying their influences (emulating, perhaps). If anything, Organized Noize's production sounds even more '70s-ish than did the soul music that emanated from that period, which theoretically could turn the music more into a parody than homage. And yet by marrying their trademark production touches -- beautifully dreamy, lazy melodies, ingratiating synthesizer textures, stately bits of orchestration and brass, crisp drumming, and wayward drum machine beats -- with the sonic touchstones of that era, and filtering it through the organic instrumentation from Sleepy's Theme, Organized Noize arrives at a sound th
エディション : PA
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)