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“Don't You Wish You Could Be There” by Crackin’    

personnel: Michael Omartian (vocals, co-piano, & producer), Arno Lucas & Leslie Smith (vocals, percussion, & co-writers), Rick Chadacoff (bass, & co-writer), George T. Clinton (organ, moog, & fender rhodes), Lester Abrams (vocals, co-piano, & synths), Bob Gordy & Brian Ray (guitars), Chuck Findley & Steve Madaio (trumpets), Fred Selden & Jackie Kelso (saxophones & flutes), and Peter Bunetta (drums).

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After going in and getting a feel for why the artists chose these designs, went with those colors, I like these characters all the more.

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Tuesday: Fetishism

Of the fifty vinyls records pressed early 70's, there's only two known copies (one owned by Dj Shadow), and if we can talk about it today is because of Egon from Stones Throw Records whose collector's obessions allowed to publish on 2003 with Now Again Records this track from L.A. Carnival named Blind Man.

The band formed by Lester Abrams, over the remainings of a previous project with Leslie Smith, would have a very short life time still very bright... a bunch of skills concentrated in a short moment with no others choice then playing Funk...

The lyrics are walking through Love disappointments like a Blues singer, musically it's a spiritual feeling opening, gentle scenery drawn by the highs and lows of the bass line, suddenly shaked by guitars scratching Funk, a structure kind of drunk made of stuttering riffs, flow neither round nor square, eventually releasing passion and anger when the horns finally deliver their point of view. 

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Mardi : Fétichisme

Sur cinquante vinyles pressées de ce morceau début 70's, seules deux copies existantes sont connues (dont une détenues par DJ Shadow), et si on en parle aujourd'hui c'est grâce à Egon de Stones Throw Records dont les obsessions de collectionneurs ont permis de la ré-édition en 2003 chez Now Again Records en 2003 de ce titre de LA Carnival intitulé Blind Man.

Le groupe fondé par Lester Abrams sur les bases d'une formation existante avec Leslie Smith, aura un cycle de vie court mais extrêmement brillant... toute une force passée par là, un moment de croisements de talents avec comme unique choix celui de jouer de la Funk. 

Les textes arpentent comme un bluesman une déception amoureuse, musicalement la sensation est spirituelle en ouverture, gentille promenade dans les ascensions aigues de la basse soudainement bousculée par des guitares grattant le Funk, une structure quelque peu ivre faite de riffs bégayants, de tourneries ni rondes, ni carrées, pour libérer colère et passion quand les cuivres finissent par donner leur avis...

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