Slickaphonic LP Out Today
Back at it! Slickaphonic is now the third LP released by Albina Music Trust. Now available at www.albinamusictrust.com.
Back in 2016, my guy Randy Smith strolled up to XRAY FM and dropped the bomb that is the promo pic you see on this album's cover. I'd been at the club, watching Randy Starr & The Players for years. After sitting with Randy, it became clear the depth of this man's catalog: Slickaphonic, Groove Tube, Sophistacated Funk Band, and Flirt. Back to the salt mines as they say...
After months of digging, I tracked down the source tape for a 1975 session helmed by Slickaphonic. Fittingly, the tape was the only Black-boxed tape in a mountain of White-boxed tapes. Upon listening, the elegance and technicality of this groove-based nonet had me hooked immediately. I have listened to this recording countless times since and to this day am still picking up the nuances.
Randy is one of the coldest cats I've ever met and the fact this record represents his earliest work is too apt. More on the rest of the band is in the album breakdown on our site. There you can also learn about our next release which is up for preorder. I'm so glad to see this in the world today.
Shout out to the team that made it happen: Bob Stoutenburg, Dave Fulton, Gus Elg, Brian Mumford, Eric W Mast, Kit Garoutte, Ken Berry, Jared White, and Sam Slater. This record was made possible with Support from the Oregon Community Foundation. It is a World Arts Foundation production.