Rotary Connection - The Rotary Connection (1967) [1996, Remastered Reissue]
R&B, Jazz, Pop/Rock, Psychedelic | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 36:30 | 215,55 Mb
Label: Chess/MCA Records (USA) | Cat.# CHD-9365 | Released: 1996-11-19 (1967)
R&B, Jazz, Pop/Rock, Psychedelic | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (JPEG) | 36:30 | 215,55 Mb
Label: Chess/MCA Records (USA) | Cat.# CHD-9365 | Released: 1996-11-19 (1967)
"Rotary Connection" is the eponymous debut album by the American psychedelic soul group of the same name. The album rose to #37 on the Billboard 200 chart and includes several cover songs by The Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, The Lovin' Spoonful and Sam & Dave.
~Wikipedia
The most inexplicable aspect of Rotary Connection's debut is that its strange and experimental qualities are often referred to as charming but dated, while Love's Forever Changes (released the same year), a record that is just a shade less bizarre and no more psychedelic, is universally viewed as timeless. There's no mistaking that this is hardly a flawless record this band, more an experiment than anything else, was only beginning to find its feet. For every cover that radically reshapes the original and either stuns ears or elicits screams of blasphemy ("Like a Rolling Stone"), there's one that falls completely flat in its blandness ("Soul Man"). And for every original that is rife with otherworldly melodies and luscious combinations of countless musical styles ("Memory Band"), there's something like the ghostly "what you've just heard" audio collage/megamix that closes out the album ("Rotary Connection"). The consensus seems to be that this is the only essential record this group released, and that they were such an oddball entity that this is all one can take of them. That's just plain silly, evident from any number of the sparkling moments found on the LPs that followed. Minnie Riperton had yet to take the spotlight she deserved in this group so in a sense, this could be seen as the least-representative Rotary Connection record, as fascinating as it is. Some strange force carried it to the Top 40 of the album chart, not that it was undeserving.
~Review by Andy Kellman
Release of this album: 1967 [LP Cadet Concept Records, Cat.# LPS-312, USA]
Release of this CD: 1996, November, 19 [CD Chess/MCA Records (USA), Cat.# CHD-9365 / UPC: 076732936528]
© 1996, 1967 MCA Records Inc. ℗ MCA Records Inc. licensed courtesy of Universal Music (UK) Ltd.
Distributed by Uni Distribution Corp.
Printed/Made in the U.S.A.
Notes: Transferred from original analogue master tapes, Digitally Remastered by Mark Omann.
Credits:
Arranged By, Keyboards – Charles Stepney
Artwork By [Original] – Steve Kolanjian
Bass – Louis Satterfield, Phil Upchurch
Conductor – David Chausow
Design [Original] – Hurpis, Binzer & Churchill
Design [Reissue Art Director] – Vartan
Drums – Morris Jennings
Electronics – Bill Bradley
Guitar – Bobby Christian, Bryce Roberson, Pete Cosey
Liner Notes – Robert Pruter
Photography [Original] – Curt Cole Burkhart
Producer – Charles Stepney, Marshall Chess
Recorded By – Doug Brand
Reissue Producer – Andy McKaie
Remastered By – Mark Omann
Research [Reissue Photo] – Geary Chansley
Vocals – Bobby Simms, Chuck Barksdale, Judy Hauff, Kenny Venegas, Minnie Riperton, Mitch Aliota, Sidney Barnes
Tracklist:
01. Amen (04:01)
(Marshall Paul, Charles Stepney)
02. Rapid Transit (00:39)
(Marshall Paul, Charles Stepney)
03. Turn Me On (03:19)
(Sidney Barnes, Greg Perry)
04. Pink Noise (00:22)
(Marshall Paul, Charles Stepney)
05. Lady Jane (05:01)
(Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
06. Like A Rolling Stone (04:53)
(Bob Dylan)
07. Soul Man (03:18)
(Isaac Hayes, David Porter)
08. Sursum Mentes (00:43)
(Paul, Charles Stepney)
09. Didn't Want To Have To Do It (03:13)
(John Sebastian)
10. Black Noise (00:21)
(Marshall Paul, Charles Stepney)
11. Memory Band (03:20)
(Richard Rudolph, Charles Stepney)
12. Ruby Tuesday (04:27)
(Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
13. Rotary Connection (02:51)
(Marshall Paul, Charles Stepney)
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DR14 -0.62 dB -18.47 dB 3:18 07-Soul Man
DR16 -7.62 dB -31.24 dB 0:43 08-Sursum Mentes
DR12 -5.60 dB -21.91 dB 3:13 09-Didn't Want To Have To Do It
DR11 -2.52 dB -19.06 dB 0:21 10-Black Noise
DR11 -1.96 dB -16.83 dB 3:20 11-Memory Band
DR12 -1.54 dB -19.30 dB 4:27 12-Ruby Tuesday
DR12 -2.74 dB -19.94 dB 2:51 13-Rotary Connection
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Analyzed: Rotary Connection / Rotary Connection
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