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The Joneses - The Joneses (1977) [2011, Remastered Reissue]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 1 Nov 2021 22:35:21

Originally formed in 1969 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, The Joneses were a five-piece vocal group whose members also played instruments. The group first achieved success in 1974 with the club hits Sugar Pie Guy and Hey Babe (Is The Gettin' Still Good?). Their debut album, Keepin' up with the Joneses was released by Mercury in the same year. After the release of their debut, The Joneses briefly disbanded before regrouping in 1977, this time recording a self-titled album for the Epic label, with production and arrangements by Philadelphia International Records guitarist Bobby Eli. Recorded in Philadelphia's Sigma Sound Studios at the height of the Philly Soul era, this rare gem went on to become a staple of the Modern Soul movement and features the underground classics "Who Loves You" and "Rat Race", among others. BBR is extremely proud to present THE JONESES, lovingly re-mastered in its full original form complete with extensive liner notes featuring an interview with Bobby Eli.

~Big Break Records

Although the Joneses were from Pittsburgh, on the other side of Pennsylvania, they certainly sounded like an exponent of the 1970s Philadelphia soul sound on their self-titled second album in 1977. Uncoincidentally, it was produced by guitarist Bobby Eli, a founding member of MFSB and a session musician on records by top Philly soul acts like the O'Jays, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, the Three Degrees, and Billy Paul. But while The Joneses had many of the essential trappings of 1970s Philadelphia soul, it failed to match the success of the acts with whom Eli had been associated, or even the modest success of their 1974 debut, Keepin' Up with the Joneses, which had spawned a couple of R&B hits in "Hey Babe" and "Sugar Pie Guy." This wasn't solely due to the album sounding a tad behind the times as disco and dance-oriented R&B superseded more song-oriented soul material. As cheap a shot as it might seem to call an act named the Joneses rather anonymous, they didn't have as much character as the best '70s soul vocal groups, though their interplay (as the liner notes to the 2011 U.K. CD reissue acknowledge) had elements in common with the Temptations. With Eli co-writing most of the songs, the end product was a very average and typical mid-'70s Philadelphia-style soul record, with swimming strings and lushly layered vocals. Upbeat love songs were the usual fare, with a couple ballads to break up the pace, "Merry Go Round" spotlighting Temptations-like handoffs of lead vocals. They ventured into tunes of mildly greater interest on "Universal Love," one of the let's-all-get-along urges that was a Philly soul staple, and "Rat Race," which went into the funky socially conscious path also followed by the occasional Philadelphia soul record.

~Review by Richie Unterberger

Release of this album: 1977 [LP Epic Records, Cat.# PE 34898, USA]
Release of this CD: 2011, July, 25 [CD Epic/Big Break Records (UK), Cat.# CDBBR 0066 / UPC: 5013929036628]
℗ 1977. This compilation ℗&© 2013 Big Break Records.
All tracks licensed from Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
Marketed and Distributed by Cherry Red Records.
Made in EU/MCPS

Credits:

Arranged By – Bobby Eli
Bass – Michael (Sugar Bear) Forman
Congas – Larry Washington
Design – Elena Pavlov, Gerard Huerta
Drums – Charles (Good Ol' 77) Collins
Engineer – Carl Parulo, Dirk Devlin
Engineer [Assistant] – Darryl Rhodes, Michael Tarsia, Rocky Schnaars
Guitar – Bobby Eli, Dennis Harris, T.J. Tindall
Keyboards – Ron (Have Mercy) Kersey
Percussion – Dave Cruse
Photography By [Back Cover] – Jim Houghton
Photography By [Cover] – Don Hunstein
Producer – Bobby Eli
Strings, Horns – Don Renaldo And His Horns And Strings

Tracklist:

01. Who Loves You (03:31)
02. In Love Again (03:18)
03. (If You Could Have) Your Love For A Song (03:36)
04. All The Little Pieces (05:49)
05. Music To My Ears (05:25)
06. Lies (03:09)
07. Groovin' On Ya (03:29)
08. Merry Go Round (03:55)
09. Universal Love (05:16)
10. Rat Race (04:47)

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