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Friday, May 20, 2011

The Soulful Stings

Within You Without You
Groovin' With The Soulful Strings
Arranged And Conducted By Richard Evans
Cadet Records LPS 796
1967

This album was a fun find! The music? Jazz meets easy listening meets light funky 60s pop.

Group members include: Sol A. Bobrov and David Chausow - Violin, Arthur Ahlman and Harold Kupper - Viola, Karl B. Fruh, Emil Mittermann and Theodore Ratzer - Cello, Charles Stepney - Organ and Vibes, Lenard Druss and Vernice Green - Sax and Flute, Ronald Steel and Philip Upchurch - Guitar, Cleveland Eaton and Louis Satterfield - Bass, Philip R. Thomas - Bongos and Conga and Morris Jennings, Jr. - Drums.

There is a hard to find Japanese CD import floating around out there.

Inner Light
Another Exposure
The Soulful Strings
Arranged And Conducted By Richard Evans
Cadet Records LPS 805
1968

Great follow up album featuring a number of 60s light pop/jazz flavored covers and the odd-man-out psych sample above.

2 comments:

  1. too much! and awesome type font ta boot. You know the more I listened to that track I could almost imagine it being used as the loop track for some hip-hop, rap "song".... almost.

    anyways outstanding man.

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  2. Awesome! Love this song. Always! Not often one that's covered...Patti Smith did a remarkable cover of it more recently. Love the sitar!

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