Archive for July, 2004

Shalamar

Published by Peter July 24th, 2004 in Sampled From. 0 Comments

Shalamar’s string of poppy dance-soul hits began in 1979 with “Take That to the Bank”; later that year, “The Second Time Around” hit the Top Ten. Throughout the early ’80s the group were favorites on the U.S. R&B scene, as well as scoring a number of British hit singles. Jody Watley left the group in […]

Chic

Published by Peter July 19th, 2004 in Sampled From. 4 Comments

Chic’s sound was anchored by the scratchy, James Brown-style rhythm guitar of Nile Rodgers and the indelible, widely imitated (sometimes outright stolen) bass lines of Bernard Edwards. Chic’s distinctive approach not only resulted in some of the finest dance singles of their time, but also helped create a template for urban funk, dance-pop, […]

Researching who sampled who

Published by Peter July 13th, 2004 in Info. 3 Comments

I try to be as complete as possible whenever I research a sample source artist/band (that is why James Brown and Barry White are going to take me some time). This of course implies a lot of Googlistics, as you might expect. But there are also a couple of sites that make my life a […]

the O’Jays

Published by Peter July 12th, 2004 in Sampled From. 0 Comments

The O’Jays‘ first album on Philadelphia International Records, Backstabbers, was a masterpiece, highlighted by McFadden & Whitehead’s master composition, ‘Backstabbers’. The haunting song with the great intro became a monster hit, and was followed by the even bigger ‘Love Train’. Songs like ‘For The Love of Money’, ‘Livin’ For the Weekend’, and the classic ‘Use […]

Roy Ayers

Published by Peter July 1st, 2004 in Sampled From. 6 Comments

Once one of the most visible and winning jazz vibraphonists of the 1960s, then an R&B bandleader in the 1970s and ’80s, Roy Ayers‘ reputation is now that of one of the prophets of acid jazz, a man decades ahead of his time. In 1970 he formed the Roy Ayers Ubiquity, which featured such players […]

The “Sampled” Series

Published by Peter July 1st, 2004 in Special. 0 Comments

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EMI/Virgin provides a great series of double CDs: the “Sampled” collection. They contain the original versions of songs that have been sampled in recent songs. Famous stuff like “Back Stabbers (O’Jays)” as well as lesser known pearls like “Take Yo’ Praise (Camille Yarbrough)”. The first installment was released in 2001 (re-released […]

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