Material
One Down
Rare & Collectible Vinyl Records

Material

One Down
1982 Original Specialty Records Press. Saw Cut. Few Light Seam Rubs. "One Down Marked A Distinct Shift In Sound For Material, The Avant-garde Downtown Pickup Group Organized Around Bassist Bill Laswell And Keyboardist Michael Beinhorn. The Edgy Experimentalism That Characterized Earlier Efforts Like Temporary Music And Memory Serves Is Downplayed Here In Favor Of Funk And Disco Tunes Delivered With A Minimum Of Weirdness. Sure, It Sounds Dated But That Doesn't Make It Less Attractive. Laswell Is A Master Of Funk Bass, And With Guests Like Drummer Yogi Horton, Guitarist Nile Rodgers And Singers Nona Hendryx And Whitney Houston (Just Before She Became A Superstar On Her Own), He Didn't Really Have Much Chance To Go Wrong. Highlights Include"Take A Chance" And The Strutting "I'm The One"; If You Want Something A Little More Challenging, Check Out Archie Shepp's Squalling Sax Solo On The Houston Vehicle "Memories." This Is Straight-ahead Turn-of-the-80s Funk At Its Old-fashioned Best From The Folks You'd Have Least Suspected Of Harboring Such Sympathies." AMG Review By Rick Anderson.

$12.00
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  • Artist: Material
  • Genre: Funk
  • Type: Used - LP
  • Label: Elektra
  • Catalog ID: 60206-1
  • Condition:
    Vinyl:
    Very Good Plus (VG+)
  • Country ID: US
  • SKU: 165973

Track List

A1 Take A Chance 4:32
A2 I'm The One 5:26
A3 Time Out 4:55
A4 Let Me Have It All 5:24
B1 Come Down 4:47
B2 Holding On 4:43
B3 Memories 4:00
B4 Don't Lose Control 4:19