Mellow Mellow: Original 1970s Smooth Grooves & Chilled Breaks

Product Description
First installment in a new series , bringing some of the finest laid-back soul & funk to have emerged from the '70s. 12 tracks including Barry White-'Playing Your Game Baby', Quincy Jones-'Summer In The City', Al Green-'I'm Glad You're Mine' & two rare tracks from RAMP. 'Daylight' & 'Everybody Lo ves The Sunshine'. Full color booklet with liner notes by Ian McCann of Q magazine.

Mellow Mellow: Original 1970s Smooth Grooves & Chilled Breaks,Various Artists,Harmless,Disco,Funk,Jazz-Funk,Pop,R&B,R&B/Soul,Soul,Soul/R & B Collections,Urban,V/a Compilations

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Average customer rating: Original 1970s Smooth Grooves & Chilled Breaks, Volume 1 Fantastic

Mellow Mellow: Original 1970s Smooth Grooves & Chilled Breaks Various Artists Manufacturer: Harmless ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music Soul | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | R&B | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004R7VK Release Date: 2000-07-11

Tracks:

1. Mellow Mellow Right On-Lowrell
2. Playing Your Game Baby-Barry White
3. Summer In The City-Quincy Jones
4. Daylight-Ramp
5. You Can't Turn Me Away-Sylvia Striplin
6. Feed Me Your Love-The Fatback Band
7. I'm Glad You're Mine-Al Green
8. Everybody Loves The Sunshine-Ramp
9. Tripping Out-Curtis Mayfield
10. Summer Madness-Kool & The Gang
11. Ike's Mood 1-Isaac Hayes
12. Open Your Heart-Bar-Kays

Album Description

First installment in a new series , bringing some of the finest laid-back soul & funk to have emerged from the '70s. 12 tracks including Barry White-'Playing Your Game Baby', Quincy Jones-'Summer In The City', Al Green-'I'm Glad You're Mine' & two rare tracks from RAMP. 'Daylight' & 'Everybody Lo ves The Sunshine'. Full color booklet with liner notes by Ian McCann of Q magazine.

Album Details

First Installment in a New Series, Bringing Some of the Finest Laid-Back Soul and Funk from the 70's. Features Two Rare Tracks from Ramp. Full Color Booklet W/Liner Notes by Ian Mccann (Q Magazine).

Customer Reviews:

Original 1970s Smooth Grooves & Chilled Breaks, Volume 1.......2003-02-15

I've always been a fan of Massive Attack, but if anything, this Harmless release has made me lose a little respect for them. Why? Because this CD features songs that were sampled by MA and other trip-hoppers. And the thing is, every original version on here is better than the songs Massive Attack et al made out of them! Mellow Mellow proves that trip-hop in reality wasn't such a radically new form of music. All of the tracks on here were made in the mid-to-late `70s, and each of them sound just as original and timeless as any trip-hop track you could name.

Every track is a stand-out, but if I could only name a few: there's Lowrell's "Mellow Mellow, Right On," which grooves along with an icy beat (Massive Attack sampled this one for their song "Lately"); the Fatback Band funk it up with "Feed Me Your Love;" Al Green gets soulful over a funky drummer beat (which MA sampled on their Blue Lines lp) on "I'm Glad You're Mine;" Curtis Mayfield combines his silky vocals with a post-disco groove on "Tripping Out;" and Kool and the Gang get amazingly mellow on the jazzy "Summer Madness," which, incredibly enough, was recorded live, and features an awesome synthesizer solo.

Two of the top tracks, "Daylight" and "Everybody Loves the Sunshine," are by RAMP, a forgotten, Roy Ayers-produced soul group who released their sole lp, "Come Into Knowledge," in 1977 (it still hasn't been issued on CD, but was re-issed on vinyl a few years ago). Forgotten in their day, RAMP are now much admired by soul-jazz connoisseurs. Very advanced for their time, RAMP sounds like a modern trip-hop group, with icy drums, fat basslines, hypnotic grooves, and trance-inducing vocals. Mellow Mellow is worthy of purchase for these two tracks alone.

This CD is just one of the many jewels in Harmless's crown. It's right up there with As We Travel and Gimme Shelter as one the best of the best from the label.

Fantastic.......2000-10-25

I discovered this album at a bar in Amsterdam after hearing "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" and and asking the DJ what I was listening to. I'm new to soul music and after scouring the internet to find the RAMP album with this song on it I quickly learned how important MELLOW MELLOW is. RAMP (Stands for Roy Ayers Music Production) is not yet available on CD and it's my understanding that the record, now a collectors item, sells for hundreds of dollars. There are two RAMP songs on MELLOW MELLOW "Everbody loves the Sunshine" and "Daylight" both hauntingly simple and perfect. I don't know where else you would find these versions of the songs on CD (The original version of "Everybody Loves the Sunshine" is on the Roy Ayers album of the same name). But then there are many other great songs by Allen Green, Barry White, Isaac Hayes and Curtis Mayfield (the list goes on). All designed to chill you out, and the mixed arrangedment is brilliant.

If your new to soul like me, this is a must have as it will turn you on to many of the important artists of that era. I just wish Lonnie Liston Smith was also represented.

Enjoy!

Average customer rating:

Mellow Mellow: Original 1970s Smooth Grooves & Chilled Breaks Various Artists Manufacturer: Harmless ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008BX85 Release Date: 2003-09-18

Tracks:

1. Mellow Mellow Right On - Lowrell
2. Playing Your Game, Baby - Barry White
3. Summer in the City - Quincy Jones
4. Daylight - Ramp
5. You Can't Turn Me Away - Sylvia Striplin
6. Feed Me Your Love - The Fatback Band
7. I'm Glad You're Mine - Al Green
8. Everybody Loves the Sunshine - Ramp
9. Tripping Out - Curtis Mayfield
10. Summer Madness - Kool & the Gang
11. Ike's Mood 1 - Isaac Hayes
12. Open Your Heart - The Bar-Kays

Average customer rating:

Mellow Mellow: Original 1970s Smooth Grooves & Chilled Breaks Various Artists Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Disco | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music Jazz Funk | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000DENQU Release Date: 2000-10-05

Tracks:

1. Mellow Mellow Right On - Lowrell
2. Playing Your Game, Baby - Barry White
3. Summer in the City - Quincy Jones
4. Daylight - Ramp
5. You Can't Turn Me Away - Sylvia Striplin
6. Feed Me Your Love - The Fatback Band
7. I'm Glad You're Mine - Al Green
8. Everybody Loves the Sunshine - Ramp
9. Tripping Out - Curtis Mayfield
10. Summer Madness - Kool & the Gang
11. Ike's Mood 1 - Isaac Hayes
12. Open Your Heart - The Bar-Kays

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