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ARTIST
BARBARA & ERNIE
TITLE
Prelude To...
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
LIFE GOES ON RECORDS
CATALOG #
LIFE 017LP
LIFE 017LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
2/25/2022
Life Goes On Records present a reissue of
Barbara & Ernie
's
Prelude To...
, originally released in 1971. Barbara & Ernie's only release is a complex combination of soul, folk rock, and late '60s psychedelia. The constant use of electric sitars, funk leaning bass e multi-layered vocals offers a different take on contemporary pop music, approaching several jazz and world influence. Soul singer
Barbara Massey
and jazz guitarist
Ernie Calabria
paired up for this rare 1971 album. With Calabria having worked with
Nina Simone
and
Harry Belafonte
, among others, and Massey having sung backup for artists including
Jimi Hendrix
,
Cat Stevens
, and
Herbie Hancock
, the pairing was an inspired one and resulted in this superb soul-jazz outing. Massey has a dry yet passionate and evocative vocal quality that often brings to mind
Grace Slick
. Fittingly, the duo takes on
Jefferson Airplane
's "Somebody to Love", turning the "Summer of Love" anthem into a steamy and hypnotic soul-funk jam. Elsewhere, the duo touches upon such varying styles as folk, Latin, and psychedelic rock with cuts like "For You" and "Do You Know", bringing to mind such similarly inclined acts as the
Free Design
and
Bill Withers
.
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