Black Bach (Remastered) Lamont Dozier

• 1 Shine 05:56
• 2 Put Out My Fire 04:36
• 3 Let Me Start Tonite 03:38
• 4 All Cried Out 04:34
• 5 Intermisson 01:04
• 6 Prelude 01:25
• 7 Rose 04:11
• 8 Thank You For The Dream 04:41
• 9 I Wanna Be With You 05:57
• 10 Blue Sky And Silver Bird 04:50
• Total Runtime 40:52

Info zu Black Bach (Remastered)

One of Lamont Dozier's true 70s classics – an amazing album of baroque soul with an undeniable groove – kind of the best aspects of Detroit soul, wrapped up together! The arrangements here are fantastic – a mix of strings and soul that surpasses any of Lamont's previous albums, and which holds together perfectly throughout. The whole thing's orchestrated by McKinley Jackson, Gene Page, and Paul Riser, who all do a perfect job of keeping the realness in Lamont's vocals, while expanding the palette of expression to soul classic possibilities! Titles include "All Cried Out", "Let Me Start Tonight", "Put Out My Fire", "Shine", "I Wanna Be With You", and "Thank You For The Dream".

Lamont Dozier’s sophomore solo effort and second release for ABC … Yeah, the pretentious title probably made some folks snicker, and while 1974’s McKinley Jackson produced “Black Bach” may have been completely overlooked by critics and the buying public, song-for-song it made for a killer set. Not only that, but the un-credited cover art was pretty nifty.

Dozier’s writing prowess was certainly no surprise, but listening to this album (or anything in his catalog) and I’m always surprised to hear what a tasty voice the man had. Southern soul slinger (‘I Wanna Be with You’), country-soul storyteller (‘All Cried Out’), sophisticated love man (‘Shine’), or funkster ‘Put Out My Fire’, Dozier had the skills to take on all of these genres. Good place to start exploring his solo catalog.

"A well-sung but uneven album from legendary songwriter Lamont Dozier. Dozier didn't get his momentum going as a solo act until the next album. This was his introductory vehicle, and it served to let him work out the kinks. Everything except the lyrics was first-rate; his vocals, the production, and the arrangements worked, and Dozier sounded convincing on the uptempo tunes and compelling on the ballads." (Ron Wynn, AMG)

Lamont Dozier, vocals
Sonny Burkes, electronic piano
Dean Parks, guitar
Greg Poree, guitar
Melvin "Wah Wah" Ragin*, guitar
Ray Parker, Jr., guitar
Rick Staurinski, guitar
Ben Benay, harmonica
Eddie "Bongo" Brown, percussion
Leslie Bass, percussion
Ernest Vantrease, piano
McKinley Jackson, piano
Sonny Burkes*, piano
Sylvester Rivers, piano
Orville Rhodes, steel guitar
Clark E. Spangler, synthesizer
Ernie Watts, tenor saxophone
Carol Stallings, violin solo
Herb Pederson, banjo
Ronald Brown, bass
Scott Edwards, bass
Ed Greene, drums
Byron Berline, fiddle
Darlene Love, vocals
Edna Wright, vocals
Jessica Smith, vocals
Julia Tillman Waters, vocals
Luther Waters, vocals
Marti McCall, vocals
Maxine Willard Waters, vocals
Myrna Matthews, vocals
Oren Waters, vocals
Patricia Hodges, vocals

Recorded, mixed and mastered at ABC Recording Studios Produced by McKinley Jackson

Digitally remastered

Lamont Dozier
(Lamont Herbert Dozier, 16. Juni 1941 – 8. August 2022), bildete zusammen mit Brian und Eddie Holland eines der bedeutendsten Songwriter-Teams der 1960er. Als Hauskomponisten des Motown-Labels schrieben sie unter anderem für The Supremes, Martha Reeves, Marvin Gaye und The Four Tops. Zu ihren größten Hits zählen „Heatwave“, „Stop! In The Name Of Love“, „You Keep Me Hanging On“ und „It's The Same Old Song“.

Bevor Dozier sich mit den Holland-Brüdern zusammen tat unternahm er einige erfolglose Versuche, eine Karriere als Solokünstler zu starten. 1962 begannen Holland-Dozier-Holland ihre gemeinsame Arbeit. Dozier und Brian Holland kümmerten sich in der Regel um Komposition und Produktion, während Eddie für Texte und Gesangsarrangements zuständig war. 1963 begann mit Stücken für Martha & The Vandellas eine Hitserie, die ihnen 14 US-Nummer-eins-Hits bescheren sollte.

1968 stieg Dozier aus dem Erfolgsteam aus und begann sich wieder auf seine Karriere als Solokünstler zu konzentrieren. Auch als Performer konnte er seine Hitserie mit Songs wie „Fish Ain't Bitin'“ (1977), „Back To My Roots“ (1977) und „Trying To Hold On To My Woman“ (1974) fortsetzen. 1984 hatte Alyson Moyet mit der Dozier-Komposition „Invisible“ einen großen Hit, 1988 schrieb Dozier zusammen mit Phil Collins den Song „Two Hearts“ für die Filmkomödie „Buster“. Außerdem gründete er mit seinen Songwriterkollegen nach dem Ausstieg bei Motown die Labels Invictus und Hot Wax. Sein letztes Album „Reimagination“ umfasste Unplugged-Aufnahmen einiger der größten Hits Doziers und erschien 2018.

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