Donny Hathaway Extension of a Man Import 180g LP 1
Genre: Soul
Size: 12"
Format: 33RPM,

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Donny Hathaway Extension of a Man Import 180g LP

Donny Hathaway

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High Quality Pure Analogue 180g Vinyl LP!

Ranging from urban soul, via orchestral weightiness right up to bluesy ballads and appealing easy listening, Extension of a Man is certainly Donny Hathaway's most ambitious album and the crowning conclusion of his phenomenal career. This is hardly a surprise since the album comes from one of the most versatile personalities in the field of soul. Both his debut album Everything Is Everything (ATCO SD 33-332) and the studio album Donny Hathaway (ATCO SD 33-360), which was recorded before the present LP, treated soul purely as a starting point to express Hathaway's manifold ideas with regard to music and arrangement, and song and performance.

On Extension of a Man, this ambition began and culminated in the opening piece, a six-minute orchestral composition entitled "I Love the Lord; He Heard My Cry, Pts. 1-2." Hathaway himself arranged and orchestrated the work for 45 musicians and he conveys the elation and optimism of Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" in a religious context before it passes seamlessly to the transcendental "Someday We'll All Be Free," one of Hathaway's most popular songs. The next two pieces, "Flying Easy" and "Valdez in the Country," are also original compositions that were first recorded at the end of the Sixties as part of Chess's studio groups.

The first is a sugary pop soul number that stands out due to its excellent performance, while the second is a gentle jazz-fusion jam in which Hathaway demonstrates his highly accomplished improvisation skills. "Love, Love, Love" and "Come Little Children" were chart singles whereby the first number is a poetic love song which is greatly influenced by Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On." Donny Hathaway's musical talent was boundless in every sense, and this album confirms without a doubt that he was way ahead of his time. It certainly makes one wonder what he would have achieved had not succumbed to a cruel fate.

This Speakers Corner LP was remastered using pure analogue components only, from the master tapes through to the cutting head.

Features

  • 180g High Quality Vinyl LP
  • Pure Analogue
  • Remastered
  • Import

Selections

Side One:

  1. I Love The Lord; He Heard My Cry (Parts I & II)
  2. Someday We'll All Be Free
  3. Flying Easy
  4. Valdez In The Country
  5. I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know

Side Two:

  1. Come Little Children
  2. Love, Love, Love
  3. The Slums
  4. Magdalena
  5. I Know It's You

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