Mary Mundy Mother Nature LP (Pink Vinyl)

Lord knows we have put out some rare R&B records here at Real Gone Music, but this one may take the cake! Mary Mundy's 1980 album for the obscure Image label goes for hundreds of bucks if you can find it at all (which, as of this writing, you can't). Loaded with bass-heavy, disco-soul grooves over which Mundy's voice floats like a butterfly and stings like a bee, Mother Nature lives up to the collector hype. That Mundy's discography consists of this album and a few scattered singles just adds to the mystique of this intriguing one-off, which sees its first reissue in any format here. Remastered for vinyl by Mike Milchner at Sonic Vision. We're only making 1000 copies and you better not tarry...pink vinyl pressing!

Not much seems to be known about Mary Mundy, the vocalist whose album Mother Nature was issued on the tiny label Image in 1980. And it sounds as though she and her team were trying to prove how adept she was at a variety of Black musical styles, from sexpot disco to glammy hip-swivelers to steamy balladry. It might have served her commercial prospects better to stick to one lane but this album wouldn't have been nearly as fun if she did.