Triple LP Compilation Album!
Remastered From Original Tapes!
Definitive 3LP Compilation of classics, 12" versions and original samples
Remastered from Original Tapes by The Carvery
Strut present the first definitive retrospective of an icon of 1970s and '80s soul, jazz and disco, Patrice Rushen, covering her peerless 6-year career with Elektra / Asylum from 1978 to 1984.
Joining Elektra after three albums with jazz label Prestige, Patrice had shown prodigious talent at an early age and had first broken through after winning a competition to perform at the Monterrey Jazz Festival of 1972. By the time of the recordings on this collection, she had become a prolific and in-demand session musician and arranger on the West coast, appearing on over 80 recordings for other artists. She joined the Elektra / Asylum roster in 1978 as they launched a pop / jazz division alongside visionaries like Donald Byrd and Grover Washington, Jr. "The idea was to create music that was good for commercial radio / R&B," Patrice explains. "We were all making sophisticated dance music, essentially."
Drawing on some of the leading musicians in L.A. like saxophonist Gerald Albright, drummer "Ndugu" Chancler and bassman Freddie Washington and keeping an open minded approach from her training in classical, jazz and soundtrack scores, Patrice's music was a different, more intricate proposition to many of the soul artists of the time. "L.A. musicians were not so locked into tradition," she continues. "None of us were accustomed to limitation and the record label left us to take our own direction."
Early classics like 'Music Of The Earth' and 'Let's Sing A Song Of Love' were among Patrices first as a lead vocalist before her Pizzazz album landed in 1979, featuring the unique disco of Havent You Heard and one of her greatest ballads, Settle For My Love. Although ballads make you feel more vulnerable as an artist because they are often personal, I think listeners relate to that sincerity, she reflects. By now, Patrices records were supremely arranged and produced as her confidence as an all-round writer, producer, arranger and performer grew. Slick dance-floor anthem 'Never Gonna Give You Up' and the Posh album in 1980 led to her landmark album Straight From The Heart two years later. Receiving little support from her label, Patrice and her production team personally funded a promo campaign for the first single from it, 'Forget Me Nots'. It went on to peak at no. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album was later Grammy-nominated, while the track became a timeless anthem and popular sample, inspiring Will Smiths theme for the film Men In Black and George Michaels 'Fastlove'.
Patrices final album for Elektra, 'Now' kept the bar high with sparse, synth-led songs including Feel So Real and To Each His Own. It concluded a golden era creatively for Patrice which remains revered by soul and disco aficionados the world over.
'Remind Me' features all of Patrice Rushens chart singles, 12 versions and popular sample sources on one album for the first time. The 3LP set contains fully remastered music by The Carvery from the original tapes. Both formats include an exclusive new interview with Patrice Rushen and rare photos.
"The 15-track project will featues all of Rushen's chart singles from that era, including R&B and dance hits like "Haven't You Heard", "Feels So Real" and "Forget Me Nots" (the latter was her highest Billboard Hot 100 hit, peaking at Number 23: it later served as the foundation for Will Smith's "Men In Black" theme). The compilation will also include the 12-inch single versions of several tracks, as well as other cuts that later provided classic samples, like "Remind Me" (used on Mary J. Blige's "You Remind Me") and "Where There Is Love" (used on Mobb Deep's "Temperature Rising")." - Rollingstone.com
"By the late '70s, R&B was deep into its quiet-storm era of softer, smoother ballads. Lighter, higher voices like Minnie Riperton's ruled the radio waves at the time. Rushen with her youthful, lilting tone fit right in. Much more than fitting in, though, Rushen's singing is representative of broader shifts in pop culture of the 1970s and '80s. Rushen's years with Elektra, as captured in the Remind Me anthology, spanned a crucial, transitional time in black popular music. The sound of soul that had dominated the beginning of the '70s had gradually gave way to funk, which, in turn, ushered in disco and any of Rushen's hits from the era reverberate with those dance-inspired influences. In the grand arc of Rushen's career, the Elektra years were just one chapter. But as brief as they may seem in hindsight, those years generated so many iconic jams, fans don't really need much to remind them." - NPR
Features:
• Triple LP
• Compilation of classics, 12" versions & original samples
• Remastered from Original Tapes by The Carvery
• Full interview with Patrice Rushen
• Rare photos
• Made in Germany
Selections:
Side A:
1. Music Of The Earth
2. Let's Sing A Song Of Love
3. When I Found You
Side B:
1. Haven't You Heard (12" Version)
2. Givin' It Up Is Givin' Up (with DJ Rogers)
Side C:
1. Forget Me Nots (12" Version)
2. Look Up! (Long Version)
3. Where There Is Love
Side D:
1. Never Gonna Give You Up (Won't Let You Be) [Long Version]
2. Number One (12" Version)
Side E:
1. All We Need
2. Remind Me (LP Version)
3. Settle For My Love
Side F:
1. Feels So Real (Won't Let Go) (12" Version)
2. To Each His Own
Remastered From Original Tapes!
Definitive 3LP Compilation of classics, 12" versions and original samples
Remastered from Original Tapes by The Carvery
Strut present the first definitive retrospective of an icon of 1970s and '80s soul, jazz and disco, Patrice Rushen, covering her peerless 6-year career with Elektra / Asylum from 1978 to 1984.
Joining Elektra after three albums with jazz label Prestige, Patrice had shown prodigious talent at an early age and had first broken through after winning a competition to perform at the Monterrey Jazz Festival of 1972. By the time of the recordings on this collection, she had become a prolific and in-demand session musician and arranger on the West coast, appearing on over 80 recordings for other artists. She joined the Elektra / Asylum roster in 1978 as they launched a pop / jazz division alongside visionaries like Donald Byrd and Grover Washington, Jr. "The idea was to create music that was good for commercial radio / R&B," Patrice explains. "We were all making sophisticated dance music, essentially."
Drawing on some of the leading musicians in L.A. like saxophonist Gerald Albright, drummer "Ndugu" Chancler and bassman Freddie Washington and keeping an open minded approach from her training in classical, jazz and soundtrack scores, Patrice's music was a different, more intricate proposition to many of the soul artists of the time. "L.A. musicians were not so locked into tradition," she continues. "None of us were accustomed to limitation and the record label left us to take our own direction."
Early classics like 'Music Of The Earth' and 'Let's Sing A Song Of Love' were among Patrices first as a lead vocalist before her Pizzazz album landed in 1979, featuring the unique disco of Havent You Heard and one of her greatest ballads, Settle For My Love. Although ballads make you feel more vulnerable as an artist because they are often personal, I think listeners relate to that sincerity, she reflects. By now, Patrices records were supremely arranged and produced as her confidence as an all-round writer, producer, arranger and performer grew. Slick dance-floor anthem 'Never Gonna Give You Up' and the Posh album in 1980 led to her landmark album Straight From The Heart two years later. Receiving little support from her label, Patrice and her production team personally funded a promo campaign for the first single from it, 'Forget Me Nots'. It went on to peak at no. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album was later Grammy-nominated, while the track became a timeless anthem and popular sample, inspiring Will Smiths theme for the film Men In Black and George Michaels 'Fastlove'.
Patrices final album for Elektra, 'Now' kept the bar high with sparse, synth-led songs including Feel So Real and To Each His Own. It concluded a golden era creatively for Patrice which remains revered by soul and disco aficionados the world over.
'Remind Me' features all of Patrice Rushens chart singles, 12 versions and popular sample sources on one album for the first time. The 3LP set contains fully remastered music by The Carvery from the original tapes. Both formats include an exclusive new interview with Patrice Rushen and rare photos.
"The 15-track project will featues all of Rushen's chart singles from that era, including R&B and dance hits like "Haven't You Heard", "Feels So Real" and "Forget Me Nots" (the latter was her highest Billboard Hot 100 hit, peaking at Number 23: it later served as the foundation for Will Smith's "Men In Black" theme). The compilation will also include the 12-inch single versions of several tracks, as well as other cuts that later provided classic samples, like "Remind Me" (used on Mary J. Blige's "You Remind Me") and "Where There Is Love" (used on Mobb Deep's "Temperature Rising")." - Rollingstone.com
"By the late '70s, R&B was deep into its quiet-storm era of softer, smoother ballads. Lighter, higher voices like Minnie Riperton's ruled the radio waves at the time. Rushen with her youthful, lilting tone fit right in. Much more than fitting in, though, Rushen's singing is representative of broader shifts in pop culture of the 1970s and '80s. Rushen's years with Elektra, as captured in the Remind Me anthology, spanned a crucial, transitional time in black popular music. The sound of soul that had dominated the beginning of the '70s had gradually gave way to funk, which, in turn, ushered in disco and any of Rushen's hits from the era reverberate with those dance-inspired influences. In the grand arc of Rushen's career, the Elektra years were just one chapter. But as brief as they may seem in hindsight, those years generated so many iconic jams, fans don't really need much to remind them." - NPR
Features:
• Triple LP
• Compilation of classics, 12" versions & original samples
• Remastered from Original Tapes by The Carvery
• Full interview with Patrice Rushen
• Rare photos
• Made in Germany
Selections:
Side A:
1. Music Of The Earth
2. Let's Sing A Song Of Love
3. When I Found You
Side B:
1. Haven't You Heard (12" Version)
2. Givin' It Up Is Givin' Up (with DJ Rogers)
Side C:
1. Forget Me Nots (12" Version)
2. Look Up! (Long Version)
3. Where There Is Love
Side D:
1. Never Gonna Give You Up (Won't Let You Be) [Long Version]
2. Number One (12" Version)
Side E:
1. All We Need
2. Remind Me (LP Version)
3. Settle For My Love
Side F:
1. Feels So Real (Won't Let Go) (12" Version)
2. To Each His Own
