Newban and Newban 2 - Deluxe Edition

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Robert Bloemkolk Funk groove rarities which every self respecting funkfan should have in his or her collection. 'Lost classic' all the way. Lifts your spirit. Favorite track: Fine Woman.

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1.	Father Time 04:20	buy track
2.	Why Did You Desert Me? 03:09	buy track
3.	Central Park 04:29	buy track
4.	Fatback Sally 03:44	buy track
5.	Magic Lady 03:56	buy track
6.	Mellow Days, Easy Nights 04:01	buy track
7.	Hungry Grin 02:30	buy track
8.	Home With You 02:54	buy track
9.	Greenburgh 03:11	buy track
10.	Rhythm & Rhyme 04:15	buy track
11.	Find A Place To Live 04:33	buy track
12.	If I Could (Make You Mine) 02:31	buy track
13.	Fine Woman 06:08	buy track
14.	Easin' Through 04:34	buy track
15.	Free Your Mind 03:39	buy track
16.	Bells 07:19	buy track
17.	Miracle Holiday 04:03	buy track
18.	Oh Wow 06:20	buy track

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Throughout the ‘80s and early ‘90s, Atlantic Starr was one of the most successful outfits in R&B. Little is known, however, of the group’s heady jazz and groove roots. Imagine the brassy ensemble funk of early Kool & The Gang or Earth, Wind & Fire on spirit-centric labels like Black Jazz or Strata-East, with vocals reflecting the freedom of mind and spirit in both lyric and timbre. This is the land from which platinum-selling Atlantic Starr came. This is Newban. Founders Albert “Duke” Jones Jr. and Porter Carroll Jr. were students in Greenburgh, New York, when they recruited a horde of classmates in forming Newban–named such because they were, after all, a “new band.” John Shearer, a friend of Jones and photographer for Life magazine, was a neighbor of legendary audio engineer Malcolm Addey and arranged for Newban to record with Addey at the famed Bell Sound Recording Studios.

Newban and Newban 2 were released on Guinness Records in 1977. Guinness, however, was one of many labels during the late ‘70s that juked numbers and intentionally undersold and under-promoted albums for tax write-offs to keep parent imprints in the black. Co-founder and drummer Carroll and the majority of the members landed a deal with A&M Records and became Atlantic Starr. The Newban masters, however, remained safe and secure in the closet of Addey’s home on Riverside Drive in Manhattan. “I just called him up and said, ‘Listen, we got some things we can do after all these years,’” Jones says. Addey was with it, and returned the tapes for a nominal charge – in pristine, digitally re-mastered condition. Neither Jones nor Addey stopped believing in Newban, which is why he feels this BBE release could be the re-emergence of something lost some 35 years ago. “It might really make some noise with someone behind it,” Jones says about the “new” Newban compilation. “We could get together tomorrow.”

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released October 29, 2012

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