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Clifford Coulter - The Better Part Of Me (1980) [2012, Remastered Reissue]

Posted By: BlondStyle

Date: 18 Apr 2020 23:57:00

Clifford Coulter was a soul-jazz and blues pianist who gradually moved more into urban R&B. His early recordings for the ABC label in the early '70s were full of a bright, sweet sound and were recommended listening for anybody interested in the funkier side of soul-jazz. This disc, cut in 1980 and produced by none other than Bill Withers, is a very commercial and radio-friendly set of funky soul. Coulter's writing and arranging are nice and tight and virtually full of singles - it is a wonder he didn't score any with this. Music was as fickle a business coming out of the disc era as it is in the 21st century. Coulter's sound, while contemporary, is rooted in the soul balladry of an earlier time. His songwriting is top-notch and his session players, who include Withers, Russ Kunkel, Ronnie Beck, Jerry Perez, and others, are empathetic on tunes like the mellow grooving opener, "Don't Wanna See You Cry," and "Magic Carpet Ride" (not that one). On ballads such as "Nothing in the World Is Free," Coulter's own singing wrenches emotion out of a slick soul tune and puts it in the listener's breadbasket. This is as fine a specimen of urban soul as there was at the time. It should have been a smash.

~Review by Thom Jurek

Release of the album: 1980 [LP Columbia, Cat.# JC 35786, USA]
Release of this CD: 2012, April, 23 [CD Big Break Records (UK), Cat.# CDBBR 0124 / UPC: 5013929042438]
℗ 1980. This reissue ℗&© 2012 Big Break Records.
All tracks licensed from Sony Music Entertainment UK Ltd.
Marketed and distributed by Cherry Red Records
Made in EC/MCPS

Credits:

Backing Vocals – Bill Withers (tracks: 3)
Co-producer – Bill Withers
Engineer – Bill Withers, Bob Merit, Clifford Coulter, Grady Oneil, Phil Schiers, Bob Berry, Tom Tomasello
Engineer [Assistant] – David Bianco
Engineer, Mixed By – Phil Jamtaas
Liner Notes, Interviewer, Research – Christian John Wikane
Producer – Clifford Coulter
Producer [Production Assistant] – Ronnie Beck
Reissue Producer – Wayne A. Dickson
Remastered By – Giovanni Scatola
Vocals – Clifford Coulter
Written-By, Arranged By – Clifford Coulter

Tracklist:

01. Don't Wanna See You Cry (03:44)
02. Nothing In The World Is Free (05:07)
03. Magic Carpet Ride (04:46)
04. The Better Part Of Me (05:49)
05. Another Day (04:14)
06. You And I Together (05:26)
07. Love's Too Hot To Hide (05:26)
08. Maybe It's Better To Go (04:56)

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