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Graham Central Station - Release Yourself (1974) {1990 Warner Music Japan} [RE-UP]

Date: 20 Jul 2021 02:40:30

Graham Central Station - Release Yourself (1974) {1990 Warner Music Japan}
EAC Rip | FLAC with CUE and log | scans | 261 mb
MP3 CBR 320kbps | RAR | 121 mb
Genre: soul, R&B, funk

Release Yourself is the second album by Graham Central Station released in 1974 on Warner Brothers. This is the first digital release of the album, taken from a Japanese CD pressing made in 1990. GCS consisted of Graham, Hershall "Happiness" Kennedy (clavinet, electric piano, synthesizer, vocals, background vocals, tambourine), Robert "Butch" Sam (organ, vocals, background vocals, tambourine), David "Dynamite" Vega (a Scorpio) (guitar, vocals, background vocals), Willie "Wild" Sparks (drums, background vocals), and Patryce "Chocolate" Banks (vocals, background vocals, funk box, tambourine), with a horn section that included Hershall "Happiness", Gregory Adams, Emilio Castillo, Michael Gillette, Stephen Kupka, and Leonard Pickett.

After a tentative but promising 1973 debut album, Graham Central Station returned the next year with a head-spinning blend of R&B styles that realized their promise in a truly impressive fashion. Release Yourself touches on everything from gospel music to psychedelia, as the band puts forth an impressive set of songs that strike an effective balance between accessibility and complexity. This time, keyboards carry a new level of importance: songs like "G.C.S." and "I Believe in You" flow forth on elaborate keyboard riffs layered with plenty of spacey synthesizer leads. The album's most impressive achievements are the title track, a pulse-pounding tribute to the joys of self expression that combines churchy organ riffs and stately horns over a furiously-paced bass/clavinet rhythm, and "Tis Your Kind of Music," a psychedelic-funk masterpiece that has Patryce "Chocolate" Banks and Graham trading sultry lead vocals over an otherworldly blend of keyboard and Mellotron riffs with a fluid bassline. Another stunner is "Today," a funk-rock workout that starts with a slowly-woven tapestry of keyboard riffs before launching into a cosmic vocal section that underscores the group's choral harmonies with some fiery guitar leads. Although it lacks an overtly pop-flavored classic like "Can You Handle It?" or "Your Love," nothing on this album is less than interesting thanks to stellar arrangements and the group's obvious love for what they do – the sunny energy that propels songs like the title track and "Got to Get Through It" is positively infectious. The result is a true gem that is a treat for funk fanatics and a required listen for anyone with a serious interest in Graham Central Station.

01. G.C.S.
02. Release Yourself
03. Got To Go Through It To Get To It
04. I Believe In You
05. 'Tis Your Kind Of Music
06. Hey Mr. Writer
07. Feel The Need
08. Today

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Graham Central Station / Release Yourself (Japan CD)

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