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newban - newban and newban 2 - bbe - vinyl

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Genre: Funk / Soul

1. Father Time (Newban)
2. Why Did You Desert Me?
3. Central Park
4. Fatback Sally
5. Magic Lady
6. Mellow Days, Easy Nights
7. Hungry Grin
8. Home With You
9. Greenburgh (Newban 2)
10. Rhythm & Rhyme
11. Find A Place To Live
12. If I Could (Make You Mine)
13. Fine Woman
14. Easin' Through
15. Free Your Mind

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.