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a train - a train - favorite records - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. Time Stops
2. Bend Over Baby
3. Trip On Your Lip
4. Baby Please
5. When I Call Your Name
6. I Don't Want To Lose You
7. When Did You Lose Your Love For Me?
8. Color Of Your Hair
9. Puerto Rican Hotel

Reissue from this rare 1979 album through Favorite Recording, giving this beautiful collectable piece the proper reissue it deserves, with an official license from Bruce Flett Production. Deluxe Limited LP housed in an old-school tip-on jacket - check!!

Released in July 1979, the album was originally available only in the band's hometown of Shreveport. It became the #1 bestseller at SOOTO Record store and reached #1 on the local FM radio station. From there it kind of 'grew legs' and showed up in different markets, resulting in offers for the band in New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Tulsa, OK, Dallas and beyond.
"A" Train was hard to classify from the start, they really weren't trying to be a particular "style", and they just got together and started jamming on songs they had written individually. The name of the band came from Duke Ellington's theme song "Take the 'A' Train"; Jazz, Blues, R&B, Rock were what the individual members liked the most, so the music was a melting pot of musical gumbo. Disco and �Urban Cowboy� were the dominant music trends in local clubs, which helped �A� Train become a popular alternative from the first time they performed in December 1977 at Humpfrees in the Square in Shreveport.