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pleasure - glide: the essential selection 1975-1982 - decision - vinyl

New Copy

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. Dust Yourself Off
2. Bouncy Lady
3. Let's Dance
4. I'm Mad
5. Ghettos Of The Mind
6. Joyous
7. Let Me Be The One
8. Only You
9. Sassafras Girl
10. Tune In
11. Foxy Lady (Previously Unreleased Disco Version)
12. Farewell, Goodbye
13. Glide
14. Nothing To It
15. Thoughts Of Old Flames
16. Space Is The Place
17. Now You Choose Me
18. Special Things
19. Take A Chance
20. Living Without You
21. Give It Up
22. Sending My Love
23. It's So Hard
24. Stone Love
25. Glide (Special Disco Remix)

Pleasure originated from the ashes of two local Portland, Oregon bands, The Soul Masters and Franchise, to become veritable monsters of funk, soul and jazz.

Their sound is often compared to Earth, Wind and Fire or Kool and the Gang. They had an inspired run of seven albums, six for Fantasy Records and one for RCA, from 1975 through 1982. The group was discovered by Grover Washington Jr.; he passed their demos on to Wayne Henderson of The Crusaders, who signed them to his production company, At Home Productions. There, in addition to recording the group's own material for Fantasy Records, members of Pleasure also collaborated with Henderson's other artists, including Ronnie Laws and Side Effect.

Tracks from all seven Pleasure albums are featured on this multi-LP set, Glide: The Essential Collection 1975-1982, many of which have never been reissued on LP before, including an extended disco/dance remix of "Foxy Lady" which was lost in tape vaults for 35 years! Two versions of Pleasure's top 10 R&B smash "Glide" appear, along with carefully curated deep tracks like "Thoughts Of Old Flames", "Sassafras Girl" and "Sending My Love", as well as radio favorites such as "Let Me Be The One" and the hip-hop breakbeat classics "Let's Dance" and "Bouncy Lady". Rounding out this deluxe package are many rarely seen group photos, along with extensive liner notes featuring newly-commissioned interviews with original band members by veteran Urban music critic and historian A. Scott Galloway.