Harlem Drive (fwd)

Dave Steinhart (angst@psych.colorado.edu)
Mon, 16 Dec 1996 20:53:06 -0700 (MST)

> Harlem Drive: Rhythm on my Mind (C&S Records #CS8526-2), written and mixed
> by Thomas Colon & Vince McClean in NYC, 1996.
>
> I *love* this CD. It's got a little bit of everything.
> Some real sweet soul: "everyday" with a Stephanie McKay on lead vocals &
> "no one's ever gonna love you" with a male/female duet.
> Some great horn work, "think about it", "mysterious" & "muted moments"
> featuring a pocket horn. I think this is a tiny little trumpet that I've
> seen put to great use by a local ska/funk/punk band. (Upstate NY, Perfect
> Thyroid) . Anyway, it sounds real slinky.
> Towards the end, some twelve foot high bass lines come in on "harlem cafe"
> & "ill trumpet" and just kick it.
> A bit of hip hop, too on "trick ass" featuring a rapper named abstrax.
> Infused throughout with a smooooth groove, insistent beats, nice
> understated spacey effects and some great keyboard work. Put it on
> yesterday during a snowy afternoon and watched my home from school eight
> year old son bip around the living room.
> Try it, I don't think you'll be disappointed. Not a throwaway track on the
> whole and an inspired piece of work in my book.

Got this today and decided it isn't my thing. Mind you, Michael's review
is pretty right on, but it's just not quite my cup of tea. I wish I knew
why it isn't my cup of tea, so that I'd have an easier time weeding through
the reviews, but so it goes.

Anyway, if anyone wants a pristine copy, I'd like to get $10 (postpaid)
for it.

Thanks,
Dave