Re: the roots' organix
Erik Gaderlund (erikg@macconnect.com)
Sun, 13 Jul 1997 00:20:36 -0800
At 11.05 AM 7/12/1997 -0700, you wrote:
> _The Roots_
>>> album _Do You Want More_ (Geffen 1994) starts the track
>>> numbers at 18. And the next album starts off at 34. Where
>>> are tracks 1-17? On another album already released?
>
>>
>>there is an album they cut in europe called _organix_ which is listed,
>>of course, from 1-18; it's damn good (very jazzy) and f'n hard to find.
>>i had to look for two years before i found my copy (sweet vinyl!) --
>
>So *that* explains it! I've always wondered why the track numbers were like
>that. Cool concept, I must say. It gets a little frantic sometimes, when I
>want to listen to a certain track then manually count it off the list just
>to select it (I guess that's what they wanted?) :)
>
>I also seen and heard "Organix" via DJ T-Bird, who proudly owns a copy.
>Reading the record label it also looks like this record was originally
>released as a regional release in the Philadelphia area, when they were still
> just a local band. Any Philly people on the list own a copy, know who owns
>one or knows where to find it?
>
>Too bad they never recorded anything when Christian McBride was their bass
>player! (or did they....)
>
>Elson
> -30-
I thought that McBride declined the offer, but, at least they should have
had Boys II Men do back up vocals ;)
later,
erik g