Thursday, February 24, 2022

Masterfleet - High On the Sea (1973 Sussex) - Rare Soul/Funk - LP Only Release

This was their only album on the Rare Sussex imprint. Most Albums,s (as well as the  45,s) on this label are extremely hard to source out as most albums were Vinyl only releases. Not a lot of info about these guys just that they all came from Compton in Los Angeles and met up at School. Some great Funk & a few Sweet tracks,a very accomplished album!

AMM

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Tracks

01 First Voyage
02 Skull Stone (To The Bone)
03 Let Love Stand
04 Man & Child
05 Well Phase I
06 Malfunction
07 Academy Awards
08 When You're A New Born Child
09 Untill Tomorrow
10 Well Phase II

Line Up

Alto Saxophone, Soprano Saxophone – Charles Owens
Bass – Jerry Knight
Cellos – Nat Gershman,Paul Bergstrom
Clavinet,Harpsichord,Synth – Linus Ceph
Violin – Bobby Bruce
Congas – Ronnie Gibbs
Drums – Dorsey (Skull Stone) Douglas
Flugelhorn,Trumpet – Leslie Drayton
French Horn – Sidney Muldrow
Guest Appearance – Nichelle Nichols (Track 7)
Guitar – Chauncey Matthews
Harp – Verlye Mills
Organ – Arveal Pagget
Piano,Electric Piano – Jimmy Briggs
Saxophone – John J. Kelson Jr.
Trombone – Alexander Thomas
Trumpet – Oscar Brashear
Viola – Mary Newkirk
Violins – George Poole,John Santulis,Ron Folsom



20 comments:

deadwoodie said...

New to me-thanks for the info

raphaelmsx said...

Nice taster, thanks very much!

Rush said...

Thanks for the review AMM the slow jams Acedamy Awards and Wait Until Tomorrow is top class

Big Dave said...

A rare gem indeed... many thanks for the review AMM

BigD

Bill said...

This is a biggie! Great review and taster!!

RMstorm said...

Thanks AMM for showcasing this little-known review

Arty said...

Never heard of the band so looking forward to finding out more. Thanks, AMM.

tennessee boy said...

Unknown band to me ! Nice taster !

MusicFan59 said...

Nice, great 70's soul on this one. Takes me back to high school basement parties. Excellent throwback!!!

hakase said...

thanks a lot for this rare group stuff

PeterH said...

Never heard of it before - looks very interesting. Thanks for review, P.

renald said...

This is one of those groups that could have been, if the had the right exposure and record company backing. its a pity, because they really had that act together. Nice review AMM!!

reb.jukebox said...

Thanks AMM for sharing this rare gem with us
Reb

Anghellic67$ said...

Great Review Thank you AMM

BillyMac said...

Thanks for the review of this rare group.

Wicked Souldies (Gto Town) said...

Another good stuff thaks AMM

richsoul said...

Thanks for this group and I would never known if I hadn't read it on your site. Thank you.

CanoMan said...

Thanks for this great review

Soulsville said...

Hi AMM, Yes please, thanks

ELtel said...

New to me MM, thanks for reviewing.
cheers,ELtel