Bob & Gene - If This World Were Mine (2007) Daptone + Bonus Tracks - Rare Soul (FLAC)

Quite a brilliant if naive album from the young duo Bobby Nunn and Eugene Coplin Jr that has stood the test of time...In the late 1960s, Bobby's father William Nunn started MoDo records as a way to make extra money and to give the neighborhood youth an outlet to learn the music business. MoDo's recording studio was located in the basement of the Nunn home on Orange Street in Buffalo. Bob and Gene spent most of their free time in that basement writing and recording songs. As Bobby says, “We’d see local bands that had one mission... to play cover songs in the local bars. We thought it would be so much cooler to do original music and to have our own songs on the radio.” If they did cover songs, they did them their own way, often changing them totally. During this time they also recorded enough material for a full length album. By the early 1970s MoDo Records had folded, so the album was never released. In the early 1970s, Bob and Gene went their separate ways and in very different directions. Gene went into the church and other community endeavors in Buffalo. Bobby worked with Rick James before moving to Los Angeles where he continued his music career with quite a bit of success. In 2001, New York soul music historian David Griffiths came across some rare Bob & Gene 45s. The label made reference to an upcoming album titled "If This World Were Mine". After some intense searching and many phone calls to William Nunn Sr, Griffiths took the tapes of the unreleased album to Daptone Records. The album was released in 2007. After having spent 30 years collecting dust on the shelves in William Nunn,s basement, there's an energy and spirit to them that makes them as relevant as any other 21st century  release. Bob and Gene's songs have since been featured in movies like Why Did I Get Married Too?, Our Family Wedding, and Different from Whom?. In 2011, Bob and Gene were inducted into the Buffalo Music Hall of Fame. I included Bonus tracks also in flac. Its raw unsopisticated soul anf the northern scene loved them for it!

AMM

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