Now this is a real gem and long deleted. These guys only recorded two albums and a handful of 45,s. The backbone of the group were brothers Lowell & Fred Simon who comprised the group along with Larry Brownlee & Jesse Dean all from Chicago. Their only chart success came in 1970 with the single "the sly, slick & wicked"..The group were introduced to Carl Davs at Brunswick Records in 1969 where 'The Sly, Slick and Wicked' was released. The song was so popular that it generated sufficient income for Brunswick to buy themselves out from parent company Decca and become an entity on their own. A parent album followed the single release and a subsequent 45 entitled, the Eugene Record penned, 'Wait A Minute' was released. The group, also scored another R & B hit wth 'Talking The Teenage Language', which charted 1971. The Lost Generation saw one other chart hit entitled 'Your Mission (Should You Decide To Accept It)' before they went their separate ways in 1974. Interesting to note that Lowrell Simon was the original lead singer and songwriter, an artist later to achieve success with the Soul song "Mellow Mellow, Right On" as LOWRELL later in the decade that became a huge smash here in the UK and most of Europe. Lowrell was an ex member of the group The LaVondells, as was Jesse Dean, That group later to become simply the Vondells who had a few great dancers on the northern scene. Larry Brownlee was an original member of the group the C.O.D.'s, who recorded for the Kellimac label during the mid Sixties and scored quite a few great dancers on the scene. The good news here is that their albums and bonus tracks are included in this superb album. Chicago artists seem to have special harmonies that make them stand out from the crowd, though very few of them find the success they deserve. This is group SOUL sung as it should be...Powerful, sweet, harmonies !
AMM
The Tasters!
26 comments:
Someday I'll get around to listening to this. Thanks, AMM!
Thank you AMM for this gem!
Thanks for indeed another gem AMM !
Thanks for these Brunswick recordings AMM
A few here I wasn't aware of! Thanks!
This`ll do for me!Most of the Brunswick catalogue does it for me!
Cheers!
Bill
Thanks for another great review AMM
They were not as lost as later generations ... Thanks for review, P.
This looks good... many thanks for this review AMM
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Thanks AMM. I had a vinyl of the first LP, but didn't even know the second one existed!
I had this album and you are right the harmonies are sweet. Thanks AMM.
Thanks AMM for finding this lost one.
Such a Great Album,Thank You Very Much AMM
thanks for flac AMM i too love them much
Great review AMM thank you Reb
Looks good
I have the first album but only as a mp3 so this great it seem these guys could have all been super stars in they own right with the right management Thanks for this gem AMM Cheers Pedro
Thank you kindly for the review mate
Enjoyed the tasters MM, thanks for reviewing.
cheers,ELtel
Like the looks of this one. Thx AMM
Thank you for this great review AMM!!
Thanx AMM, Got A Few Trax Off Here Scattered About
Be Nice To Have Them All In One Place
Cheers
Tel
Cheers for this review, looks very interesting
Great review thanks AMM I was only knew the one album
Thank you AMM, This would be a nice upgrade to what little I have.
Uuh, I dig them, they're not lost to me now ;) Thanks for that 🏝️☮️☀️✌🏻
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