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This is an odd album, mostly owing to the widely differing sounds represented on it. Though often credited exclusively to Gene Chandler, about half of it is comprised of Chandler's work with the Dukays, the group of which he was a part until the release of "Duke of Earl" (which was a Dukays recording released as a Chandler solo single). The Dukays material is fine if relatively undistinguished late-'50s R&B harmony vocal material, mostly consisting of pleasant romantic ballads. Chandler's work, by contrast, casts him in a mode very similar to Ben E. King's immediate post-Drifters recordings (he even does "Stand by Me" here). There's a considerable chasm between the doo wop and the solo sides, and some listeners might even get dizzy after a few switches back and forth. And the album is dominated by the later tracks, circa 1965, most notably "Turn on Your Love Light," where Chandler moves into the upbeat soul sound that would carry him from the mid-'60s all the way through into the 1970s (and a professional rendezvous with Curtis Mayfield). The sound is excellent, and if you can take the switches in style and mood, this is a fun album. [The original 12-song album has been reissued on CD in Japan under the same title and with the same cover art, with audiophile sound and five bonus cuts drawn from deeper in the Vee-Jay library.]
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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Eugene Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Bernice Williams, ComposerLyricist - Earl Edwards, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ben King, ComposerLyricist - Jerry Leiber, ComposerLyricist - Mike Stoller, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
S. Johnson, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
William Miller, ComposerLyricist - James Sheppard, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Burt Bacharach, ComposerLyricist - Hal David, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Joseph Scott, ComposerLyricist - DEADRIC MALONE, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bernice Williams, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
FRED AHLERT, ComposerLyricist - Roy Turk, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bernice Williams, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bernice Williams, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bobby Stevenson, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
EDEN AHBEZ, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Calvin Carter, ComposerLyricist - Irving Nahan, ComposerLyricist - Eugene Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Bernice Williams, ComposerLyricist - Earl Edwards, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist - James Testa, ComposerLyricist - Ernie Spano, ComposerLyricist - Joseph Pirollo, ComposerLyricist - Robert Finizio, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bernice Williams, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Eugene Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Carl Davis, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist - William Sheppard, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Bernice Williams, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Wes Farrell, ComposerLyricist - Kay Rogers, ComposerLyricist - Bob Elgin, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Ronald White, ComposerLyricist - Don Covay, ComposerLyricist - WILLIAM ROBINSON, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Freddie Scott, ComposerLyricist - Helen Miller, ComposerLyricist - Dee Ervin, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
James Ellis, ComposerLyricist - Otis Williams, ComposerLyricist - Berry Gordy, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist - Melvin Franklin, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Eugene Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist - Shirley Johnson, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Curtis Mayfield, ComposerLyricist - Gene Chandler, MainArtist
℗ 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc.
Album review
This is an odd album, mostly owing to the widely differing sounds represented on it. Though often credited exclusively to Gene Chandler, about half of it is comprised of Chandler's work with the Dukays, the group of which he was a part until the release of "Duke of Earl" (which was a Dukays recording released as a Chandler solo single). The Dukays material is fine if relatively undistinguished late-'50s R&B harmony vocal material, mostly consisting of pleasant romantic ballads. Chandler's work, by contrast, casts him in a mode very similar to Ben E. King's immediate post-Drifters recordings (he even does "Stand by Me" here). There's a considerable chasm between the doo wop and the solo sides, and some listeners might even get dizzy after a few switches back and forth. And the album is dominated by the later tracks, circa 1965, most notably "Turn on Your Love Light," where Chandler moves into the upbeat soul sound that would carry him from the mid-'60s all the way through into the 1970s (and a professional rendezvous with Curtis Mayfield). The sound is excellent, and if you can take the switches in style and mood, this is a fun album. [The original 12-song album has been reissued on CD in Japan under the same title and with the same cover art, with audiophile sound and five bonus cuts drawn from deeper in the Vee-Jay library.]
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 23 track(s)
- Total length: 00:56:38
- Main artists: Gene Chandler
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Vee-Jay Records
- Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B R&B
© 1962 Concord Music Group, Inc. ℗ 1993 Concord Music Group, Inc.
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