JOE BATAAN SWEET SOUL RARE 1972 'PROMOTIONAL - NOT FOR SALE' VINYL RECORD LP
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JOE BATAAN
"SWEET SOUL"
RARE 1972
"PROMOTIONAL COPY - NOT FOR SALE"
12" VINYL RECORD LP
FANIA RECORDS #SLP-00407 STEREO
ORIGINAL 1972 PRESSING
CONDITION Vinyl: NM / Jacket: NM
Vinyl retains all of its original shine. Appears to be an unplayed vinyl.
Cover retains original shrinkwrap with 2 labels attached:
"Promotional Copy Not For Sale" and "This Album Contains the Hit Single SHAFT."
SONGS SIDE A THIS BOY PLEASE MR. SUN SO YOUNG, TOO YOUNG CRY
SIDE B YOU'RE DRIVING ME RIGHT OUT OF MY MIND THAT'S THE WAY GOD PLANNED IT I'M SATISFIED JOHNNY'S NO GOOD SHAFT
Fania Records spent some time attempting to break into the pop-soul market during the early '70s with records by a young Joe Bataan. Bataan's instincts are in the right place, and the arrangements -- by label head and salsa superstar Johnny Pacheco -- make for bright, swinging accompaniment. His four originals are solid, distinctive songs, a pair of them sweet ballads and the other pieces reminiscent of Curtis Mayfield producing the Jackson 5. His choices for covers are unusual -- the record is bookended by versions of The Beatles' song "This Boy" and Isaac Hayes' song "Shaft" -- but are carried across by his melancholy wail. Bataan includes a nearly eight-minute composition called "Cry," staged with a spoken introduction spotlighting a Dear John letter mailed all the way to Vietnam. Arranger Johnny Pacheco's charts are of-the-moment yet never exploitative, and his usually crisp horns are framed by furious percussion and a trio of righteous female backing vocalists.
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