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Eccentric Soul: The Forte Label

    From 1967-1980, Kansas City’s Forte Records captured nearly every iteration of popular Black music; basement beehiver-y from The Ray-Ons and Four Darlings, funky soul from Gene Williams Lee Harris, Louis Chachere, and The Fantastiks, downtempo disco ballads from James Whitney and Sharon Revoal, and the newly independent work of James Brown’s former Soul Sister #1 Marva Whitney.

    Compiled here are 28 of the label’s enduring sides, contextualized with copious photos, ephemera, and essay, all housed in heavy weight gatefold jacket.



    TRACK LISTING

    1. Gene Williams - Don’t Let Your Love Fade Away
    2. Lee Harris - I Am Gonna Get Your Thing
    3. Tear Drops - I’m Gonna Get You
    4. Louis Chachere - The Hen Pt 1
    5. The Fantasticks - Cry Night And Day
    6. Marva W. Taylor - I’ve Lived The Life
    7. The Fabulous Rhythm Makers - Mini, Mini Afro Twist
    8. Tony Ashley And The Delicates - I’ll Never Be Satisfied
    9. The Rayons - You Confuse Me Baby
    10. The Four Darlings - Baby Your Love Is Amazing
    11. Lee Harris - Lookin’ Good
    12. Marva Whitney - Daddy Don’t Know About Sugar Bear
    13. Gene Williams - Whatever You Do (Do It Good)
    14. Everyday People - Is It Really That Bad
    15. The Rayons - Baby Be Good
    16. Tony Ashley And The Delicates - All Along I’ve Loved You
    17. Lee Harris - I’ve Got To Have Somebody’s Love
    18. Everyday People - Super Black
    19. James Whitney - With Fun In My Life
    20. Sharon Revoal - Reaching For Our Star
    21. Marva W. Taylor - Nothing I’d Rather Be (Than Your Weakness)
    22. The Four Darlings - Give Me Love
    23. Unknown Artist - Dearest Lover
    24. The Fantasticks - Live And Let Live
    25. The Fabulous Rhythm Makers - Ya Gotta Be Doing It
    26. Lee Harris - Skate Boogaloo And Karate Too
    27. Tear Drops - Don’t Fade Away
    28. Marva Whitney And Ellis “Gripey” Taylor - We Need More (But Somebody Gotta Sacrifce)

    Headland began in 2013 as a soundtrack to a gorgeous collection of found super8 film fragments depicting surfing and coastal culture in and around Lennox Head, Australia in the 1970s.

    For this release, contemporary, High Definition slow-motion footage by award winning filmmaker Stephen Jones (El Mar Mi Alma) overscores each track of a full length LP. The film provides a discrete and personally emotive portrait of the Lennox coastline that builds upon traditional notions of landscape and seascape where each and every frame seems painted by hand. The instrumentation is lyrical, the compositions quaint and heartfelt. The combination is a personal insight into an emotional understanding of place.

    With an almost distinct Australian fever to its pitch, “True Flowers” ebbs and flows like the proverbial tide it is “soundtracking”, the players of this collective have a long history in the underground/mainstream music scene in Australia, and with this record have created a similar cinematic/avant garde-pop as created by the likes of Calexico, Friends of Dean Martinez, Boxhead Ensemble, Lullaby for the Working Class, and even Pink Floyd and Neil Young, so immersive and far-reaching is their sound.

    STAFF COMMENTS

    Darryl says: Following on from 2014’s delicate sun-dappled dreamy debut is this equally immersive album of beautifully cinematic and languid gems.

    TRACK LISTING

    01. Head And Bottle
    02. The Second Marriage
    03. Remain On Stop
    04. Beneath The Eyes
    05. This Painted World
    06. Your Mouth Well Hid
    07. Uncommonly Cruel
    08. I Couldn’t Say It To Your Face
    09. Song Of Three Children
    10. Landfall Night
    11. Lullaby For Pearl
    12. Building Dwelling
    13. Don’t Get Cosy


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