Stanley Clarke & George Duke - The Clarke/Duke Project (Lp) (1981) - €10.00

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The Clarke/Duke Project was the first collaborative album by American musicians Stanley Clarke and George Duke. It was released in 1981 through Epic Records. 

The main recording sessions took place at Studio D of Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California with additional recording at Le Gonks West, Westlake Studios and A&M Studios in Hollywood, California.

These two buddies seemed to set off sparks with each other whenever they got together on isolated earlier tracks, and a lot of folks had high expectations for their first joint project.

Yet The Clarke/Duke Project, Vol. 1 was and remains a disappointment, awash in generic urban contemporary material, a few routine instrumentals, and jive (topped by a truly bizarre rendition of “Louie Louie”).

Neither Stanley Clarke nor George Duke play much to their strengths — Clarke’s bass and writing, Duke’s funky way with keyboards — concentrating more upon their hardly distinguished voices.
What we didn’t know, it is now obvious, was that Clarke and Duke collectively would often abandon whatever restraints of taste they had individually in search of a chartbusting R&B sound largely free of jazz or even a good funk groove (the same thing would occur in their concerts).

The album peaked at number 33 on the Billboard 200 and at number 7 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Its lead single, “Sweet Baby“, made it to number 19 on the Hot 100 singles chart. In 1982, the album was nominated for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group at the 24th Annual Grammy Awards.

Side A

A1.  Wild Dog - 3:30  

A2.  Louie Louie - 5:06  

A3.  Sweet Baby - 3:46  

A4.  I Just Want To Love You - 3:50  

A5.  Never Judge A Cover By Its Book - 1:43  

Side B

B1.  Let’s Get Started - 3:56  

B2.  Winners - 4:01  

B3.  Touch And Go - 4:37  

B4.  Finding My Way - 5:36

Companies, etc.

• Produced For – Contemporary Artist Enterprises, Inc.
• Produced For – George Duke Enterprises
• Recorded At – Fantasy Studios
• Mixed At – Fantasy Studios
• Recorded At – Le Gonks West
• Recorded At – Westlake Studios
• Recorded At – A&M Studios
• Mastered At – Fantasy Studios
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – CBS Inc.
• Copyright © – CBS Inc.
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Carrollton, GA 

Credits

• Alto Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone – Gary Foster (tracks: A3)
• Arranged By [Strings] – George Duke (tracks: A3, B3), Stanley Clarke (tracks: A4, B3)
• Bass, Guitar, Sitar, Cello, Vocals – Stanley Clarke
• Concertmaster – Charles Veal
• Conductor [Strings] – Jorge Del Barrio
• Coordinator [Album Coordination] – Kathe Hoffman
• Drums – John Robinson
• Engineer – Brent Averill, Tommy Vicari
• Engineer [Assistant] – Dave Concors, Erik Zobler, Jim Cassell, Wally Buck
• Keyboards, Vocals, Percussion [Master Clapper] – George Duke
• Mastered By – George Horn
• Other [Wardobe] – Bill Whitten
• Piccolo Trumpet, Trumpet [C] – Jerry Hey (tracks: B3)
• Producer – George Duke, Stanley Clarke
• Strings – Art Royval, Assa Drori, Barbara Thomason, Bonnie Douglas, Denyse Buffum, Dorothy Wade, Endre Granat, Fred Seykora, Israel Baker, Kenneth Yerke, Marcia Van Dyke, Nils Oliver, Paula Hochhalter, Rollice Dale, Selena Hurford, Sheldon Sanov
• Synthesizer [Bass] – George Duke (tracks: B2), Michael Boddicker (tracks: B2)

Notes

Release: 1981

Format:  LP, Vinyl

Genre:  Jazz-funk, Soul

Label:  Epic Records

Catalog# 84848

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)

Cover:  Goed (VG)

Prijs: €10,00