The Isley Brothers - The Real Deal (1982) (vinyl Lp) - €10,00

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The Real Deal is the 21st album released by The Isley Brothers on August 7, 1982.

The album is notable for the group's decision to alter their trademark funk rock sound in the 1970s with the then-current early 1980s electro funk scene dominated by Rick James, Prince, Zapp and The Gap Band.

Following the releases of two 1981 albums, the gold-selling Grand Slam and the lesser-successful Inside You, the Isley Brothers were finding themselves in a rut following a successful nine-year run of gold and platinum albums and a succession of hit singles that had made them one of the top-selling R&B/funk bands of the 1970s.
After hearing the sounds of the Gap Band and Rick James, The Isleys (Kelly, Rudy, Ron, Ernie and Marvin) and brother-in-law Chris Jasper, whose role in the Isleys had grown to the point where he was adding background vocals himself alongside longtime lead vocalist Ron Isley and also added in a vocoder co-lead while playing synthesizers, which sometimes was overdubbed atop Marvin Isley's bass guitar riffs

For their next album, 1982's The Real Deal, the group went for a more minimalist funk sound with the title track, which hit the top 20 of the R&B charts, Ron Isley, Ernie Isley and Chris Jasper showcase "Stone Cold Lover", the vocoderized "Are You With Me", the mid-tempo "It's Alright With Me" (with Chris Jasper being the only other vocalist beside Ron Isley singing on the song) with the smoother pop rock ballad "All in My Lover's Eyes", which peaked at number sixty-seven on the R&B chart in 1983, while Ron and Ernie are showcased heavy on the Jimi Hendrix-inspired "Under the Influence", which showcased a more bluesier approach than the group was used to.
Despite hopes that the album will bring the Isleys back to the top of the charts, it stalled at number 87 on the Billboard 200. A year later the group will bounce back with Between the Sheets, which became the last album to feature Chris Jasper.

Though younger brothers Ernie and Marvin would also depart, forming Isley-Jasper-Isley with Jasper, they eventually returned to the Isley Brothers fold in 1992 following the death of eldest brother Kelly Isley and the exit of Rudolph Isley. Ronald Isley has since remained the group's most consistent of the members.


Side one
1.  The Real Deal (Part I And II) - 7:03
2.  Are You With Me? - 4:48
3.  Stone Cold Lover - 5:12

Side two
1.  It's Alright With Me - 5:32
2.  All In My Lover's Eyes - 5:13
3.  I'll Do It All For You - 4:20
4.  Under The Influence - 5:42

Companies, etc.

• Recorded At – Bearsville Studios
• Recorded At – Conway Studios
• Recorded At – Penny Lane Studios, NYC
• Overdubbed At – Conway Studios
• Remixed At – Conway Studios
• Mastered At – Allen Zentz Mastering
• Copyright © – CBS Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – T-Neck Records, Inc.
• Pressed By – CBS, Haarlem – 01-85790

Credits

• Arranged By [Strings], Conductor – Chris Jasper
• Bass, Percussion – Marvin Isley
• Cello – Fred Zlotkin, Jonathan Abramowitz
• Concertmaster – Gene Orloff
• Congas – Kevin Jones
• Drums – Everett Collins
• Drums, Guitar, Percussion – Ernie Isley
• Engineer [Assistant] – Greig Stout, Ray Niznik
• Engineer [Recording] – F. Byron Clark, Tom Edmonds
• Keyboards, Percussion – Chris Jasper
• Mastered By – Brian Gardner
• Photography By [Cover Photos] – David Kennedy
• Producer, Arranged By – The Isley Brothers
• Viola – Alfred V. Brown, Mitsue Takayama
• Violin – Fred Buldrini, Gerald Tarrak, Guy Lumia, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Marilyn Wright, Winterton Garvey
• Written-By – C. Jasper, E. Isley, M. Isley, O. Isley, R. Isley, R. Isley

Recorded at Bearsville Studios, New York, NY
A2 & B2 Recorded at Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Strings Recorded at Penny Lane Studios, New York, NY
Overdubbing Vocals and Remixing at Conway Studios, Los Angeles, CA
Mastered at Allen Zentz Studios, Los Angeles, CA
© 1982 CBS Inc./℗ 1982 T-Neck Records, Inc. 

Notes
Release:  1982
Format:  LP, Vinyl
Genre:  Soul, Funk
Label:   Epic Records
Catalog#   85790

Vinyl:  Goed (VG)
Cover:  Goed (VG) 

Prijs: €10,00