5019421603122

Welcome To Our World / Believe

Mass Production

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: EXP2CD31

Release Date:  17 February 2014

Label:  Expansion Records / Passion Music

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  5019421603122

Genres:  R&B  

  • Description

    Mass Production, a ten-piece from Norfolk Virginia who after playing on the local scene and opening for the bigger acts of the time came to the attention of music business entrepreneur Ed. A. Ellerbe who managed and steered the band through six albums on the Atlantic distributed Cotillion label.



    The band ended up making a total of eight albums with a few minor personnel changes from their debut Welcome To Our World in 1976 presented here for the first time on CD with Believe.



    The first album features the single Welcome To Our World, the funky dancers Wine-Flow Disco, I Love To Dance, and ballads Our Thought To The World and Galaxy, while Magic is a slice of feel good funk!



    The second album Believe is a mixture of funky jams with chanted vocals like Free and Happy, I Believe In Music and People Get Up complete with superb horn riffs.



    Also from Believe, the band made a significant dent on the U.K club scene in the late 70's and early 80's with their 12 instrumental jazz funk anthem Cosmic Lust, actually a club classic to this day, recently remixed by Joey Negro.



    To sum up, Mass Production were a jazzy, soulful. and to steal a phrase from the late Nina Simone funkier than a mosquitos tweeter.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Welcome To Our World (Of Merry Music)
      • 2. Wine-Flow Disco
      • 3. I Like To Dance
      • 4. Our Thought (To The World)
      • 5. Magic
      • 6. Galaxy
      • 7. Just A Song
      • 8. Fun In The Sun

      Disc 2

      • 1. Free And Happy
      • 2. I Believe In Music
      • 3. Being Here
      • 4. We Love you
      • 5. Keep My Heart Together
      • 6. Cosmic Lust
      • 7. Superlative
      • 8. People Get Up