Future Now (Jewel Case)

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Cat No: CDBGPM256

Format Details: Jewel Case

Release Date: 29 July 2013

Label: BGP

Packaging Type: Jewel Case

No of Units: 1

Barcode: 029667525626

Genres: Rock Funk

Description
Pleasure's fifth album was a momentous one for the Oregon funk outfit. Over the previous four years they had released an album a year, all of which were aimed to make them serious challengers to acts such as Kool & the Gang. The first three saw a steady build, but the fourth, "Get To The Feeling"�, despite some cracking tunes, failed to sell especially well. Former Crusader Wayne Henderson had signed Pleasure to his production company after a tip-off from saxophonist Grover Washington Jr who had been handed their demo tape after a gig. Signing to the Fantasy label, they unleashed their jazz-laced funk creations to the world. Tracks such as 'Joyous', 'Bouncy Lady', 'Let's Dance' and 'Ghettos Of The Mind' established them as contenders, but did not lead to a breakthrough. After "Get To The Feeling"�, they decided to go their own way. Enlisting Fantasy's in-house engineer as co-producer, they recorded "Future Now"�. The album's title and space-age cover signalled a change of direction to a more synthesiser-based sci fi-influenced sound - think Parliament and Earth Wind & Fire with their on-stage spaceships - yielding the group's only big hit, 'Glide', which raced to the Top 10. The success of the single boosted sales of "Future Now"� yet created internal tensions that surfaced during the making of their final Fantasy album, but that's a story for another day. By Dean Rudland
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