Release Date: 28 September 2018
Label: Soul Music Records / Cherry Red
Packaging Type: Clamshell
No of Units: 3
Barcode: 5013929087408
Description
As 'The First Lady Of Solar (Sound Of Los Angeles Records)', California-born Carrie Lucas forged a recording career starting in 1977 that helped establish the Los Angeles-based company formed by her husband, pioneering music industry executive Dick Griffey, into a world-renowned label that launched internationally successful artists such as Shalamar, The Whispers, Klymaxx, Midnight Star, Lakeside, The Deele and Dynasty.
With a stellar cadre of top musicians, a growing stable of songwriters and emergent producers, the distinctive sound that became associated with the company was in full effect on the six albums that Carrie recorded between 1977-1984. Carrie's success as a chartmaker began when husband Griffey and Don Cornelius, the renowned creator and host of the popular US television series, 'Soul Train', started Soul Train Records in 1977: her first single, 'I Gotta Keep Dancin'' became a US R&B, pop and dance hit and paved the way for a further six charted singles including 'Dance With You', also a UK Top 40 entry; 1982's 'Show Me Where You're Coming From', and her 1984 revival of the Barbara Lewis classic, 'Hello Stranger', featuring label-mates The Whispers, with whom Carrie toured alongside other Solar artists in the late '70s and early '80s.
Producers including Leon Sylvers III, members of The Whispers and Lakeside, Klymaxx' Fenderella and Dick Griffey himself contributed to the 47 tracks featured here (including the almost-eight minute long 12" version of 1980's 'Keep Smiling')..This first-of-its-kind 3-CD collection of Carrie's six albums showcases not only her status as one of the prominent dance music purveyors (via tracks such as 'Career Girl', 'Fashion' and 'It's Not What You Got (It's How You Use It)' during a time period when the 'disco' movement was in its ascendancy but her interpretative skills as a balladeer on songs such as 'Tender', 'Still In Love', 'Lovin' Is On My Mind', 'I'll Close The Door' and 'Just A Memory', and as an accomplished songwriter, penning and collaborating on a num
Tracklisting
Kevin Ayers
Wrath
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Various Artists
Tigertailz
The Fall
