Label: Import
Category: Music
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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5014797020344
ASIN: B00005MHXV
Release Date: 2002-06-25
Mellow Mellow, Vol. 2: The Feeling Keeps on Coming
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Artist: Various Artists
Label: Import Category: Music Average customer rating:
Media: Audio CD Number Of Discs: 1 EAN: 5014797020344 ASIN: B00005MHXV Release Date: 2002-06-25 |
Mellow Mellow, Vol. 2: The Feeling Keeps on Coming
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Full title, Mellow Mellow Feeling Keeps On Coming. Second installment in the UK label, Harmless Records rare groove series, bringing some of the finest laid-back soul & funk to have emerged from the '70s. 12 tracks, Lonnie Liston Smith & The Cosmic Echoes 'Space Lady', Johnny Hammond 'Can't We Smile', Roy Ayers 'Everytime I See You', Fred Wesley & The Horny Horns 'Four Play', James Brown 'King Heroin' (instrumental), Leo's Sunship 'Give Me The Sunshine', Johnny Guitar Watson 'Superman Lover', Rufus feat. Chaka Khan 'Sweet Thing', Kool & The Gang 'Winter Sadness', Rotary Connection 'Respect', Minnie Riperton 'Inside My Love' & Erasmus Hall 'Just Me & You'.Customer Reviews:
Original 1970s Smooth Grooves & Chilled Breaks, volume 2.......2003-03-01
Standout cuts: Johnny "Hammond" Smith provides my favorite track in the Mellow Mellow series with his "Can't We Smile," a laid-back, grooving number with soaring vocals. Roy Ayers blends vibes with a fat bass groove on "Everytime I See You," Leo's Sunshipp get funky on "Give Me The Sunshine," Rufus and Chaka Khan belt out the all-time classic "Sweet Thing," and Kool and the Gang contribute "Winter Sadness" (a counterpart to their track "Summer Madness," which appeared on volume 1), which showcases some laid-back guitar, before it turns into a mellow jam with some great synthesizer work and a funky bassline that's just as fat as the one on Roy Ayer's track.
So as you can see, there are many great songs on this compilation. However, there are a few that just don't fit in with the concept behind the series. For example, the Horny Horns's "Four Play," while a great, funky track (which is still the template for any hip-hop group looking for a sample), doesn't fit in with the concept behind the series. Same for the instrumental version of James Brown's "King Heroin," which comes off as more depressing than mellow. These songs (and Lonnie Liston Smith's "Space Lady") are great, to be sure, but I just don't feel that they fit in with the series. Nor does the Rotary Connection's mesmerizing version of "Respect," which would be more at home on Harmless's "Gimme Shelter" or "Paint It Black" releases.
As it is, this was the only other volume of Mellow Mellow released, and it came out a year after the first. It's been two years since this volume was released, and I wonder if Harmless plans to release any others. Perhaps they've moved on to more experimental compilations, such as the excellent As We Travel, or just downright weird compilations, like Soul Food (a compilation of soul tracks about food!). Whichever, I hope Harmless comes around and gives us a Mellow Mellow volume 3, and soon.
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