EVELYN CHAMPAGNE KING RARE'82 KOREAN PRESS LP GET LOOSE

EVELYN KING GET LOOSE LPCategory / Style / Moods: R&B * Disco * Quiet Storm * Club/Dance * Urban * House Moods Instruments * Romantic * Vocals17.25 / 2007-03-18 A asocc1982 RCA KOREA LPTITLE: GET LOOSEARTIST: EVELYN KINGCONDITIONVINYL: VG++ TO NEAR MINTCOVER: VG+ STILL IN ORIGINAL PLASTIC WITH TITLE PROMO STICKERClick here for info on grading and abbreviationsEXTRA CLEAN KOREAN AUDIOPHILE(?) HEAVY 146g PRESS COMPLETE WITH INNER LYRIC SLEEVEClick the pix for a better view TRACKS: Disc: 11.Love Come DownSaleem 6:082.I Can't Stand ItJones 4:053.Betcha She Don't Love YouSaleem 5:054.Get LooseJones 4:515.Back to LoveSaleem 5:176.Stop ThatJones 6:377.Get up off Your LoveJones, Moore 4:388.I'm Just Warmin' UpWyrick 4:36Review by Justin M. Kantor Hot off the heels of her successful comeback album, I'm in Love, King was in her commercial prime when Get Loose hit stores in'82. One of the earliest R&B/funk female vocalists to use the music video medium (for 1981's "I'm in Love"), she was frequently on airwaves in the early 80's with songs found here like "Love Come Down" and "Betcha She Don't Love You." The romantic lyrics and celestial keyboard layerings against a steady funk beat on "Love Come Down" were expertly layed down by Kashif, who would become a prominent R&B producer and artist in his own right. His stamp is also on many of the album's other cuts, though Morrie Brown is the album's actual producer. "Betcha" is another unique number - a down-paced dancefloor ditty with a rock-friendly chorus and vocal arrangement. Meanwhile the titletrack is a colorful uptempo number that hearkens back slightly to 1977's "Shame." Equally appealing are the refined "Back to Love" and "I'm Just Warmin' Up," the album's soothing closer. King sounds fresh and stylish throughout, making Get Loose one of her strongest efforts. Biography by Ed Hogan Singer Evelyn "Champagne" King first came to fame with the million-selling '70s disco smashes "Shame" and "I Don't Know If It's Right." Born July 1, 1960, in the Bronx, NY, she had a showbiz lineage. Her uncle was actor/singer/dancer Avon Long, who first played Sportin' Life in the play Porgy and Bess and later starred in the '70s play Bubblin' Brown Sugar. Her father, Erik King, was a singer and often augmented groups that appeared at New York's Apollo Theater. By her teens, King had relocated to Philadelphia with her mother, and began singing in several groups. To make ends meet, King and her mother became cleaning women. For a teenager, King's voice was quite mature; many at first thought she was a grown woman. While working one night at Philadelphia International Records' recording base, producer T. Life overheard some tantalizing vocals coming from a washroom. There he discovered 16-year-old Evelyn King and her mother. Signing the singer to a production deal and a contract with RCA, Life's first single with Evelyn "Champagne" King was "Dancin'"Dancin' "Dancin'." Her debut LP Smooth Talk was released August 1977. But it was a song written by John Fitch and Reuben Cross called "Shame," that gave her career-launching success. The extended mix began gaining radio play and eventually the Top Ten on the R&B and pop charts by spring 1978. The follow-up, "I Don't Know If It's Right" also went gold, peaking at number seven R&B, number 23 pop in fall 1978. Smooth Talk went gold, and she made two more LPs with T. Life: Music Box and Call on Me. After teaming with a new producer, Kashif, King recorded two number one R&B hits during the early '80s, "I'm in Love" and "Love Come Down." Several of her LPs also placed high on the charts, including 1980's Call on Me, the following year's I'm in Love, and 1982's Get Loose. She signed to EMI-Manhattan in 1988, and was teamed with Leon F. Sylvers III for Flirt, which included the tender ballad "Kisses Don't Lie." On The Girl Next Door, the singer worked with house producer Marshall Jefferson. In 1990, King recorded the album I'll Keep a Light On for the British label Expansion, whose featured musicians were Larry Graham, Jeff Lorber, and Paul Jackson, Jr. Many of the singer's classic sides are on Love Come Down: The Best of Evelyn "Champagne" King. This exquisite piece of retro music history is a vinyl sound recording (not a CD). Please visit the A Sound Deal store for similar items and information on grading and shipping. Add me to your favorites for red hot sales bulletins and sneak previews of upcoming products. Combine Items to Save $$$! Click here to check the store for more!©A Sound Deal