Album
I Need Some Money
1975 · Jazz, Funk / Soul
Rare pressing on Gatefold
I Need Some Money is a Jazz album by Eddie Harris, originally released in 1975. On Gatefold: 17 pressings tracked.
About
Perhaps inspired by his partner Les McCann’s vocal forays, Eddie Harris unleashed his first all-singing album in 1974. There is winking bitterness in the title. It both preempts the inevitable cries of “sellout” from jazz purists, and shows that Harris has a sense of humor about himself. Just as Stevie Wonder had served as the inspiration for McCann’s R&B songs, Harris’ model here is Sly Stone — specifically, the Sly Stone of <i>There’s A Riot Goin’ On</i> and <i>Fresh</i>. <i>I Need Some Money</i> is best understood as an analog to those albums rather than in the context of Harris’ earlier work. Harris makes full use of the tsk-tsk-tapping drum machine that had recently become Sly’s obsession, and he uses his voice to inhabit the same claustrophobic, narcotized space that was Sly’s stomping ground. Harris’ audience at the time was at best baffled and at worst offended, but in retrospect, <i>I Need Some Money</i> is a raw and murky journey into basement funk, a genre that includes not only the aforementioned Sly albums, but Shuggie Otis’s <i>Inspiration Information</i> and Miles Davis’ <i>On the Corner</i>.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1I Need Some Money3:10
- A2Get On Down9:48
- A3Time To Do Your Thing6:12
- A4Carnival4:14
Side B
- B1I Don't Want Nobody11:52
- B2Bumpin4:11
- B3That's It5:31
Sound DNA
- Jazz
- Jazz Fusion
- warm
- groovy
- funky
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Eddie HarrisBASS , ELECTRIC PIANO, ELECTRONICS , ORGAN, PIANO, SAXOPHONE , TRUMPET , VOCALS DRUM MACHINE EFFECTS , ELECTRIC BASS
- Fred WalkerCONGAS, PERCUSSION CONGAS CONGAS, VOCALS
- Ronald MuldrowGUITAR, GUITAR SYNTHESIZER GUITAR SYNTHESIZER
- Bradley Bobo6-STRING BASS ACOUSTIC GUITAR, BASS BASS
- Calvin BarnesDRUMS DRUMS, PERCUSSION PERCUSSION
- Derf ReklawCONGAS CONGAS, VOCALS DRUM
- Rufus Reid6-STRING BASS BASS DOUBLE BASS
Rare pressing on Gatefold · 17 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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