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It took the Ohio Players numerous albums to make their funk masterpiece, but when FIRE was released in 1974, it proved the culmination of the hard-driving, bass-and-horn-heavy formula they'd been refining since the late '60s. The title cut, which became one of the band's biggest and best-loved hits, starts off with a fire siren and doesn't cool down from there, dropping into a thick, irresistible groove that deepens with added layers of keys, horns, guitars, and overlapping vocals. These classic funk arrangements also power "Runnin' from the Devil" and the slinky "Smoke," which features a jazzy guitar and scat vocal interlude.
Ohio Players' records usually give equal weight to smooth R&B ballads as they do to funk workouts, and FIRE is no exception. The sunny, romantic medley "Together/Feelings" and the break-up song "It's All Over," with its funny-sad lyrics, are excellent examples of the Players' skill with smooth '70s soul, laying on lush arrangements, velvety backup singing, and falsetto leads. On the strength of its musicianship, tunes, and freewheeling energy, FIRE went straight to the top of the charts (its notably sexy cover art didn't hurt either). It remains one of the seminal funk albums of the era.
Recorded at Paragon Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois.
Ohio Players: Leroy "Sugar" Bonner (vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion); Clarence "Satch" Satchell (vocals, saxophone, flute); Billy Beck (vocals, keyboards); Jimmy "Diamond" Williams (vocals, drums, percussion, flugelhorn); Marvin Pierce (trumpet, trombone, percussion); Ralph "Pee-Wee" Middlebrookes (trumpet); Marshall Jones (bass).
Ohio Players: Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner (vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion); Clarence "Satch" Satchell (vocals, saxophone, flute); Billy Beck (vocals, keyboards); Jimmy "Diamond" Williams (vocals, drums, percussion, flugelhorn); Marvin Pierce (trumpet, trombone, percussion); Ralph "Pee-Wee" Middlebrookes (trumpet); Marshall Jones (bass).
Fire Music | List Price | $9.95 (You save $3.40) | | Category | Rock/Pop Albums, Rock CDs, R&B, Rap, Urban Soundtrack, Soul/R&B, Funk | | Label | Mercury | | Orig Year | 1975 | | All Time Sales Rank |  6858  | | CD Universe Part number | 1056967 | | Catalog number | 848346 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Apr 16, 1991 | | Studio/Live | Studio | | Mono/Stereo | Stereo | | Producer | Ohio Players | | Engineer | Barry Mraz | | Personnel | Billy Beck - vocals, keyboards
Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner - vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion
Clarence "Satch" Satchell - vocals, saxophone, flute
Jimmy "Diamond" Williams - vocals, drums, percussion, flugelhorn
Leroy "Sugar" Bonner - vocals, guitar, harmonica, percussion
Marshall "Rock" Jones - bass
Marvin "Merv" Pierce - trumpet, trombone, percussion
Ralph "Pee-Wee" Middlebrooks - trumpet
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Purchase Fire CD To buy, Click on price to add to cart | Ohio Players Skin Tight CD (1974)
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Along with George Clinton's Parliament/Funkadelic mob, The Ohio Players were the epitome of '70s funk. SKIN TIGHT was the band's breakthrough release (followed by two even more successful albums, FIRE and HONEY), and a scan through the track listing takes one back to the glorious mack-daddy days of afros and fringe jackets. Burbling, elastic bass lines, punchy horn ...
| | Ohio Players Honey CD (1975)
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The follow-up to FIRE, the band's breakthrough smash, HONEY continued the Ohio Players' golden streak by building on the elements that made FIRE such a hit: smooth soul balladry, churning funk, and plenty of freaky, outrageous attitude (due in large part to the cartoonish lead vocals of Leroy "Sugarfoot" Bonner). Slow songs and balladry seem to play a larger part here, as the lush leadoff title track and the carpe diem anthem "Let's Do It" indicate. "Alone" strikes an unusually somber note for the Players in its sincerity, a mood marked by the song's comparatively spare arrangements.
But the Players thrive on pulse-quickening jams, too, and "Ain't Givin' Up No Ground," with its jittery pop-and-lock rhythms, and the stomping groove of "Fopp" rank with the band's best sweaty workouts. Of course, the irrepressible ...
| | Brothers Johnson Right On Time CD (1977)
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Potentially viewed as something of a warm-up for Quincy Jones before producing Michael Jackson's wildly successful Off the Wall and Thriller albums, the Brothers Johnson's first two releases spawned hits like "I'll Be Good to You" and brought George and Louis Johnson to a mass audience of their own. (Louis, in fact, would go on to play bass on those first two sessions by the King of Pop.) As with the Jackson discs, Jones creates a seamless mix of pop and funk on the Brothers sophomore release Right on Time, helping to create the group's second chart-topper "Strawberry Letter 23" as well the equally effervescent, minor R&B hit "Runnin' for Your Lovin'." With Earth, Wind & Fire's airy dancefloor hits in mind, the Brothers also deliver polished funk tracks like "Right on Time" and "Never Leave You Lonely," as well as more pop-friendly material like "Free Yourself, Be Yourself" and "Love Is." And with one of the best jazz arrangers in the business behind the board, the Brothers couldn't forgo some instrumentals here as ...
| | Bootsy Collins Ahh...The Name Is Bootsy, Baby! CD (1977)
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One of the key figures in the development of funk, Bootsy Collins played bass in James Brown's JB's in the late '60s and early '70s and was later an integral member of George Clinton's Parliament/Funkadelic ensemble. Collins' approach to the bass is like none other. He plays it like a guitar, adding long, dazzling fills while simultaneously anchoring the band with a heavy, elastic bottom-end. During his P-Funk tenure, Collins' personality (exemplified in both his playing and his freakishly glamorous on-stage persona) became so popular that he soon began his own outfit--Bootsy's Rubber Band.
1977's AHH...mines the psychedelicized grooves born of the P-Funk formula--adding equal parts superior musicianship, dance floor abandon, space-age thematics, and a silliness intended to subvert and liberate. Tracks like "Rubber Duckie" ...
| | Curtis Mayfield Curtis CD (1970) Deluxe Edition
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CURTIS is the first solo album by R&B/soul legend Curtis Mayfield. After leaving the Impressions, Mayfield began to write lyrics that were more politically charged. With the 1970 release of CURTIS, he became one of the most important socially conscious artists of his generation. The album's opener, "(Don't Worry) If There's a Hell Below We're All Going to Go" uses racial epithets openly, as Mayfield asserts the shiftlessness of America. Set to a funky groove, with smart horn arrangements and wah-wah guitar, this song is a brazen attack on social mores, racism, the Vietnam War, religious impropriety, and Nixon-era politics.
"We the People Who Are Darker Than Blue" is another track that poignantly examines the race and class struggles of urban America. This song is made up of more than just a static groove; its tempos shift midway through and powerful ...
| | VH1 Presents The Corrs Live In Dublin CD (2002)
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This audio document of The Corrs' Dublin homecoming concert has pretty much everything fans of Irish pop could wish for, including an appearance ...
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| | Hasting When Heaven Comes Down CD (2006)
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What is music without direction? What is a band without a purpose or passion? A band may have extraordinary music and personality, but without direction!.a burning drive, it is wasted. We began our search for direction early in 2005. Although we lacked this drive, we were determined to become the 'next big thing' and were confident that hard work was the key, so we worked tirelessly. This hard work came naturally as we all grew up working in our family businesses. James and Jordan, who are inseparable cousins, worked on their family farm, Jason, our drummer, is a construction worker (explaining the need to hit things), and I (Danny), was a skinny kid who swept my grandpa's lumber yard all day. With nothing better do to (which was largely due to a strict, 'NO girlfriend!' rule), we spent every weekend for two years working on the cousins' farm. With money now pouring in, we began recording our first full-length album in fall of 2005. Armed with our new CD, When Heaven Comes Down, we hit the ground running. We still had some money left over after recording and producing the CD, so we designed and purchased heaps of HASTING merchandise. From CD's to t-shirts, hoodies, tank tops, hats, bracelets etc. , we had it all. James and Jordan took the role as managers for our band and began booking gigs; we had an amazing time playing shows in universities, churches, youth groups, secondary and elementary schools, summer camps, clubs and all ages venues. In the summer of 2007 we played a summer camp tour of over twenty shows across British Columbia. Two weeks after the tour, the band was put on hold in order to make time for Danny's wedding. Shortly after, Jason and James followed suit. Not surprisingly, this led to a time of change for HASTING. Our band philosophy is, 'We are a band that is blessed with great friendship and good skill, and we will keep playing as long as God continues to open doors for us'. With three out of four married, HASTING took a year off to be honeymooners, and we began to wonder if doors would now stop opening. In the summer of 2008, we all sat down to discuss the future of our band. The conclusion was that our mindsets have changed over the past year, and 'making it big' wasn't our dream anymore. We were all tired of forcing our way into an industry where, in ...
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