Product Details
- An MVD Exclusive
- SKU: LIB-5073
- Format: CD
- UPC: 089353507329
- Street Date: 06/17/22
- PreBook Date: 05/13/22
- Label: Liberation Hall »
- Genre: Jazz
- Run Time: 37:23 mins
- Number of Discs: 1
- Year of Production: 1979
- Box Lot: 30
- Territory: WORLD
- Language: English
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Young-Holt Unlimited - Plays Super Fly
Young-Holt Unlimited succeeded in mixing jazz and R&B into songs helped define the the music of late 60s and early 70s
- List Price: $14.99
- Your Price: $14.99
- In Stock: 550
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Eldee Young and Redd Holt were former members of the Ramsey Lewis Trio. In 1966 they started up the Young-Holt Unlimited establishing themselves as one of the best-known instrumental groups mixing jazz and R&B into songs that captured the essence of the late '60s and early 70's music. The group are best known for their 1968 top 10 hit "Soulful Strut" and recorded 9 albums over their career with this 1973 album capturing many the soul hits of the moments. This 9-track set is a crate digger and DJ's delight with classic period packaging capturing the Blaxploitation film sounds and style of the time.
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Sales Points
- Curtis Mayfield versions of “Freddie’s Dead” hit #4, “Superfly” hit #8 on Billboard
- “Soulful Strut” by Young-Holt hit #3 on Billboard
- For fans of Curtis Mayfield, Ray Charles, Jazz Crusaders
- The cover alone screams 70s blaxploiation and will jump off the shelf
- This was the final album Young-Hold Unlimited recorded
- Eldee Young and Redd Holt were former members of the Ramsey Lewis Trio
Press Quotes
Plays Super Fly is the rare cash-in record with integrity and invention to spare
—Jason Ankeny, AllMusic Guide
Half the album consists of covers of the famous Super Fly soundtrack, but they might outdo the originals--Young and Holt's radically different versions accentuate the danceable and jazzy elements of the music, along with its weird, wah-wah'ed side
—Chicago Reader
