Total Unity – Green-Eyed Lady
Wow i’ve found so many good records over the last few months! It definitely helps that I managed to get a second job as “the record guy” at my favorite digging spot, working one day a week inspecting all the records that come in and putting them out on the shelves. It’s great having first crack at stuff, especially since the last guy who had the job was also into similar records as I, so I used to have to make do with his leftovers.
So what do we have this time? It’s a pretty rare cover of “Green-Eyed Lady” by an artist called Total Unity. Originally written by Sugarloaf (featuring Jerry Corbetta who later went on to join Disco-Tex and the Sex-O-Lettes), this cover version, from what I can tell, only appears on a promotional 12″ released by Claridge Records in 1978. The same Claridge Records that Sugarloaf had signed to in 1975. I actually emailed Jerry Corbetta to see what hs take on this is, and if I hear back from him i’ll let you know!
Of course I like this.
This is such an amazing track..so emotional and heart felt. I have never seen this posted anywhere or referred to for that matter, it makes you think just how many wonderful tracks have escaped the cultural radar…I think this is destined to become one of my favourite tracks, its just screaming for a re-edit, the breaks are amazing..the strings…that bass-synth …sounds as though it was made next Thursday!
Looking forward to you posting some more tracks…”green eyed lady with the funky soul, green eyed lady to much to hold…” hell yeah!
Un capolavoro della musica moderna.
Bravo il cantante e con un timbro bellissimo. Appassionante la musica (nella sua semplicità risulta perfetta). Semplicemente magistrale, poi, l’orchestrazione (the arrangement): laddove migliorare una bella composizione è difficilissimo, qui è stato raggiunto un risultato addirittura sublime. Mi inchino al Maestro.
Non mi sorprendo che pochissimi la conoscano, né che alcun musicista vi trovi alcunché da imparare (l’armonizzazione del basso, ad esempio, o l’efficacia della batteria, o l’apollinea misura del tutto, o la genuinità del sentimento): ove l’ignoranza impera, composizioni simili non possono venir apprezzate.
M&G
Confer: the Gilmour’s intro in Pink floyd “The narrow way”.
Confer: the bass line in Johnny Matish “Begin the beguine”.
Errata corrige:
Cfr. the bass intro on Johnny Mathis’ “Gone gone gone”.