Here is a record I got for $5. I got it not only for the cover but for the songs. Also because it is from the 70’s. I get a lot of stuff on here from the 60’s and 50’s (as well as the 40’s), so I jumped at the chance to go to the other side of the dial. Technically speaking, I guess I am a 70’s kid but it never really felt it. I was born in 1974 so I always associated myself with the 80’s. Also I spent most of the 70’s in England developing cognitive thought so US pop culture from the time does not make any memory for me.
So here is this thing from Salsoul Orchestra, the backing band for the record label of the same name. Led by Vincent Montana JR (1928-2013), the band formed from the studio band from Philadelphia International, MFSB, after a depute with Gamble and Huff. From 1974 to 1982, this group backed many Salsoul artists while sporadically releasing their own records.
This record came out in 1978 to modest chart success. It contains songs from Broadway, movies, and rock and roll. It was an alright record. Liked all the songs. It was just hard not to forget that this is 70’s music. But that aside, I thought the two medleys were both well constructed.
It is for one of those medleys that I bought this record. That one is “West Side Story Medley”. I am submitting this medley as a sample. Medley.
Satisfactory record.