James Reese - Wait For Me (The Complete Works 1967-1972) on CD

Description

Download card for WAV files included with the LP. The complete works, including newly discovered recordings, by South Carolinian funk/soul bandleader James Reese, a jazz-inflected producer as ambitious as he was talented. Trombonist, bandleader, songwriter, arranger and producer James Reese never issued an album with his Progressions band, only a series of 45s some under his own name, some under that of his collaboraors out of Spartanburg, South Carolina on his Najma label, from the late 1960s until the mid 1970s. He was as ambitious as he was talented, and his ouevre ranges from brutal, deep soul to sophisticated instrumental ballads to jazz-inflected funk. Now-Again's Egon first discovered Reese s music on a 24 lock-in in Concord, North Carolina's legendary record and antique clock repository, Ye Olde Clock Shoppe, in 1999. After he tracked down Reese, he officially reissued two of Reese's songs on his seminal Stones Throw anthology The Funky 16 Corners. He later issued more of Reese s music on the Now-Again anthology Loving On The Flipside. Sourced from rare 45s and multi-track master tapes, Wait For Me: The Complete Works 1967-1972 presents both issued and recently-rediscovered songs in the full-length format, in a cohesive set that shows the brilliance still arising from the American soul and funk sub-strata. Long time Now-Again associate Kenny Dope presents a remix of the song Throwing Stones, and Now-Again mastering engineer Jason Bitner presents alternate mixes of various cuts. These mixes included as a bonus CD version, which also comes bundled with an extensive booklet detailing the trajectory of Reese and his band.

TRACKS

1. CD
One Girl
It's Got Soul
The Mess
Wait for Me
Gee Whiz (Instrumental)
Let's Go (It's Summertime)
Jody's Freeze
Throwing Stones (Kenny Dope Mix)
It's Not but So Much Love Can Do
I'll Find a True Love
How Can I Make It
He'll Never Go
A Fool for Love, No More
Joker, Where Did You Come from

2. CD
Throwing Stones (45 Version)02. Gee Whiz (Vocal)
How Can I Make It (Instrumental)
Throwing Stones (45 Version - Instrumental)
Throwing Stones (Kenny Dope Mix - Instrumental)
Let's Go (It's Summertime - Alternate)
Gee Whiz (Instrumental - No Horns Overdubs)
Throwing Stones (Instrumental - No Horn Overdubs)
How Can I Make It (Instrumental - No Horn Overdubs)
Gee Whiz (Instrumental - No String Overdubs)
Throwing Stones (Instrumental - No String Overdubs)
How Can I Make It (Instrumental - No String Overdubs)
Gee Whiz (Instrumental - Rhythm Section Only)
Throwing Stones (Instrumental - Rhythm Section Only)
Throwing Stones (Instrumental - Rhythm Section Only)