GIVE THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT | Mint (M) Get Cheap Vinyl

Recording information: Daptone Records House Of Soul, Bushwick, NY. Illustrator: Fritz Aragon. Photographer: Nick Gordon . Slowly rising to power over the course of sporadically released albums and years of touring, Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings grew into one of the most rock-solid conglomerates of classic soul revivalism, making it look easy as they turned in increasingly exciting albums. With a fifth album of new studio material, Give the People What They Want, Jones and company are in top form, delivering a collection of classic Northern soul, deep funk groovers, and heartstring-tugging balladry. Tracks like "Now I See" and the burning album opener "Retreat!" slink along with a creeping shuffle reminiscent of the more cracked Supremes hits, while the greasy tremolo guitar and handclap-heavy beat of "Long Time, Wrong Time" call on a more swampy Southern soul influence. Jones' voice is the true star of the show, as usual, soaring and coasting with complete command and never sacrificing any character or nuance for the sake of sounding more like any of her '60s reference points. While Give the People What They Want is somewhat brief by 2014 standards, clocking in at just over half an hour, if it had been released in 1966, it would be regarded as a picture of soul perfection. Jones and her band manage to touch on everything from early-'60s horn-heavy dance-craze soul sounds to the slightly psychedelic flutter of the sublime lazy Sunday ballad "Making Up and Breaking Up (And Making Up and Breaking Up Over Again)." These ten songs sound almost designed to be played on repeat, and keep with the always colorful and ecstatically fun sound audiences have come to expect from one of the best acts going in retrofitted classic soul. ~ Fred Thomas

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Label: Daptone Records – DAP-032

Format: CD, Album

Country: US

Released: Jan 14, 2014

Genre: Funk / Soul

Style: Soul, Funk

1                          Retreat!

Written-By – B. Mann*

2                          Stranger To My Happiness

Written-By – B. Mann*

3                          We Get Along

Written-By – H. Steinweiss*, J. Crispiano*

4                          You'll Be Lonely

Written-By – C. Gastelum*

5                          Now I See

Written-By – H. Steinweiss*

6                          Making Up And Breaking Up (And Making Up And Breaking Up Over Again)

Written-By – B. Mann*

7                          Get Up And Get Out

Written-By – H. Steinweiss*

8                          Long Time, Wrong Time

Written-By – C. Gastelum*

9                          People Don't Get What They Deserve

Written-By – B. Mann*

10                        Slow Down, Love

Written-By – B. Mann*

Record Company – Daptone Recording Co.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Daptone Records

Copyright © – Daptone Records

Recorded At – Daptone's House Of Soul

Mixed At – Penrose Recorders

Art Direction – Ann Coombs

Artwork [Booklet Artwork] – Fritz Aragon

Backing Vocals – Bushwick Stompers (tracks: 1, 2), Saundra Williams, Starr Duncan* (tracks: 1 to 9), Sheron Lafaye (tracks: 1, 2, 7), The Dapettes

Backing Vocals [Bushwick Stompers] – Cathy Bauer (2) (tracks: 2), Mikey Post (tracks: 2), Nydia Davila (tracks: 2), Wayne Gordon (2) (tracks: 1)

Baritone Saxophone – Cochemea Gastelum

Bass – Bosco Mann, Dave Guy (tracks: 7)

Chimes [Orchestral], Tambourine, Vibraphone – Moon Bancs (tracks: 5, 7, 9)

Congas, Tambourine – Fernando Velez

Drums – Homer Steinweiss

Electric Organ [Farfisa], Chimes [Orchestral], Glockenspiel, Electric Piano [Wurlitzer] – Victor Axelrod

Engineer [Chief Engineer] – Gabriel Roth

Executive-Producer – Sugarman & Roth

Guitar – Binky Griptite (tracks: 1 to 6, 8 to 10), Cosmo Bann (tracks: 4, 7), Joseph M. Crispiano*

Handclaps [Soul Clappers] – Amos B. Conn (tracks: 3), Simon Guzmán (tracks: 3)

Mastered By [Mastering Engineer] – J.J. Golden*

Organ – Sam Boncon (tracks: 6, 10)

Photography By [Cover Photo, Booklet Cover Photo] – Kyle Dean Reinford

Photography By [Other Booklet Photo] – Nick Gordon (5)

Piano – Neal Sugarman (tracks: 7)

Producer – Bosco Mann

Recorded By [Assistant Tape Operator] – Simon Guzmán

Recorded By [Chief Tape Operator] – Wayne Gordon (2)

Tenor Saxophone – Neal Sugarman

Timpani – Jimi "Popcorn" Ashes* (tracks: 1, 5, 9)

Trombone – Aaron Johnson (tracks: 1, 2, 5, 9)

Trumpet – Dave Guy, Jordan McLean (tracks: 1)

Comes in a digipak.

℗ & © 2013 Daptone Records

Daptone Record Co., 115 Troutman St., Brooklyn, NY 11206 [on disc]

Daptone Recording Co., 115 Troutman St., Brooklyn, NY 11206 [on Digipak]

Another Bosco Mann Production.

Recorded to 8-track at Daptone Records House of Soul, Bushwick, NY.

Download card includes a sampler of tracks from the Daptone back catalogue, presented and mixed by Binky Griptite (runtime: 58:02).

Barcode: 8 2313400322 4

• Media Condition: Mint (M)
• Format Detail: Digipak
• Format: CD
• Genre: R&B
• Handling Note: **Please allow an additional 72 hours for this item's shipment.**
• Released: 01/14/2014
• Internal ID: JITRE