Mickey Murray - People Are Together

Ultra rare funk and soul LP from King Records

First-ever reissue of this lost LP

Gatefold jacket, extended liner notes, never before seen photos. Includes free MP3 download of the entire album!

Reissue of the 1970 album by the spirited Georgia soul singer, Mickey Murray. Murray made a splash in the soul scene in 1967, recording a version of Otis Redding's "Shout Bamalama" that became a million-selling single for Sun Records' international label SSS. Murray seemed well on his way to stardom, frequently opening for Aretha Franklin, touring with Wilson Pickett, and establishing a good friendship with James Brown, who was from Augusta, Georgia, just like Murray. In fact, Brown helped get Murray a record deal with King Records, which was in the market for a replacement for Brown, who was in the process of leaving the label.

Murray went on to record People Are Together for King's Federal Records imprint, but when influential radio stations first got a listen to the lead single (the album's title track), they deemed it too controversial and combative for the times, and they shied away from giving the track much airplay. At the time, King/Federal was also struggling financially, and the record was dropped. Murray can't even recall if the album was ever made available commercially. Secret Stash has lovingly reissued this long-lost soul classic, finally making People Are Together available for both old and new fans.  

1. Fat Gal

2. Try A Little Harder

3. Ace Of Spades

4. Going Back To Alabama

5. I Wanna See My Baby

6. Money

7. People Are Together

8. The Buzzard

9. Explosive Population

10. Fever

11. I Found Out

12. I Don t Know Why

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