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Betty Davis - Betty Davis
(+ Booklet)
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| Label: |
Light in the Attic |
| Genre: |
R&B/Soul |
| Product No.: |
ALTA 026
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| UPC: | 826853002615 |
| Availability: |
Back Ordered
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| Category: |
Vinyl Record |
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Limited Edition Coke Bottle Clear Vinyl + Booklet
Betty's classic full-lenth album debut!
Expanded vinyl edition w/ gatefold jacket and 20-page booklet
Vinyl plated at RTI
Includes rare photos, lyrics and new 2022 liner notes by Danielle Maggio interviewing Betty
One can hardly imagine the genre-busting, culture-crossing musical magic of Outkast, Prince, Erykah Badu, Rick James, The Roots, or even the early Red Hot Chili Peppers without the influence of R&B pioneer Betty Davis. Her style of raw and revelatory punk-funk defies any notions that women can't be visionaries in the worlds of rock and pop. In recent years, rappers from Ice Cube to Talib Kweli to Ludacris have rhymed over her intensely strong but sensual music.
Davis's unique story, still sadly mostly unknown, is unlike any other in popular music. Betty wrote the song "Uptown" for the Chambers Brothers before marrying Miles Davis in the late ‘60s, influencing him with psychedelic rock, and introducing him to Jimi Hendrix — personally inspiring the classic album Bitches Brew.
Betty not only wrote every song she ever recorded and produced every album after her first, but the young woman penned the tunes that got The Commodores signed to Motown. The Detroit label soon came calling, pitching a Motown songwriting deal, which Betty turned down.
In 1973, Davis would finally kick off her cosmic career with an amazingly progressive hard funk and sweet soul self-titled debut. Davis showcased her fiercely unique talent with such gems as "If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up" and "Game Is My Middle Name." The album Betty Davis was recorded with Sly & The Family Stone's rhythm section, sharply produced by Sly Stone drummer Greg Errico, and featured backing vocals from Sylvester and the Pointer Sisters.
| If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up | Walkin Up The Road | Anti Love Song | Your Man My Man | Ooh Yeah | Steppin In Her I. Miller Shoes | Game Is My Middle Name | In The Meantime |
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