Jackson noted that the results were "disappointing" to Paul and everyone involved due to the LP's failure to "regenerate the brief crossover success he experienced two years earlier. Best cuts: 'Black Wonders Of The World,' 'Billy's Back Home,' 'When It's Your Time To Go,' 'Be Truthful To Me,' Everything Must Change.' Dealers: In-store play will sell records and the packaging is beautiful." Īllmusic's Andrew Hamilton said of "Black Wonders of the World": "Above a moody but robust track that features a strident synthesizer, African drums, and Hammond organ chords, a geeked Billy Paul turns professor and lectures about the many black (people) wonders of the world, including Martin Luther King, Mahalia Jackson, Eli Whitney, Jimi Hendrix, Jackie Robinson, John Coltrane, and Billie Holiday." ĭespite the enthusiasm, neither the album nor any of the singles were able to reach a broad audience. His voice is totally enchanting and many of these cuts should break out. The singing is trademarked and the orchestrations and material fit in nicely. In its Februissue, Billboard noted: "After a lull in activity, Paul has come up with one of his most together efforts to date. The album was well received on its release in early 1975. While the single did crack the top forty on the soul charts, it failed to cross over to the pop charts. Prior to the album's release, the single "Be Truthful to Me" was issued in late 1974. Recording, release and critical reaction Īs was customary with most PIR acts, MFSB completed the backing tracks for the album prior to Paul overdubbing the vocals in fall 1974. It includes the singles "Be Truthful to Me" #37 R&B "Billy's Back Home" #52 R&B and "July, July, July, July" which did not chart. Released in 1975, it reached #140 on the Billboard Pop Album chart and #20 on the Soul chart. It was produced by Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff, arranged by Bobby Martin and Lenny Pakula, and engineered by Joe Tarsia. Got My Head on Straight is an album by soul singer Billy Paul. i totally LOVE them!Įspecially brilliant among their later Quads imho are The O'Jays "Survival" & "Message In The Music".Sigma Sound Studios, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but as they evolved the PIR mixes came to be amongst the most sophisticated Quads, arguably some of the most accomplished and modern-sounding mixes to this day, with some of the earliest computerised mixing desks at their disposal and their engineers' constant cross referencing of the Stereo. and yet its not just a gimmick, in the track "is there a place for me" those refrains pop up all around the speakers which is very cool but very effective as a surround interpretation of the lyric and sentiments of the song!). Their earlier mixes are a lot of fun, very discrete and active with a fair bit of aggressive 360-degree and/or diagonal panning (aside from the subject of this QQ Poll, Billy's 360 Degrees & War Of The Gods, that includes The O'Jays "Ship Ahoy", MFSB's "Love Is The Message" and especially Harold Melvin and The Blue Notes' "Black & Blue", several tracks on which are like mini-Quad showcases of the new tricks the engineers could do with their panpot/joystick thingies, its a hoot. This hybrid CD can be played on any standard CD players DuttonĪll tracks available in stereo and multi-channel Released in 1973, the album reached number 12 on the Billboard soul chart and number 110 on the pop chart. (Novem February 21, 2018) was an American evangelist and an ordained Southern Baptist minister who became well known internationally in the late 1940s. The album was produced by Kenny Gamble and Leon Huff and arranged by Bobby Martin and Lenny Pakula. Remastered from the original analogue tapes by Michael J. War of the Gods is an album by soul singer Billy Paul. War Of The Gods Introduction (Live in England - December 1973) Billy Paul. LP KZ 32409 (1973) STEREO/ZQ 32409 QUADRAPHONICġ: I SEE THE LIGHT (Gamble Huff Sigler)ģ: THE WHOLE TOWN’S TALKING (Gamble Huff)Ĥ: I WAS MARRIED (Gamble Huff Gilbert Arc)ĥ: THANKS FOR SAVING MY LIFE (Gamble Huff) Fondly remembered for the one of the best-loved hits of all time Me & Mrs Jones, Billy Paul enjoyed a long and successful recording and touring career as one of Philly Souls greatest heroes. JONES (Gamble Huff Gilbert)ĥ: AM I BLACK ENOUGH FOR YOU (Gamble Huff)Ħ: LET’S STAY TOGETHER (Green Mitchell Jackson)Ĩ: I’M GONNA MAKE IT THIS TIME (Lang Sigler) LP KZ 31793 (1972) STEREO/ZQ 31793 QUADRAPHONICĢ: I’M JUST A PRISONER (Gamble Sigler Hurtt)Ĥ: ME AND MRS. (BTW, this SACD set is listed on the Dutton Vocalion website as a 'LIMITED EDITION' release.) Please post your thoughts and comments on this Double SACD from Dutton Vocalion featuring two classic Billy Paul albums, "360 Degrees of Billy Paul" and "War of the Gods".īoth SACDs feature the original 1970s Quadraphonic mixes, remastered and released for the first time in over 40 years!
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