THIS IS THE LATE-90s/EARLY-2000 US REPRESSING on POLYDOR Records. IN SHRINK SINGLE COVER. The cover is in EX condition. normal wear and without any deterioration BUT light discolouration/wear on right corners (where missing shrink), left spine is fully readable, for details see photos. The vinyl is in EX condition [barely played], and plays wonderfully.
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MARVA WHITNEY
Although she's not a household name, Marva Whitney is fondly remembered by funk devotees as one of the rawest, brassiest, most powerful divas the music ever produced. Along with fellow funk belters Lyn Collins and Vicki Anderson, Whitney made her name singing with the James Brown Revue for a few years, and her limited, much-sampled recordings for Brown-associated labels now fetch astronomical sums on the collector's market.
<reissue, originally published 1969>
Produced by James Brown
LP POLYDOR RECORDS PD 1062Barcode: none
LABEL: POLYDOR - RED LABEL w/LOGO on TOP & JAMES BROWN FACE at RIGHT - BLACK/WHITE TEXT
Catalog on cover: PD 1062
Catalog on labels: PD 1062
Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): 3972 PD 1062 -1 A S42873 Dc BQS
Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched):
3972 -PD 1062 -1 S42874 Dc BQSOn labels: rim text "Manufactured by Polydor Incorporated, New York, N.Y."
A James Brown Production
On Back Sleeve: Notes + Tracklist + Credits
A James Brown Production The Sound of Success
tracklisting: please, for tracklist see pictures
grading
RECORD EX but (please, read above description)
SLEEVE EX but (please, see pictures and read above description)
Like any disc produced by James Brown and featuring the mighty JB's as a backing group, It's My Thing is a stone-cold funky record. Marva Whitney sang in the James Brown Revue from 1967 to 1969, and in 1969 she released this record. Not only did Brown produce but he wrote or co-wrote most of the tracks and it basically sounds like a James Brown record with a female singer. A tough, aggressive female singer. Marva sounds like she could take any comers and leave them shaking in their go-go boots. From the opening blast of "It's My Thing, Pt. 1 and "Pt. 2," a rewrite of the Isley Brothers' "It's Your Thing, she shouts, exhorts, wails, and basically lets it all hang out as the band lays down groove after groove. Thankfully after four exhausting tracks, Marva slows it down with "If You Love Me," an Otis Redding-style broken-hearted ballad. After an instrumental break she jumps right back into the funky fray with "Unwind Yourself," which features a classic horn line and some gritty vocalizing from Marva. The rest of the record follows this pattern of a couple of stompers and a ballad. The highlight of the record is "I'm Tired I'm Tired I'm Tired (Things Better Change Before It's Too Late)," a funky (yes, every track on this disc is funky) lament that details just how tired Marva is of society putting her down. Check out Brown going wild in the background about halfway through the song. By all means seek this one out...(AllMusic)