Joe Thomas

Here I Come

FACTORY SEALED LP

Format: Sealed Album

Country: U.S.A.

Record Company & Release Number: Lester Radio Corp.: LRC 9318

Original release date: 1977

Bar Code: NONE

Condition of the cover: Mint

Condition of this sealed album: Sealed - Assumed Mint

My inventory number: 208034B

Shipping Weight: 1 pounds, 3 ounces

Notes:

This Sealed Album came from a record store in Allentown, Pennsylvania called "Phantasmagoria" which went out of business in 1978. I purchased most of their unsold inventory several years later when I owned "Music Madness" - a new & used record store in Catasauqua, Pennsylvania.

Since this Sealed Album was part of Phantasmagoria's inventory when they closed in 1978, it cannot be any newer than a 1978 pressing. Being a Sealed Album, I cannot tell specifically what pressing it is prior to 1978. In some cases, hype stickers might help to determine if it is a first pressing, but I cannot be any more specific.

Phantasmagoria used round colored stickers to indicate the price of their inventory. They had a sign on the wall with the color sticker combinations for the customers to use so they knew the price of what they were purchasing. Some of the Sealed Albums still have these stickers on them, and in some rare cases, the stickers are written on. Some of the Sealed Albums have prices on them. This is the price you would have paid for this Sealed Album in 1978 if you had bought it at Phantasmagoria. If this Sealed Album has a price on it, please don't confuse the price with the current value for this Sealed Album.

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Songs

  • Here I Come
  • Gotcha
  • Place in Space
  • Mama Carrie's Pad
  • Same Old Song
  • Green Dragon
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    Credits

  • Arnold McCutler: Vocals
  • Dominic Menardo: Horn
  • Gary Mure: Drums
  • Lance Quinn: Guitar
  • Joe Randazzo: Horn
  • Pat Rebillot: Keyboards
  • Barry Rogers: Horn
  • Alan Rubin: Horn
  • Ralph Schuckett: Keyboards
  • Allen Schwarzberg: Drums
  • John Sheply: Horn
  • Jimmy Young: Drums
  • Ronald Zito: Drums
  • Joe Thomas: Main Performer
  • Jimmy Maelen: Percussion
  • David Taylor: Horn
  • Bob Babbitt: Guitar (Bass)
  • Phillip Ballou: Vocals
  • Rubens Bassini: Percussion
  • Tony Bongiovi: Engineer
  • Randy Brecker: Horn
  • Glenn Burger: Engineer
  • Francisco Centeno: Guitar (Bass)
  • Carolyn Coppola: Vocals
  • Eddie Daniels: Horn
  • Moe Daniels: Keyboards
  • Louis del Gatto: Horn
  • George Devens: Percussion
  • Jerry Friedman: Guitar
  • John Frosk: Horn
  • Paul Griffin: Keyboards
  • Will Lee: Guitar (Bass)
  • Sonny Lester: Producer
  • Jimmy Ponder: Guitar
  • George Young: Horn
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    Album Review for "Here I Come"

    ALBUM REVIEW NOT AVAILABLE ON ALLMUSIC.COM

    Joe Thomas biography by Eugene Chadbourne

    The brief career of this artist, one of four different horn players in jazz named Joe Thomas, can be basically described as symposium on funky flute. He was certainly not the only flautist huffing and puffing over strong backbeats in the '70s and '80s, the era's popular players in this style including Herbie Mann, Jeremy Steig, and Hubert Laws. Thomas' masterwork in this genre might be considered to be "Funky Fever," more than ten minutes of jamming that has been described as "jazzy disco funk boogie," complete with a vocal chorus that chants "I've got this funky, funky fever."

    Thomas had a relative amount of success with a series of albums released under his own name, debuting in 1975 and concluding five years later after a half-dozen sides. In terms of inspirational themes behind his music, Thomas displays a somewhat startling range compared to the competition. His first set of disco-jazz instrumentals was titled Masada in honor of one of the most serious events in Jewish history; an entire town that committed suicide rather than getting captured by the Romans. A few years later, Thomas had a hit with "Plato's Retreat" -- from an album also named after the latter tune -- and this time he was paying tribute to a popular New York City club specializing in orgies. A superb composer and arranger, Thomas worked for several indie R&B labels and producers such as Sonny Lester, much of his contributions to various releases going uncredited. He dropped out of sight in the early '80s but has been reinvented as a fetish for acid jazz and breakbeat enthusiasts. Other Thomas favorites include "Polarizer," heavily played in clubs at the time of its release, as well as a marvelous adaptation of "Two Doors Down" -- originally a pop-country item tracked by Dolly Parton. Thomas' nickname was "The Ebony Godfather."

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