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MIXED BAG MIXED BAG S FIRST ALBUM - ULTRA- RARE ORIGINAL 1976 TRIBE RECORDS STEREO LP TRCD-4006
ORIGINAL U.S. PRESSING
ORIGINAL YELLOW TRIBE LABEL WITH AFRICAN WARRIORS HOLDING A SPEAR LOGO AND BLACK PRINT
THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, AUTHENTIC, FIRST U.S. PRESSING THIS IS NOT A REISSUE, AN IMPORT, OR A COUNTERFEIT PRESSING.
ORIGINAL, THICK CARDBOARD COVER AMERICAN STYLE
COVER IS STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK CELLOPHANE WRAP
THICK, HEAVY VINYL PRESSING
As far as we know, this album has NEVER been available on legitimate Compact Disc or in any other way, manner or format.
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Essential Tribe Records release from 1975 featuring the Eddie Russ penned classic La Margarita and a version of Russ s Ziaus The Mixed Bag were Eddie Russ s backing band on his legendary Fresh Out album featuring The Lope Song and Russ appears on this album pseudonymously as Gaff Dunson. This is the only album by the group.
TRACK LIST:
1. La Margarita
2. I wish
3. Maxine
4. Ziaus
5. New Moon
6. Shark
People play music for many reasons: to express something personal, act cool, meet people, have fun-- maybe even to make money. Sometimes, people play music because they want to belong to a community. And once in a while, community-driven sounds intersect with a historic and political moment, and music takes on special significance.
Such was the case with the Tribe, a creative collective founded in Detroit in 1972 by trombonist Phil Ranelin and reed player Wendell Harrison and whose media arm included a label and quarterly magazine. The Tribe was born out of the African-American consciousness of the Civil Rights era, and its mission was to further the cause of black empowerment. Its magazine featured news and editorials on the issues of the day-- busing, government corruption, the dimming economic climate-- alongside discussion of music. The label issued the work of area musicians, some of whom made a living as session players for Motown the company left Detroit for L.A. the year Tribe was founded while simultaneously pursuing jazz. Everything about the Tribe was local, intent on reflecting and documenting the surrounding community. There was a lot of uncertainty in Detroit in the early 1970s-- the auto industry was declining, parts of the city had been destroyed during riots in the late 60s, and population was in the early stages of a long, dramatic decline. The Tribe was a group of people banding together, trying so sort through it all as it happened.
Over a five year period, these radical and often revolutionary artists took control of their own lives by running their own label, Tribe Records, where they proudly put forward the message Music is the healing force of the Universe. Tribe recordings were a mixture of Funk and deep Jazz, featuring sessions by Wendell Harrison, Phil Ranelin, Marcus Belgrave, Doug Hammond and others. The impact - both artistic and political - these artists exerted on the subsequent generations of Jazz, Soul, Hip-Hop and Rap artists simply cannot be overestimated.
EXCERPT FROM AN ONLINE ARTICLE IN PITCHFORK MAGAZINE
CONDITION:
THE RECORD
IMPORTANT NOTE: unless otherwise noted, ALL records are graded visually, and NOT play-graded we grade records under the strong, diffuse room light or discrete sunlight
a WE GRADE THE VINYL AS EXCELLENT. This is one of those albums that are somewhat difficult to grade. It is somewhere between VG and NEAR MINT, just a notch below NEAR MINT. A few light abrasions ARE visible, but they are extremely shallow, superficial and only moderately visually distracting nothing significant .For the most part, the vinyl looks impeccable without any MAJOR visual flaws or imperfections. Much of the original luster is intact, and the vinyl shines and sparkles almost like new.
b The record is pressed on a beautiful, thick, inflexible vinyl, which was usually used for the first or very early pressings. Usually, the sound on such thick vinyl pressings is full-bodied, vivid, and even dramatic. Do not expect to obtain such a majestic analog sound from a digital recording
c Of course, this is a full-bodied ANALOG recording, and not an inferior, digital recording
THE COVER
COVER IS NEAR MINT, STILL IN ITS ORIGINAL SHRINK WRAP
The following flaws or imperfections are noted on the cover:
- Cover has a visible wrinkle crease in the cardboard base on the back panel a minor cover construction flaw
- Cover has one corner slightly dinged nothing significant
- Cover has a few tiny wrinkles along the seams nothing significant
NO OTHER VISIBLE FLAWS OR IMPERFECTIONS ON THE COVER
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