Larry Young: Heaven on Earth/Contrasts

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

i have never heard of these or seen em on lp or cd-- are they available in cd format? what is the personel/tune info for the dates? i just picked up of love and peace today- so i am extra curious about these two! of course i have unity and into somethin'....thanks

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

oh and i have mothership

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

okok so for once AMGdidnt crash my cpmputyer- i saw personel-- george benson, tyrone washington--- do you rekon these will see individual cd reissues soon?

[Eric]

There is a lot of great music on them. "Heaven" is a little funkier - almost a throwback to his pre-Blue Note days. The opening cut - "The Infant" is as ass-shakeingly funky as anythng Young did. "Of Love" is defintiely heavier than both of these.

For some reason, I thought Contrasts was coming out as a RVG or Conn this year.

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

hmmm- i wish i had them! are they on jrvg?

[jazzbo]

No. Only cd appearances I'm aware of were on the Larry Young Mosaic.

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

I've got "Contrasts" on LP. Used to have "Heaven on earth". Althea Young's singing is perhaps the most awful I've ever heard. She sings on both, but I couldn't ever get rid of "Contrasts" because "Majestic soul" is just totally incredible.

MG

[chewy-chew-chew-bean-benitez]

IF THEY ARE ALREADY REMASTERED FROM THE MOSAIC WOULD IT BREAK THEIR BACKS JUST TO ISSUE SINGLE DISCS OF THIS FOR US

[The Magnificent Goldberg]

IF THEY ARE ALREADY REMASTERED FROM THE MOSAIC WOULD IT BREAK THEIR BACKS JUST TO ISSUE SINGLE DISCS OF THIS FOR US

Very likely - because some asshole like me is gonna say, "stay away from those albums because Larry's wife is the most awful singer ever".

MG

[JSngry]

Althea is not a good singer by any stretch of the imagination/definition, but I feel her soul anyway, and it touches me in a totally non-musical way.

Which is more than I can say about that Tequila chick on the Fuel albums...

[Soulstation1]

CHWEY

YUO ANI'T GOOT A CRD FO TEH LY MOSISC?

[Eric]

I've got "Contrasts" on LP. Used to have "Heaven on earth". Althea Young's singing is perhaps the most awful I've ever heard. She sings on both, but I couldn't ever get rid of "Contrasts" because "Majestic soul" is just totally incredible.

MG

I once owned the Mosaic and made burns of these two before I (sadly) had to sell the set. I did however exclude the vocals, so I "know" these albums without them. I listen to these two quite a bit and enjoy them.

Edited February 25, 2007 by Eric

[sidewinder]

I've got these two albums on the original Libertys as well as the Mosaic and like 'em both. Don't even mind Althea Young's vocals - worth hearing for the spacey (and very sympathetic) backing from Larry. 'Second MG's comment on 'Majestic Soul' also. These two albums are worthy of reissue.

Is that Althea on the cover of 'Heaven On Earth'?

[Nate Dorward]

I did a post on teh board some time ago on these two--I'm sure a search would bring it up. -- They're certainly the weakest of LY's Blue Note discs & the Althea tracks are awful, but they both have their moments, esp. Contrasts. "A Major Affair" is the track I remember as the best (duo with Eddie Gladden), plus a good Tyrone Washington tune.

[ep1str0phy]

Althea isn't outright unlistenable, and the backings are potent enough. I think the best moments on Contrasts are every bit the match of everything Larry led on BN short of Unity. Later Larry, though, is probably best served on Lawrence of Newark--now that one is hard core.