{"id":14890,"date":"2019-07-29T11:42:57","date_gmt":"2019-07-29T15:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/?p=14890"},"modified":"2019-08-22T09:49:26","modified_gmt":"2019-08-22T13:49:26","slug":"patrice-rushen-you-remind-me-the-classic-elektra-recordings-1978%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8b1984","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/releases\/patrice-rushen-you-remind-me-the-classic-elektra-recordings-1978%e2%80%8b-%e2%80%8b1984\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrice Rushen &#8211; You Remind Me (The Classic Elektra Recordings 1978\u200b-\u200b1984)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"no\" height=\"120\" src=\"https:\/\/www.juno.co.uk\/player-embed\/SF736940-01-01-01.mp3\/?pl=false&#038;pn=false\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Strut present the first definitive retrospective of an icon of 1970s and \u201880s soul, jazz and disco, Patrice Rushen, covering her peerless 6-year career with Elektra \/ Asylum from 1978 to 1984. <\/p>\n<p>Joining Elektra after three albums with jazz label Prestige, Patrice had shown prodigious talent at an early age and had first broken through after winning a competition to perform at the Monterrey Jazz Festival of 1972. By the time of the recordings on this collection, she had become a prolific and in-demand session musician and arranger on the West coast, appearing on over 80 recordings for other artists. She joined the Elektra \/ Asylum roster in 1978 as they launched a pop \/ jazz division alongside visionaries like Donald Byrd and Grover Washington, Jr. \u201cThe idea was to create music that was good for commercial radio \/ R&#038;B,\u201d Patrice explains. \u201cWe were all making sophisticated dance music, essentially.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Drawing on some of the leading musicians in L.A. like saxophonist Gerald Albright, drummer \u201cNdugu\u201d Chancler and bassman Freddie Washington and keeping an open minded approach from her training in classical, jazz and soundtrack scores, Patrice\u2019s music was a different, more intricate proposition to many of the soul artists of the time. \u201cL.A. musicians were not so locked into tradition,\u201d she continues. \u201cNone of us were accustomed to limitation and the record label left us to take our own direction.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Early classics like \u2018Music Of The Earth\u2019 and \u2018Let\u2019s Sing A Song Of Love\u2019 were among Patrice\u2019s first as a lead vocalist before her \u2018Pizzazz\u2019 album landed in 1979, featuring the unique disco of \u2018Haven\u2019t You Heard\u2019 and one of her greatest ballads, \u2018Settle For My Love\u2019. \u201cAlthough ballads make you feel more vulnerable as an artist because they are often personal, I think listeners relate to that sincerity,\u201d she reflects. By now, Patrice\u2019s records were supremely arranged and produced as her confidence as an all-round writer, producer, arranger and performer grew. Slick dancefloor anthem \u2018Never Gonna Give You Up\u2019 and the \u2018Posh\u2019 album in 1980 led to her landmark album \u2018Straight From The Heart\u2019 two years later. Receiving little support from her label, Patrice and her production team personally funded a promo campaign for the first single from it, \u2018Forget Me Nots\u2019. It went on to peak at no. 23 on the Billboard Hot 100 and the album was later Grammy-nominated, while the track became a timeless anthem and popular sample, inspiring Will Smith\u2019s theme for the film \u2018Men In Black\u2019 and George Michael\u2019s \u2018Fastlove\u2019. <\/p>\n<p>Patrice\u2019s final album for Elektra, \u2018Now\u2019 kept the bar high with sparse, synth-led songs including \u2018Feel So Real\u2019 and \u2018To Each His Own\u2019. It concluded a golden era creatively for Patrice which remains revered by soul and disco aficionados the world over. <\/p>\n<p>\u2018Remind Me\u2019 features all of Patrice Rushen\u2019s chart singles, 12\u201d versions and popular sample sources on one album for the first time. Formats included a 3LP set and 1CD fully remastered by The Carvery from the original tapes. Both formats include an exclusive new interview with Patrice Rushen and rare photos. <\/p>\n<p>Label:Strut<br \/>\nCat: STRUT 205LP.<br \/>\nRel: 19 Jul 19<br \/>\nGenre: Soul<br \/>\n<strong>BUY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tracklist<br \/>\nSide 1<br \/>\n1.\t&#8220;Music Of The Earth&#8221; (3:52)<br \/>\n2.\t&#8220;Let&#8217;s Sing A Song Of Love&#8221; (3:38)<br \/>\n3.\t&#8220;When I Found You&#8221; (5:19)<br \/>\nSide 2<br \/>\n1.\t&#8220;Haven&#8217;t You Heard&#8221; (12&#8243; version) (7:20)<br \/>\n2.\t&#8220;Givin&#8217; It Up Is Givin&#8217; Up&#8221; (with DJ Rogers) (4:54)<br \/>\nSide 3<br \/>\n1.\t&#8220;Forget Me Nots&#8221; (12&#8243; version) (7:14)<br \/>\n2.\t&#8220;Look Up!&#8221; (long version) (4:51)<br \/>\n3.\t&#8220;Where There Is Love&#8221; (3:03)<br \/>\nSide 4<br \/>\n1.\t&#8220;Never Gonna Give You Up (Won&#8217;t Let You Be)&#8221; (long version) (6:51)<br \/>\n2.\t&#8220;Number One&#8221; (12&#8243; version) (6:43)<br \/>\nSide 5<br \/>\n1.\t&#8220;All We Need&#8221; (5:48)<br \/>\n2.\t&#8220;Remind Me&#8221; (LP version) (5:16)<br \/>\n3.\t&#8220;Settle For My Love&#8221; (5:10)<br \/>\nSide 6<br \/>\n1.\t&#8220;Feels So Real (Won&#8217;t Let Go)&#8221; (12&#8243; version) (6:50)<br \/>\n2.\t&#8220;To Each His Own&#8221; (4:10)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strut present the first definitive retrospective of an icon of 1970s and \u201880s soul, jazz and disco, Patrice Rushen, covering her &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":14891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14890"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14933,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14890\/revisions\/14933"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/motionfm.com\/wp2014\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}