MATT THE CAT by MATTHEW LARKIN CASSELL
SKU | 105324 |
Artist | MATTHEW LARKIN CASSELL |
Title | MATT THE CAT |
Label | OUTSIDER |
Catalog # | OSR 067 |
Tag | |
Release | W 37 - 2018 |
Format | Vinyl - EULP |
EAN Barcode | 4040824088224 |
Import | |
€ 22,99 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- Fly Away
- Young Girl
- Love To Love (bonus track)
- Hold Me
- All I'm Missing Is You
- Another Day Gone
- Close To You Tonight
- When I Go Down (bonus track)
Description
Here’s an overdue reissue of Cassell’s second effort, “Matt The Cat”, - the 1978 produced album fuses funk, R&B with soul-jazz and 70s pop - “All I’m Missing Is You”, sampled by People Under The Stairs.Originally from San Francisco, Matthew Larkin Cassell is a talented songwriter, vocalist and multi-instrumentalist. During the ‘70s-80s, Cassell fronted a trio in the Bay Area, opening for major acts like The Tubes and Sylvester. Playing an unique fusion of funk, R&B, jazz and soft-rock, he recorded his first LP, “Pieces” in 1977, followed by a 12” titled “Matt The Cat” in 1978. Both were privately pressed and modestly distributed at the time.
Fast forward to the early ‘00s: Cassell’s albums are discovered by beat diggers & hip-hop producers, which led to some his songs being sampled and included on mixes by people like Kon & Amir, Madlib and M.F. Doom. Famous labels such as Stones Throw and P-Vine reissue his music at the same time that his original albums reach outrageous prices in the collector’s market.