NEWBAN AND NEWBAN 2 by NEWBAN
Tracks
- Father Time (Newban)
- Why Did You Desert Me?
- Central Park
- Fatback Sally
- Magic Lady
- Mellow Days, Easy Nights
- Hungry Grin
- Home With You
- Greenburgh (Newban 2)
- Rhythm & Rhyme
- Find A Place To Live
- If I Could (Make You Mine)
- Fine Woman
- Easin' Through
- Free Your Mind
Description
Throughout the '80s and early '90s, Atlantic Starr was one of the most successful outfits in R&B. Little is known, however, of the group's heady jazz and groove roots. Imagine the brassy ensemble funk of early Kool & The Gang or Earth, Wind & Fire on spirit-centric labels like Black Jazz or Strata-East, with vocals reflecting the freedom of mind and spirit in both lyric and timbre. This is the land from which platinum-selling Atlantic Starr came. This is Newban...Founders Albert "Duke" Jones Jr. and Porter Carroll Jr. were students in Greenburgh, New York, when they recruited a horde of classmates in forming Newban�named such because they were, after all, a "new band." John Shearer, a friend of Jones and photographer for Life magazine, was a neighbor of legendary audio engineer Malcolm Addey and arranged for Newban to record with Addey at the famed Bell Sound Recording Studios.
Newban and Newban 2 were released on Guinness Records in 1977. Guinness, however, was one of many labels during the late '70s that juked numbers and intentionally undersold and under-promoted albums for tax write-offs to keep parent imprints in the black. Co-founder and drummer Carroll and the majority of the members landed a deal with A&M Records and became Atlantic Starr.
