BROTHERMAN OST by THE FINAL SOLUTION

It began with "Sweet Sweetback's Baadasss Song" & culminated with "Shaft" & "Superfly", 'Brotherman' was a blaxploitation film set to hit screens in 1975. But before even a piece of film was shot, the plug was pulled & the movie was cancelled. Dragged around for 30 yrs by songwriter Carl Wolfolk, the tapes of his life's work have finally been mixed. This deluxe set is housed in the standard slipcase with a plush book detailing the known history of the film & the group. Check! Continuing a tradition that began with Sweet Sweetback’s Baadasssss Song, and culminated with Shaft and Superfly, Brotherman was a blaxploitation film set to hit screens in 1975. Prior to the script being finished, the producers commissioned an original soundtrack to be performed by The Final Solution, a fledgling vocal group from Chicago’s west side. The ten-song album draws deeply from Curtis Mayfield’s well, certainly, but the proof in the pudding is Carl Wolfolk’s unique guitar style – a combination of flamenco and funk – that stabs around the four part harmonies. In classic Numero fashion, before even one foot of film was shot, the plug was pulled and the movie was cancelled. Dragged around for 30 years by songwriter and arranger Wolfolk, the tapes of his life’s work have finally been mixed, and the soundtrack album has been augmented to include two orchestrated instrumentals intended for the film. Having no stills from the film to work with, the Numero Group tasked Minneapolis’ Burlesque of North America to paint a cover that could withstand the scrutiny of any blaxploitation poster geek. The deluxe single disc set is housed in our standard slipcase, with a plush booklet detailing the known history of the film and the group that created the music. Tip!