GUESS WHO by RICK CLARKE
SKU | 129022 |
Artist | RICK CLARKE |
Title | GUESS WHO |
Label | FREESTYLE RECORDS |
Catalog # | FSRLP 142 |
Genre | |
Release | W 15 - 2023 |
Format | Vinyl - UKLP |
EAN Barcode | 5050580785038 |
Import | |
€ 22,99 | incl. VAT, excl. shipping |
Tracks
- show me the way feat mark antonio
- do what we gotta do feat delroy dyer gina foster
- i like to party feat andre stevens imaani kemi delroy dyeR
- gonna make you happy feat jill francis
- love dont strike twice feat easton
- share my love with you feat imaanI
- fantasy feat gina foster
- without you in my life feat delores
- sweet vibrations
Description
Street soul grail alert! Freestyle reissue the previously white label-only Guess Who LP, originally released anonymously by Rick Clarke in 1992.
Crossing ruff-but-sweet UK street soul sensibilities with stripped-back house, garage and hip-hop flavours, the Guess Who LP was dropped covertly during a period in the early 90s when Rick was signed up to Soul II Soul's Funki Dreds label, contractually restricting him from releasing his music elsewhere. Bubbling with creative energy and a slew of ideas that he just couldn't help himself from getting out there, Rick brought a range of friends and collaborators to his MJB Records studio in West Kensington where the LP was produced and recorded on his trusty Fostex E16 in a matter of a couple of days.
Raw drum machines and simple but effective basslines & melodies abound across the album's 9 offerings - with tracks at times feeling like pencilled musical ideas still in flux. Highlights include Jill Francis' sublime vocal riding the stripped-back samba-esque groove of Gonna Make You Happy, the sugary soul harmonies of Imaani's Share My Love With You, and criminally short outro track Sweet Vibrations.