Lakeside - Untouchables
Now....the album cover art sold me back in 1983. Take one good look at it. If you have the album, switch it over & even open it up. What do you see? 9 brothers running a precinct somewhere downtown. Ready to conduct a 'Raid' at a nearby dance hall. Or something. Packin' guns & stuff, it could be something else. I'm leaning on "Raid" because The G (groove) Men meant it musically. Forget the rest.
Track Listing:
~ Raid
~ Turn The Music Up
~ So Let's Love
~ Real Love
~ Alibi
~ Untouchable
~ Tinsel Town Theory (aka: The Hollywood Story)
~ So Let's Love (reprise)
Solar Records was the label dedicated to putting the groove out there. The roster they had was impeccable. Everybody who came from Solar had at least 1 jam. At LEAST one. And they had successful career's at that. Dynasty, Shalamar, The Whispers, Carrie Lucas, etc. I can be here all day. But when they launched the careers of Lakeside, the wave of funk swung its momentum from the West to the East & all I know a party was activated within minutes. What owner of a boom box didn't play out "Raid"? i played it until my batteries went dead. And those got darn "D" size batteries were expensive! Who ya' tellin'?
I also cranked up "Turn The Music Up" too. "So Let's Love" was jammin' too. The whole album was the one to get. Take it from me: Its good, real good, I mean R&B funk at its best. They are the "Untouchables" alright.
As a side note, it made be go back to those road travelin days, checking out the Kool Festivals. They need to bring those back, although my main man Tom Joyner is taking it to the bank with his series of old school concerts & cruises. Somebody needs to do something.
Charles F. Sherard
The Urban Music Scene
Yo Charles, Here's a video of "Turn The Music Up" for your flashback experience!
Lakeside - Turn The Music Up (1983)
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