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The Crusaders, The Crusaders – Southern Comfort = サザン・コンフォート (E/E) – LP, JP 1979, With OBI
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Southern Comfort = サザン・コンフォート is an LP by The Crusaders from 1979 released on the MCA Records label.
About this album
Southern Comfort is a focused, groove-led statement from The Crusaders at the point where jazz sophistication and funk-driven rhythm met most naturally. Released in 1974, the album shows the group refining the blend that made them such an influential force in jazz-funk and soul-jazz, with tight ensemble interplay, expressive keyboard work and rhythm sections built for momentum. It sits comfortably in the band’s fertile mid-1970s period, when their sound helped broaden jazz’s audience without losing its improvisational core. The result is one of the group’s most assured albums: accessible, muscular and clearly rooted in the crossover energy that defined the era.
Genre: Soul & Funk
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AllMusic rating:AllMusic users:Artist: The CrusadersLabel: MCA Records – VIM-5555~6Format: LP, Album, Reissue, StereoUnits: 1Country: JapanReleased: 1979Genre: Soul & FunkA1 Stomp And Buck Dance = ストンプ・アンド・バック・ダンス
A2 Greasy Spoon = 脂だらけのスプーン
A3 Get On The Soul Ship (It'S Sailing) = ゲット・オン・ザ・ソウル・シップ
A4 Super-Stuff = スーパー・スタッフ
B1 Double Bubble = ダブル・バブル
B2 The Well'S Gone Dry = ウエルズ・ゴーン・ドライ
B3 Southern Comfort = サザン・コンフォート
B4 Time Bomb = タイム・ボム
C1 When There'S Love Around = ホエン・ゼアズ・ラブ・アラウンド
C2 Lilies Of The Nile = リリーズ・オブ・ザ・ナイル
D1 Whispering Pines = ウィスパリング・パインズ
D2 A Ballad For Joe (Louis) = バラード・フォー・ジョー