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Natural High (Bloodstone album)

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Released
  
1973

Natural High (1973)
  
Unreal (1974)

Release date
  
1973

Label
  
London Records

Length
  
40:50 original LP

Artist
  
Bloodstone

Producer
  
Mike Vernon

Genres
  
Soul music, Funk

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Recorded
  
July 1972 The Village Recorder, Los Angeles

Soul music albums
  
Jackie Brown: Music fro, Sheleg Ba'sharav, Another Round, OnMyRadio, Seal in Red

Bloodstone natural high lp 1972


Natural High is the second album by soul group Bloodstone. It was reissued on CD in 1996 with several bonus tracks.

Contents

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Reception

Recording in the summer of 1972 and released in 1973, this album would chart number two on the Soul Album Charts, led by single "Natural High," which charted at number four on the Soul Singles chart and number ten on the Pop chart. The song was later used by Quentin Tarantino on the soundtrack for his movie Jackie Brown.

Track listing

  1. "You Know We've Learned" - (Willis Draffen Jr.) - 4:12
  2. "Who Has the Last Laugh Now" - (Charles McCormick) - 5:36
  3. "Peter's Jones" - (Larry Durham, Roger Durham) - 4:12
  4. "That's the Way We Make Our Music" - (Eddie Summers) - 3:15
  5. "Bo Diddley/Diddley Daddy" - (Ellis McDaniel) - 3:37
  6. "Natural High" (McCormick) - 4:53
  7. "I Need Your Love" - (McCormick) - 1:10
  8. "Tell It to My Face" - (Charles Love) - 3:15
  9. "Ran It in the Ground" - (Love) - 4:52
  10. "Never Let You Go" - (Harry Williams) - 5:37

Bonus tracks on CD reissue:

  1. "Girl (You Look So Fine)" - 2:38
  2. "Judy, Judy" - 2:44
  3. "Sadie Mae" - 3:02
  4. "Take These Chains" - 2:55
  5. "You Don't Mean Nothin'" - 3:39
  6. "Little Green Apples" - 9:14

Personnel

  • Charles McCormick - Bass, Vocals
  • Charles Love, Willis Draffen Jr. - Guitar, Vocals
  • Melvin Webb - Drums, Congas, Timbales
  • Roger Durham, Harry Williams - Percussion, Vocals
  • Hense Powell - Piano, Electric Piano, Organ
  • Eddie Summers - Drums, Vibraphone, Piano, Congas, Vocals
  • Gordon Dewitte - Organ
  • Mike Vernon - Glockenspiel, Castanets, Bells (Tubular Bells)
  • Richard L. Mackey, Arthur N. Maebe - French Horn
  • Jacqueline Lustgarten, Raymond L. Kelley - Cello
  • Gene Cipriano - Cor Anglais
  • Dan Neufeld, Nathan Kaproff - Viola
  • Carla Spencer, Erno Neufeld, Paul C. Shure, Samuel Boghossian - Violin
  • Pip Williams - Arranger, Conductor

    • Songs

    1You Know We've Learned4:13
    2Who Has the Last Laugh Now5:37
    3Peter's Jones4:12

    References

    Natural High (Bloodstone album) Wikipedia
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