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Sparkle - Sparkle LP Vinyl Remastered (Cultures Of Soul) New & Sealed
In
a genre that has classically been driven primarily by hot
twelve-inches, it can sometimes be hard to find a disco album that
delivers the goods from end to end—let alone a disco LP that could be
described as “perfect.” Does such an animal even exist? We’re pretty
sure it has to, and we can probably think of a few candidates ourselves.
Cultures of Soul Records presents Sparkle’s self-titled album which
many disco aficionados would put into this category. Sparkle was a
female vocal trio from Connecticut, assembled by the producer Harold
Sargent, erstwhile drummer of the sterling funk band Wood, Brass &
Steel, and creator of manifold drum breaks that would go on to be
sampled for decades. Originally released in 1979, the album and the
group are fittingly titled as the music is a scintillating, radiant
collection of shimmering disco and dazzling funk, performed by Too Much
Too Soon—the multiracial R&B band that featured Evan Rogers and Carl
Sturken, the writing/production team that would discover Rihanna and
power her career to global dominance fifteen years later. Also on hand
is musical prodigy Rahni Harris, whose Sargent-assisted club classic
“Six Million Steps” is also included on the album. The result is an
album that by far exceeds the sum of its parts, delivering a truly
transcendent disco experience.
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