“BETTY DAVIS” self-titled debut soul funk LP on JUST SUNSHINE orig ’73 NICE

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Artist:  BETTY DAVIS

Title:   “Betty Davis”

Label:   JUST SUNSHINE.  Light yellow label with black text.  Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl.  Catalog number is JSS-5.  

Date:  1973. 

Condition: 

DISC:  Vinyl is EXCELLENT with full original gloss.  Has been played a small number of times and handled with care.  There are a couple slight hairline paper scuffs but no serious or audible marks or problems.  Plays beautifully with superb fidelity.  Labels are clean.  This hard-to-find LP is one that you will never need to upgrade.      

JACKET:   Jacket is nice VG+ with obvious signs of wear and handling, but still quite serviceable.   There is ring wear on both front and reverse from storage and handling.  Also, wear along seams and spine, including approx 2” of chipping on center of spine.  No splits, stickers, or cutout indications.  Small pen mark on right side of front photos.    

Track Listing: 

Side One:

• If I’m In Luck I Might Get Picked Up
• Walkin Up the Road
• Anti Love Song
• Your Man My Man

Side Two:

• Ooh Yea
• Steppin In Her I. Miller Shoes
• Game Is My Middle Name
• In the Meantime    

Review:

“Betty Davis' debut was an outstanding funk record, driven by her aggressive, no-nonsense songs and a set of howling performances from a crack band.  Listeners wouldn't know it from the song's title, but for the opener, "If I'm in Luck I Might Get Picked Up," Davis certainly doesn't play the wallflower; she's a woman on the prowl, positively luring the men in and, best of all, explaining exactly how she does it: "I said I'm wigglin' my fanny, I'm raunchy dancing, I'm-a-doing it doing it/This is my night out."  "Game Is My Middle Name" begins at a midtempo lope, but really breaks through on the chorus, with the Pointer Sisters and Sylvester backing up each of her assertions.  As overwhelming as Davis' performances are, it's as much the backing group as Davis herself that makes her material so powerful (and believable).  Reams of underground cred allowed her to recruit one of the tightest rhythm sections ever heard on record (bassist Larry Graham and drummer Greg Errico, both veterans of Sly & the Family Stone), plus fellow San Francisco luminaries like master keyboardist Merl Saunders and guitarists Neal Schon or Douglas Rodriguez (both associated with Santana at the time).  Graham's popping bass and the raw, flamboyant, hooky guitar lines of Schon or Rodriguez make the perfect accompaniment to these songs; Graham's slinky bass is the instrumental equivalent of Davis' vocal gymnastics, and Rodriguez makes his guitar scream during "Your Man My Man."  It's hard to tell whether the musicians are pushing so hard because of Davis' performances or if they're egging each other on, but it's an unnecessary question.  Everything about Betty Davis' self-titled debut album speaks to Davis the lean-and-mean sexual predator, from songs to performance to backing, and so much the better for it.  All of which should've been expected from the woman who was too wild for Miles Davis.”

(courtesy John Bush, allmusic.com.)

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