Betty Davis Nasty Gal LP 1975 Canadian pressing NEAR MINT VINYL

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Betty Davis

Nasty Gal

Island Records ?– 9237 9329  Format: Vinyl, LP, Album 1975 (Canada)

Funk diva Betty Davis was supposed to break big upon the release of her third album, Nasty Gal. After all, her Just Sunshine Records contract had been bought up by Chris Blackwell and Island Records, and they were prepared to invest not only big money in the recording, but in the promotion of the 1975 release. Davis and her well-seasoned road band, Funk House, entered the studio with total artistic control in the making of the album. This set contains classic and often raunchy street funk anthems such as the title track (with its infamous anthemic lyric: "...You said I love you every way but your way/And my way was too dirty for ya now...." ), "Talkin' Trash," "Dedicated to the Press," and the musically ancestral tribute "F.U.N.K." It also features the beautiful, moving, uncharacteristic ballad "You and I," co-written with her ex-husband, Miles Davis, and orchestrated by none other than Gil Evans. It's the only track like it on the record, but it's a stunner. The album is revered as much for its musical quality as its risqué lyrical content. This quartet distilled the Sly Stone funk-rock manifesto and propelled it with real force. Check the unbelievable twinning of guitar and bassline in "Feelins" that underscore, note for note, Davis' vocals. The drive is akin to hardcore punk rock, but so funky it brought Rick James himself to the altar to worship (as he later confessed in interviews). And in the instrumental break, the interplay between the rhythm section (bassist Larry Johnson and drummer Semmie "Nicky" Neal, Jr.) and guitarist Carlos Moralesis held to the ground only by Fred Mills' keyboards. In essence, the album is missing nothing: it's perfect, a classic of the genre in that it pushed every popular genre with young people toward a blurred center that got inside the backbone while smacking you in the face. Heard through headphones, its spaced out psychedelic effects, combined with the nastiest funk rock on the block, is simply shocking. The fact that the album didn't perform the way it should have among the populace wasn't the fault of Davis and her band, who went out and toured their collective butts off, or Island who poured tens of thousands of dollars into radio and press promotion, or the press itself (reviews were almost universally positive). The record seemed to rock way too hard for Black radio, and was far too funky for White rock radio. In the 21st century, however, it sounds right on time.

Tracklist

This Side

A1 Nasty Gal

Lead Vocals – Fred Mills

Written-By – Betty Davis

4:35

A2 Talkin Trash

Congas – Errol "Crusher" Bennett

Lead Vocals – Fred Mills

Written-By – Betty Davis

4:40

A3 Dedicated To The Press

Written-By – Betty Davis, Larry Johnson

3:40

A4 You And I

Arranged By [Brass] – Gil Evans

Conductor – Gil Evans

Written-By – Betty Davis, Miles Davis

2:45

A5 Feelins

Synthesizer [Arp] – James Allen Smith

Written-By – Betty Davis

2:42

That Side

B1 F.U.N.K.

Written-By – Betty Davis

4:20

B2 Gettin Kicked Off, Havin Fun

Backing Vocals – Carlos Morales, Fred Mills, Nicky Neal

Lead Vocals – Carlos Morales

Written-By – Betty Davis

3:07

B3 Shut Off The Light

Bass Drum – Buddy Williams

Written-By – Betty Davis

3:53

B4 This Is It!

Written-By – B. Davis, C. Morales, F. Mills, L. Johnson, N. Neal

3:25

B5 The Lone Ranger

Congas – Errol "Crusher" Bennett

Synthesizer [Arp] – James Allen Smith

Written-By – Betty Davis

6:08

Recorded At – Mediasound

Mastered At – Mediasound

Produced For – Just Sunshine, Inc.

Phonographic Copyright (p) – Island Records Inc.

Copyright (c) – Island Records Inc.

Published By – Higher Music Publishing Inc.

Published By – Mabry Music Co.

Distributed By – Island Records Inc.

Manufactured By – Island Records Inc.

Pressed By – Goldisc Recording Products, Inc. – K-7170

Pressed By – Goldisc Recording Products, Inc. – K-7171

Arranged By, Producer, Vocals – Betty Davis

Bass – Larry Johnson 

Drums – Nicky Neal

Engineer – Bob Clearmountain

Keyboards – Fred Mills

Lacquer Cut By – JR

Lead Guitar – Carlos Morales

Mastered By – Josea Rodriguez

Condition:  12" Vinyl NEAR MINT no surface marks no spindle marks, in a printed inner sleeve in VERY GOOD condition, outer sleeve in FAIR condition (edge wear)