L.T.D. / Black Seeds
Main Ingredient
CD
Digitally re-mastered two-fer from the Soul trio. Their first album, L.T.D., was released in 1970 and consisted of six original songs penned by the group along with a medley of two songs written by Jimmy Webb and a cover of The Beatles' `Get Back'. Production was primarily by renowned arranger Bert DeCoteaux with one track produced by acclaimed New York conductor/arranger Horace Ott. The group self-produced their third release, 1971's Black Seeds, which boasted two singles with `Black Seeds Keep On Growing' reaching #15 on the U.S. R&B charts. Sadly, after a sudden and unexpected illness, band member Donald McPherson succumbed to leukemia before the LP was released. The album was dedicated to his memory by the two remaining members, who added Cuba Gooding, Sr. as their third member in 1972. These two albums appear on CD for the first time along with a bonus B-side, `Psychedelic Ride'. Liner notes by acclaimed writer Kevin Goins document the early years of this important mainstay R&B group of the 70s.
Tracklist:
- Can't Stand Your Love
- You've Been My Inspiration
- I Was Born to Lose You
- Magic Shoes
- By the Time I Get to Phoenix / Wichita Lineman
- Brotherly Love
- The Girl I Left Behind
- Life Won't Be the Same (Without You)
- Una Bella Melodia Braziliania
- Get Back
- Psychedelic Ride
- Black Seeds Keep on Growing
- I'm Leaving This Time
- Movin' on
- Baby Change Your Mind
- Another Day Has Come
- You Ain't Got It No Way
- I've Fallen for You
- Don't Wonder Why
- Just Say It Again
- It's So Sweet (Loving You)
- Why Can't We All Unite