Friday, November 28, 2008

Tyrone Davis - I Had It All The Time (Dakar, 1972)



For whatever reason, this record has been sitting in a pile since I got it. I think I maybe gave it a cursory listen the day it came home but didn't give it a fair shake. It's actually pretty good! There's no obvious hit that jumps out at you, though according to AMG, the title track was in fact a hit:

Tyrone Davis scored another smash R&B hit with the title track, although it wasn't a chart topper. Davis was about to exit the Dakar label and did only one more album for them before signing a big money deal with Columbia. This is prototype early '70s soul, sparsely produced and wonderfully performed.



You can give it a tear here if you like.