The Lyman Woodard Organization - Saturday Night SpecialIn association with DJ Amirs 180 Proof Records, BBE is honoured to present another gem from the small yet significant Strata catalogue. A precursor to New Yorks Strata East, Detroits Strata Records was founded in the late 1960s by former Blue Note artist Kenny Cox. Starting life as a music led community organisation, coffee shop studio and venue, Strata released only a few titles as a record label, gaining the imprint a cult following among record

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each member of the crew gets their chance to shine over Sellers's steady drums

keyboards by analogue master Money Mark

he was accompanied by three individuals who dovetailed perfectly on what became a groundbreaking album

The album also contained the single Such a Shame (a song inspired by the book The Dice Man) which became a Top 10 hit across Europe

followed by the hot Bobby ‰Û÷Blue‰۪ Bland boogie of The Dynamic Hughes Gospel Singers‰۪ ‰Û÷Beautiful City‰۪

alongside the voice of Delia Derbyshire

the music of American Rituals was salvaged (not without hundreds of emails and phone calls) from master tapes stored in the collections of various peers and recording engineers from the extended Evergreen set

poetry and further recordings were found

And Spooner is all over Dark in Here any time you hear a bit of Hammond organ or electric piano chiming in without repeating a phrase