I'm a little late with this, but it is now 10 years since we lost Lady Tee ... 'The Ivory Queen Of Soul' Teena Marie (Mary Christine Brockert) on Boxing Day (26th Dec) 2010. I did a big post on her at the time here.
I bought her debut album 'Wild And Peaceful' on import when it was released in 1979, blind, but mainly for 'I'm Just A Sucked For Your Love', and was 'blown away' by the deep and soulful ballads on the album and continued to buy all her albums.
To commemorate her untimely passing I've posted a link to her debut album which is a classic and still stands the test of time over 40 years later!
You've just got to listen to the complete B side i.e. tracks 4,5 & 6 ... is there a better full side to an album? If it doesn't move you then you are obviously on the wrong blog as this is most definately soul music at it's finest!
The link is to the expanded edition which has 3 additional tracks, an instrumental version of 'Sucker' (released on B side of 12" release), 'You Got The Love' (scheduled for release on an unreleased album of the same name in 1983) and an extended version of Ed Cobb's 'Every Little Bit Hurts' originally recorded by Brenda Holloway on Tamla in 1964 (and recorded by many others including Aretha Franklin, Gladys Knight & Alicia Keys). It is a superb version which features Rick James. She released a shorter version on 'I Need Your Loving' compilation in 1994 which didn't feature Rick James and this longer version is only availabe on the 2005 expanded edition CD of Wild And Peaceful released by Hip-O Select which seems to very hard to find now as only a limited edition of 5,000 were produced, and sells for over £50 if you can find one.
'Wild And Peaceful' Full Playlist
As a 'taster', if you're not familiar with her early work, here's De Ja Vu (I've Been Here Before), written by Rick James, which was also released on the B side to 'I'm Just A Sucker' on the 45 issue.
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