Sheree Brown [2021] - Take A Walk With Love [Expansion] - PLUS Discography

Let's kick off this post with the inspiration for it, the brand new single from Sheree Brown (not to be confused with Sherree Brown (Chicago)) released 5 Feb 2021 from a forthcoming album 'Messages From The Spirit... The Collective' which is due 5 Mar 2021 on Expansion. It is the follow-up to her 2013 album Messages From The Heart... An Extension Of Love' released by Expansion in 2013.

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I first 'discovered' her in the mid 80's after hearing 'Got To Get Away' which literally blew me away.  It's one of the most soulful songs you'll hear. It moved me at the time and still does 35 years later. 

It is an album track only from 'My Music' released on Capitol in 1982 in US only, and has never seen a single release (It did feature on an Expansion compilation in 1993 'Soul Chasers').  I think it could do well if it was reissued on a 45!

Sheree released two albums on Capitol, 'Straight Ahead' in 1981 'My Music' in 1982. The track 'It's A Pleasure', from her first album 'Straight Ahead', was picked up on by the UK rare groove scene and it was released as a single in UK only.

It wasn't until 2000 for another album to appear under the banner of SBPR (Sisters Being Positively Real) which was a collaboration between Sheree and her close friend Patrice Rushen, 'Beautiful Women' on her own Brown Baby label (Note SBPR are also the initials of both artists). Another album appeared on Brown Baby in 2004 tited '83 followed by a release on UK's Expansion in 2013 'Messages From The Heart... An Extension Of Love'. Her latest offering 'Messages From The Spirit... The Collective' is due on 5 Mar 2021 on Expansion.

Expansion also reissued both her Capitol albums on a combined CD in 2011 with a bonus track 'Just A Simple Love' which was a track featured on her 'Messages From The Heart'.

Discography

Albums

1974 - VA - Fifteenth Annual Battle of the Bands: Hollywood Bowl 1974 [Custom Fidelity #CFS-3577-2]

Sheree Brown - Here & There/You're Not Anything, Just My Everything

1981 - Straight Ahead [Capitol #ST-12153]

It's been reissued a couple of times in Japan 1995, 2014 on CD and 2015 on vinyl and 20120 in US on CD.

A1 - You'll Be Dancing All Night (5:33)

A2 - Happiness Flows (3:55)

A3 - You Are Beautiful (3:23)

A4 - Get Down, I'm So Bad (3:33)

A5 - Passing Thing (3:47)

B1 - Never Do You Wrong (4:28)

B2 - Everything You Do (3:32)

B3 - I Wanna Be By Your Side (4:12)

B4 - It's A Pleasure (4:02)

B5 - Straight Ahead (3:12)

1982 - The Music [Capitol #ST-12229]

Reissued in Japan twice 1995 and 2002 and US in 2010. The album has never been released in UK (except for the 2011 Expansion CD issue of both albums).

A1 - Happy Music (5:45)

A2 - Feelin' Crazy (3:50)

A3 - Tonight (4:07)

A4 - Got To Get Away (4:38)

B1 - Love Only Knows (3:04)

B2 - Feels So Good (4:38)

B3 - Can't Live Without Love (4:03)

B4 - That's The Way To Be (3:19)

B5 - On My Way Home (3:34)

2000 - SBPR ‎– Beautiful Woman - The Album [Brown Baby #80038-23580-2]

SBPR are the initials of Sheree Brown & Patrice Rushen who collaborated on this album and also an acronym from Sisters Being Positively Real.

01 - Beautiful Woman

02 - Together

03 - I Got A Good Man

04 - Sisters Being Positivley Real

5 - Wish I Could Fly Away

06 - Ego Flight

07 - What If?

08 - Why?

09 - Gotta Hold On

10 - It's A Jam

11 - Walking In Central Park

12 - Beautiful Woman (Reggae Version)

2004 - '83 [Brown Baby #80038-23584-2]

01 - I'd Rather Be In Love With You

02 - It's A Pleasure

03 - Grown Folk Blues

04 - I Love You

05 - When Water Flows

06 - Love Is Forever

07 - I Just Don't Get It

08 - Day Crazy

09 - Little Boy Blue

10 - Interlude: If We Could Only See Through The Eyes Of Children

11 - Mother Drum

12 - Sometimes

13 - Interlude: No More Crying

14 - Why? Oh Why?

2013 - Messages From The Heart... An Extension Of Love [Expansion #XECD 60]

01 - Time For The Party (4:52)

02 - Just A Simple Love (3:58)

03 - In My Heart (3:18)

04 - On The Other Side Of Through (3:29)

05 - It's Just Like Love (4:16)

06 - Messages From The Heart (4:37)

07 - Bein' In Love With You (5:15)

08 - You Can Shine (4:42)

09 - We Can Change The World (Jamal's Joint) (3:39)

10 - Love Is Forever (4:39)

11 - Gettin' Started (5:16)

12 - Where Love Goes (4:31)

13 - I Think I'm Gonna Pray (4:42)

Bonus Track

14 - Inside My Love (4:01)

2021 - Messages From The Spirit.. The Collective [Expansion #XECD70]

01 - Take A Walk With Love

02 - I Choose Love

03 - Spirit

04 - Beautiful Girl

05 - Get Up, Stand

06 - We Can Make It

07 - I Want You To Know

08 - Her Blue Shoes

09 - Sorry 'Bout Bein' A Ghost

10 - I Wanna Thank You Love

11 - Do, I Really Do

12 - Can I Leave Next Friday?

13 - Lew Fleur

14 - It's All About Love

15 - Salt & Light (Rise Up)

16 - Spirit (Live At Conway Recording Studio)

Singles

1981 - Get Down, I'm So Bad / Get Down, I'm So Bad [Capitol #P-A-5079]

1981 - You'll Be Dancing All Night / Straight Ahead [Capitol #A-5026]

1982 - Happy Music / Can't Live Without Love [Capitol #B-5144]

1982 - Tonight / Love Only Knows [Capitol #B-5173]

1982 - It's A Pleasure / Straight Ahead [Capitol (UK) #CL 232]

2021 - Take A Walk With Love [Expansion]

A few 'class' tracks from her:

Got To Get Away

Can't Live Without Love

You'll Be Dancing All Night

It's A Pleasure (Live)

Happy Music (Video)