A new album from the Albina Music Trust dropped in our inbox on Friday
which we have saved until today to post as we like to collect all retro
and reissues for a Sunday so they don't get lost in the mix of the
weekend's new release onslaught.
You may recall from previous posts of
Transport
and
Slickaphonic
that The Albina Music Trust preserves music from an under documented era in
Albina and the Greater Portland area's history.
The subject of their latest release is Milton Davis with a collection of recordings
that have released as an album "Let Me In". Davis was at that time the lead singer for Slickaphonic and had previously recorded with The Four Tempos on Rampart in the late 60s.
They tell us that his music was originally centred around the Portland
Trailblazers’ quest toward an NBA championship which they won in 1977. A
single, "Blazermania", was intended for release as the team's anthem but didn't get released although gaining local airplay on promo and the band performing it regularly.
Davis' backing band featured members of Transport, Slickaphonic and
Pleasure. As was the case with a lot of the city’s musical output of the
era, the tapes were shelved.
The Albina Trust has resurrected the tapes and released the previously
unissued material in digital was well as vinyl formats.
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
| Rating: | 8.2 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Modern Soul |
| Format: | Album |
| Media: | Digital / Vinyl |
| Label: | The Albina Trust |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 14/07/2023 |
| Price: | $8 / $20 |
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