In Feb this year it was announced that the Vandross family estate
had agreed to reissue two albums by Luther originally released in the 70s on Cotillion. Vandross bought back the rights to these albums from the label when the
group was released preventing the label from reissuing them and they
have lay dormant for almost 50 years. The announcement was heralded by the release of Luther's second
single "Funky Music (Is A Part Of Me)" from the first album, "Luther" (1976).
The full album has been reissued for the very first time (digitally
on CD and vinyl) today (19 April) and includes a bonus track, an
instrumental version of "The 2nd Time Around". It is also the day before his birthday, he would have been 73 on 20 Apr 2024.
The second Luther album, "This Close To Me" (1977), will also be reissued on 7 Jun. and contains three bonus
tracks "Can’t Get Enough Good Loving", "Come Back To Love (Instrumental)" and
" Don’t Wanna Be A Fool (Instrumental)". It includes two massive
modern soul gems "Follow My Love" and "Don't Wanna Be A Fool".
Physical copies are available to pre-order via LutherVandross.com. NOTE The bonus tracks are NOT available on the
vinyl releases.
The albums are being reissued to coincide with a documentary "Luther: Never Too Much" directed by Dawn Porter which premiered at the Sundance Film
Festival on 21 Jan '24.
Only three singles materialised from these two albums: "It's Good For
The Soul (Pt I & II)", "The 2nd Time Around" / "Funky Music (Is
Part Of Me)" and "This Close To You" / "Don't Wanna Be A Fool", with
the latter being sought after by the rare soul scene and sells for up
to £300.
Whilst the act uses his name, Luther was a five piece group
consisting of Luther Vandross, Anthony Hinton, Diane Sumler, Theresa
Reed and Christine Wiltshire (Class Action, Musique,
Phreek). Vandross wrote all songs on both albums. The three
singles all charted on the R&B charts (#28, #34 and #94
respectively) but the albums didn't sell particularly well and the
group was released by Cotillion.
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
| Rating: | 8.3 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Modern Soul / 70s Soul |
| Format: | Album |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Primary Wave Music |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 19/04/2024 |
| Price: | £7.92 |
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