Love it Was Not

When Dave Mason released his albums It's Like You Never Left (October 1973) and Dave Mason (October 1974), his career was in a rebuilding mode. After his on-again, off-again tenure in Traffic, Mason had scored a surprising success with his solo debut album Alone Together (June 1970), which reached number 22 during 25 weeks in the Billboard LP chart, throwing off the singles chart entry "Only You Know and I Know" and eventually going gold. Then, Mason had paired with Cass Elliot in a short-lived duo that produced a modest-selling album. A dispute with his record company, Blue Thumb, next arose, such that he disavowed the label's release of what was intended as his second solo album, Headkeeper (February 1972), and declared bankruptcy to get out of his contract.

London (dpa) - In the early 1980s, British bands such as Duran Duran, The Human League or Depeche Mode caused a sensation with a new innovative sound. In the middle of it was the band ABC. In June 1982, the group from Sheffield released their debut album "The Lexicon Of Love". "It was kind of pretty popular," recalls singer Martin Fry in an interview with the German Press Agency in London. "I still don't know why.»

"It's Alright with Me" is recording artist Patti LaBelle's 3rd album, released on Epic Records in 1979. This album was released in quick succession following the release of the singer's sophomore solo album, Tasty, released in March 1979. The album was produced by hitmaker Skip Scarborough. The album became successful upon release due to the popularity of the songs "Come What May" and "Music is My Way of Life", the latter finding chart success on the dance chart. "Come What May" became a popular song during LaBelle's live showcases shortly after its release.

A young girl named Mimei is working hard to get as many “penis prints” as possible. She’s been collecting these works of art since high school, and her goal is to get 100 prints before her arranged marriage within the next month. Seeking help from her lesbian friends Masumi and Rei, she begins chasing various men around Japan. Mimei finally gets her last man and is met with a challenge! He’ll allow her to make a print of his penis only if she can make him achieve ultimate ecstasy. She accepts, but finds out getting what she needs is a lot harder than she imagined! I LOVE IT FROM BEHIND! is jaw-dropping (and, dare we say, pants-dropping) naughty fun!

These twelve astonishing tracks are drawn from a broad spectrum of early 70s West African psychedelic classics. Yet the fact that they scarcely registered on the Richter scale of contemporary underground music must surely be one of the greatest ironies of modern popular music, given that western counterculture drew so heavily on the musical, aesthetic and visual traditions of Africa.