Ohio Players - Observations In Time: The Johnny Brantley/Vidalia Productions (2024)
WEB FLAC (tracks) - 451 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 183 MB
1:14:29 | Funk, Soul | Label: Omnivore Recordings
The early recordings from the Funk and Soul Powerhouse that would bring “Fire” and “Love Rollercoaster” to the world • All 24 tracks from 1967–1968 collected together for the first time • Packaging contains new liner notes from Tim Dillinger-Curenton Formed in 1964 as The Players, and eventually The Ohio Players, the group was “doing Chicago and Blood, Sweat & Tears-type stuff long before they were. Our crowds at home were so big by 8:30 you couldn’t get anywhere, and this wasn’t blacks, this was whites!” according to founding member Clarence “Satch” Satchell. Meeting up with producer Johnny Brantley in 1966, the band began recording the following year.