Seventh in a series. To be considered a "chart scraper" album, an artist must have had only one album make the Cash Box 200 album chart* during the years 1976-85. Said album spent no more than two weeks on the chart, placing no higher than 196. They're all new to me.
Let Your Mind Be Free
| Released: 1976 (Turbo) Produced by: Billy Jones and Bernadette Randle |
| Side One | Side Two |
|---|---|
| Let Your Mind Be Free Visions Chance With You Phattenin' |
Groovy Day Take My Love Leavin' Me Joni |
| Week | Position |
| August 7. 1976 | 198 |
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No published reviews could be found, but here's some online stuff:
This was a nice surprise. It's good, not great, but a decent soul/funk release that attempts to mimic EW&F, early Commodores, War, and/or Sly and the Family Stone. I'm guessing the label didn't have the money to promote the thing or couldn't get it picked up by a major label.
The band released 4 albums between 1974-80. Despite the group name, this one was mainly a Billy Jones joint as he did most of the writing, arranging, singing, playing, and producing on the record.
It spent just the one week on the Cash Box chart, didn't crack the Billboard 200, but did manage to spend 12 weeks on Billboard's R&B chart, peaking at #33. My top picks are the title track, "Chance with You," "Groovy Day," and "Leavin' Me."
*Cash Box chart information was taken from the book The Cash Box Album Charts, 1976-1985 (Scarecrow Press, 1987)
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