Yussef Kamaal – Black Focus
Label: |
Brownswood Recordings – BWOOD0157LP |
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Format: |
Vinyl
, LP, Album, Repress
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Country: |
UK |
Released: |
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Genre: |
Jazz |
Style: |
Deep House |
Tracklist
| A1 | Black Focus | |
| A2 | Strings Of Light | |
| A3 | Remembrance | |
| B1 | Yo Chavez | |
| B2 | Ayla | |
| B3 | O.G. | |
| B4 | Lowrider | |
| B5 | Mansur's Message | |
| B6 | Wing Tai Drums | |
| B7 | t 17 |
Companies, etc.
- Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Brownswood Recordings
- Copyright © – Brownswood Recordings
- Recorded At – Quatermass Studio
- Mastered At – Electric Mastering
- Lacquer Cut At – Electric Mastering
- Published By – Omakase Music
- Published By – Bucks Music Publishing Ltd.
- Pressed By – Optimal Media GmbH – BG46758
Credits
- Calligraphy – Haji Noor Deen
- Design, Art Direction – Matt & Dan
- Drums – Yussef Dayes
- Electric Bass – Tom Driessler
- Electric Guitar – Mansur Brown
- Lacquer Cut By – Guy*
- Mastered By – Guy Davie
- Percussion – Yussef Dayes
- Photography By [Live Performance Photo] – Selem Wakazi
- Photography By [Studio Photo] – Fabrice Buergelle
- Recorded By – Malcolm Catto* (tracks: A1 to B5)
- Synth, Electric Piano [Rhodes] – Henry Wu
- Tenor Saxophone – Shabaka Hutchings
- Trumpet – Yelfris Valdés
- Words By – Gordon Wedderburn
- Written-By, Producer, Performer – Yussef Dayes
Notes
2017 repress, identical to the original release but without a card.
Barcode and Other Identifiers
- Barcode: 5060180322908
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, hand-etched): BWOOD0157LP A1 AYLA BG46758 - 01 A1
- Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, hand-etched): BWOOD0157LP B1 BG46758 - 01 B1 Guy's ELECTRIC BARBARA
Other Versions (5 of 10)
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Recently Edited
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Black Focus (LP, Album) | Brownswood Recordings | BWOOD0157LP | UK | 2016 | ||
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New Submission
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Black Focus (LP, Album, Limited Edition, White) | Brownswood Recordings | BWOOD0157LP | UK | 2016 | ||
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Recently Edited
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Black Focus (CD, Album) | Brownswood Recordings | BWOOD0157CD | UK | 2016 | ||
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New Submission
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Black Focus (CD, Album, Promo) | Brownswood Recordings | none | UK | 2016 | ||
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New Submission
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Black Focus (10×File, WAV, Album, 24 Bit) | Brownswood Recordings | none | UK | 2016 |
Recommendations
Reviews
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The new copy I bought in July 2022 has a feelable scratch on A1 that's quite audible. It's not a bad pressing at all, just crap quality control. How does a record even get scratched between the press and getting inserted into the inner sleeve?
Aside from that, the music is a great take on '70s jazz fusion filtered through 35 years of hip-hop. -
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To add one more data point to other reviews - my version of this looks dirty with mold release residue, but plays very well. Minimal surface noise, far less than would be expected when looking at record. Only to point out that some rigs are designed to be quieter than others: I am running an upgraded Rega P7 with Audio-Technica AT-OC9/III. Normally this is a very quiet setup, so if you hear noisy records it can be the record, the rig, or a combination. It’s not always accurate to just blame the record.
It is mastered rather low on the volume setting, so that may also increase the noise level because higher volume settings are needed for the same output dB.
A cleaning would be in order in any event! -
I've just got a new reissue, the etchings are slightly different from the 2017 reissue. I think someone needs to add this new print. Maybe I'll try to figure it out and do it myself, if I'll have some time. -
How can the first press and the repress be distinguished besides the card? I bought it second hand and I can't tell if there was a card in it.
Furthermore, is it even worth to add a second release for that? Based on descriptions, the pressings seems identical. -
This albums sick but this pressing is terrible. I got scuffs and hairlines all over.. it plays okay - light crackling throughout from what I can hear. It's such a shame hearing great albums get treatment like this. -
Great album! I pray Messrs. Yussef and Kamaal do more. The pressing is decent - the disk is a little wobbly and a little dirty, so there is some surface noise that will probably go away after the disk gets washed.
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Fantastic press, gets absolutely silent when it's supposed to, reels you in with the rising and falling of the tempo, nice separation of each artist's weapon of choice - get it while it's cheap -
My repress has annoying surface noise apparent during intros and quieter ages, otherwise the cut is clear, loud & proud.
System:
Linn LP12, Fidelity research FR-14 tone arm & FR1 mk3 mc cartridge
Linn Kairn pre-amp + 2 x LK100 power amps, QED cable & bi-wired Ruark Prologue speakers
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