In 1984, Nathaniel Woolridge and Anthony Freeman--friends from right around here in Newark--recorded and pressed an intriguing/odd lp of echoey keyboard/casio drum machine soul with drugged Curtis Mayfieldesque vocals. They called their group 'Spontaneous Overthrow', pressed not much more than a hundred copies of a complete album, and then seemingly disappeared off the face of the universe. The lp's title was 'All About the Money' and it came out on 'New-Ark' records (get it?) Very few copies of the album have surfaced over the years; take a listen to the amazing title track, and the optimistic 'If We Can Work It Out.'..
Sounds better than I expected.
Posted by: LJP | May 18, 2010 at 11:37 AM
I agree with LJP; it's surprisingly pleasant to listen to. Can we hear some of the other tracks?
Posted by: Mary Wing | May 18, 2010 at 05:43 PM
I really dig both of these tracks, I would actually like to hear the whole record.... I will play All About The Money on my radio show next week, http://praradio.org DJ Tanuki :D
Posted by: Tim | May 18, 2010 at 10:19 PM
If We Work It Out is incredible. Would love to hear the rest of this!
Posted by: tom | May 20, 2010 at 03:52 AM
I don't claim to be a genius about such things, but in "It's All About Money," is every instrument being played in a different key? On "If We Work It Out" the theme continues. The bass is about 1/8 tone flat throughout, and on the verse the guitar is in a completely different tonal universe.
Not that it's a bad thing, mind you.
Posted by: chaircrusher | May 22, 2010 at 10:51 AM