Name: Pressure Cookin
Brand: Lebelle

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

smcr5123

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2014-08-18

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Cherry Red (ADA)

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

5013929082335

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1 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Lebelle

Genre GB

Funk / Soul

Label GB

Originally the quartet Patti LaBelle &amp; The Bluebelles (Sarah Dash, Nona Hendryx and Cindy Birdsong -before Birdsong's departure made it a trio), the transformation from bouffant wigs and the reworking on standards such as 'Over The Rainbow' and 'You'll Never Walk Alone' to a futuristic, space-age-clad trio of high-powered vocalists finally took hold with the 1973 release of Labelle's sole album for RCA Records, Pressure Cookin.'  The transition from '60s girl group to '70s funk'n'soul sisters had been masterminded by former British TV producer Vicki Wickham who oversaw the production of the production of Labelle's recordings for Track Records and two albums for Warner Brothers (a self-titled 1971 set and 1972's "Moonshadow"). Stevie Wonder penned the album's lone single, 'Open Up Your Heart' as well as co-producing the track and 'Going On A Holiday' (although uncredited for contractual reasons on both cuts). 'Pressure Cookin' also included an inspiring medley of Thunderclap Newman's 'Something In The Air' and Gil Scott-Heron's timeless 'The Revolution Will Not Be Televised.'

Pressure Cookin

Music GB