Released June 2007 on Soul Brother Records (UK)
Available on CD and double vinyl at http://www.dustygroove.com, http://www.soulbrother.com and all the usual purveyors of good music.
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Blue Bird Records via Funky Town Grooves have issued the Aleem featuring Leroy Burgess LP 'Casually Formal' on CD for the first time ever.
Orginally released in 1986 on Atlantic Records, this version see a bonus in the form, of a dub mix of 'Fine Young Tender'.
Details and order info here
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Bobby & Steve of Zoo Experience (London) have released 4 new mixes of 'Barely Breaking Even' via Zoo Groove Stereo and http://www.traxsource.com. At the moment these are digital download only, but hopefully this is in advance of 12" release.
'Barely Breaking Even' was of course originally recorded by Leroy as The Universal Robot Band. And covered in 1988 by Leroy & Tyrone Williams as El Bee & Tee.
The mixes are:
1 Bobby & Steve & James Ratcliff Main Vocal (7:16)
2 Bobby & Steve & James Ratcliff Main Instrumental (7:16)
3 David Harness Vocal Remix (6:42)
4 David Harness Instrumental Remix (6:40)
Available from http://www.juno.co.uk amongst others.
A reworking of Marshall Jefferson's 'House Music Anthem' with vocals from Leroy. Produced by Cris is Bliss out of NYC.
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The new triple CD 'Basement Boys Anthology' conatins a previously unreleased mix of 'Best of Me', the track Leroy recorded with Belita Woods (ex-Brainstorm).
Curiously, the Basement Boys website credits the track solely to Belita Woods, so whether that means they have dropped Leroy's vocal part in the remix remains to be seen.
Tracklisting:
1 12th Floor Music Is The Healing Force (7:05)
2 Mau Letting It Go (Revisited) (7:33)
3 Slippery People Must Be The Music (D'Malicious Remix) (6:02)
Featuring - Leroy Burgess
Producer - Mikael Nordgren
Remix - D'Malicious
4 Glenn Infra Bionic Bliss (7:46)
5 José González Crosses (Jori Hulkkonen Remix) (7:19)
Remix - Jori Hulkkonen
6 Tiger Stripes 220 V (7:12)
7 Mau Proposal Chapter 1 (6:57)
8 Slippery People Wish I Never Knew (5:45)
Featuring - Adeva
9 Tiger Stripes I'm Burning Up (5:04)
10 Yuv Montel Tights (6:41)
11 Yuv Montel & Mau Showdown (Chopstick Technique) (9:01)
Producer - Glenn Infra
Todd Terry's version can be heard on one of the in-car radio stations.
Probably of interest to boogie fans. The story of the Paradise Garage.
A one-sided bootleg of 'Feeling Me' has been released.
Due for release in September are the remixes of this year's Chez Damier feat. Leroy Burgess 'Your Love'. The 12" (Cat. TM053) is rumoured to be accompanied by a bonus 7". More info at Trackmode Recordings' site.
For the first time Black Ivory are available on DVD. Urbanland Music have released CDs and DVDs of some of the live shows they have promoted over the last few years. One of the featured acts is our very own Black Ivory. Hey Leroy! is currently awaiting delivery of a set, and will post full details when it arrives. In the meantime, if you want to order 'The Big Show' for yourself, go to the Urbanland Music online store.
WARNING: We sent Urbanland Music $110 for the full works and never received any goods or any reponse to our emails - so buyer beware! (Mar 2006)
