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Messengers Incorporated - Soulful Proclamation (1970)

Track listing:
  1. Soulful Proclamation 4:35
  2. Grequency Response 3:55
  3. Ain't No Mountain 2:59
  4. He Ain't Heavy 5:51
  5. Twenty Four Hours A Day 3:04
  6. If I'da Club 3:05
  7. Elenor Rigby 4:47
  8. Rebacca 4:33
  9. Just Can't Run Away 3:46
  10. Rejoice 3:20

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Ultra-hip funk from Oklahoma's Messengers Incorporated -- a group who come across with a sound that's every bit as righteous and heavy as you might guess from the cover! Instrumentation is heavy on bass, guitar, and organ -- and topped with some great saxophone work too -- all in a sound that's draws plenty of inspiration from righteous jazz of the early 70s, but which focuses the sound into a more funk-based approach overall.

Vocalists shift throughout -- and include singers Barbara and Charles Burton, later of Burton Inc -- who help give the record as much of a soul-based punch alongside the jazzy instrumentation of the combo! The whole thing's a real heavy hitter -- the kind of album that could have soared large, had it gotten wider release back in the day.

Recorded at Benson Sound Studios, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma"

Originally released on SMI 5001 in 1970

01. Soulful Proclamation (4:36)
02. Frequency Response (3:55)
03. Ain't No Mountain (High Enough) (2:59)
04. He Ain't Heavy (He's My Brother) (5:51)
05. Twenty Four Hours A Day (3:04)
06. If I'Da Club (3:05)
07. Eleanor Rigby (4:47)
08. Rebecca (4:33)
09. Just Can't Run Away (3:36)
10. Rejoice (3:21)