AALON'S "Cream City" is a fantastic album I've had on my wants list for quite a long time. Within days of each other fellow crew members from TOMORROW'S VELVET DREAMZ...ROSSYBOY & SCAVENJAH dropped this gem in my mailbox. SCAVENJAH has recently given our site a double dose of rips...so to keep that streak in tact I've taken his rip to make this a triple play from PELON DEL NORTE.
This album definitely has some tight cuts.....my all-time favorite of the LP is "Lonely Princess." Other stand out tracks are "Magic Night " and "Summer Love." Besides these there is the ever popular "Rock "N' Roll Gangster."
One of the unsung heroes of 1970s soul/rock, Aalon Butler deserved to become famous, but sadly enough, the vast majority of R&B lovers are completely unfamiliar with the rock-flavored soul and funk that he recorded for Arista in the late 1970s. A native of Los Angeles, the singer, songwriter and guitarist played with Eric Burdon (of War and the Animals fame) in the mid-'70s before forming his own band, Aalon. Signing with Arista, Aalon recorded its outstanding debut album, Cream City, in 1977. The LP should have made Butler a superstar, and the fact is that if justice had prevailed, he would have become a huge star. Unfortunately Cream City was far from a mega-hit. Although Aalon continued to play around L.A. in the late 1970s, the band never recorded a second album.
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POSTED BY G MAN
Label: Arista
Catalog#: AL 4127
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Released: 1977
Genre: Funk / Soul, Rock
Style: Soft Rock, Rhythm & Blues, Soul
Artwork By [Album Cover Concept] - Lee Oskar
Artwork By [Album Design & Art] - Thomas Warkentin
Bass - Al Roberts , Luther Rabb
Drums - Alvin Taylor , Ron Hammond
Engineer [Recording, Remix] - Ed Barton
Guitar, Vocals - Aalon
Keyboards - Luis Cabaza
Producer - Jerry Goldstein
Written-By - Aalon (tracks: A1 to A5) , Jerry Goldstein (tracks: A1, A5, B2) , Juan Luis Cabaza*
Produced for Far Out Productions Recorded at Far Out Studios, Hollywood Calif., and at Sound City, Panarama City Calif.
Produced for Far Out Productions Recorded at Far Out Studios, Hollywood Calif., and at Sound City, Panarama City Calif.
Tracklisting:
1. Cream City (3:20)
2. Rock 'N' Roll Gangster (5:25)
3. Midnight Man (4:41)
4. Summer Love (5:00)
5. Steven Baine's Electric Train (3:50)
6. Lonely Princess (5:48)
7. Magic Night (7:20)
8. Jungle Desire (7:30)
2. Rock 'N' Roll Gangster (5:25)
3. Midnight Man (4:41)
4. Summer Love (5:00)
5. Steven Baine's Electric Train (3:50)
6. Lonely Princess (5:48)
7. Magic Night (7:20)
8. Jungle Desire (7:30)
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