James Mason - Recollection Echo +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | Artist ..... : James Mason | | Album ...... : Recollection Echo | | Year ....... : 2015 | | Label ...... : Shout! | | Cat.No ..... : SHOUT 278 | | | +-------------------------------[Release Info]-------------------------------+ | | | Genre ...... : Jazz+Funk | | Tracks ..... : 07 | | Duration ... : 37:40 min | | Source ..... : CDDA | | Street Date : Apr-29-2015 | | URL ........ : www.discogs.com/release/6914074 | | | | Release Size : 73,9 MB | | Ripping Tool : EAC | | Encoder .... : Lame 3.100 -V0 | | Quality .... : VBRkbps / 44,1kHz / Joint-Stereo | | Rip Date ... : Aug-14-2019 | | | +--------------------------------[Track List]--------------------------------+ | | | 01. The Love Song 05:20 | | 02. Angel Eyes 03:11 | | 03. I've Got Your Love 04:51 | | 04. Cool Out 02:56 | | 05. Up Jump 06:28 | | 06. The Dance Of Life 07:47 | | 07. Space Walking 07:07 | | ----- | | Total: 37:40 | | | +-------------------------------[Release Notes]------------------------------+ | | | Japan Issue of previously unreleased recordings. 7 tracks have been | | digitally remastered from James Masons personal master tape (which had | | to be repaired due to deterioration during storage) and have attempted | | to preserve as closely as possible the sound of the original recording | | However, the CD can reveal the limitations of the source tape. | | | | * * * | | | | When Rush Hour reissued "I Want Your Love" in 2012 few people save for | | devout disco and funk heads were familiar with James Mason.As a gifted | | musician, Mason never got to realise his true potential as musical | | trends came and went and left him out of popularity in a career story | | tainted by ill fortune. The aforementioned single was a wake up call | | to a younger crowd, not least with the incredibly prescient 4/4 pulse | | of "Nightgruv" slotting in neatly with the decade-spanning club sets | | of so many contemporary DJs. When digging back, it becomes apparent | | that Mason's "Rhythm of Life" was his sole long-player, offering a | | deeper insight into his skills as a jazz-funk player and composer of | | note. Meanwhile his stint with Roy Ayers's seminal Lifeline (and in | | turn the evergreen "Running Away") affirms his status as predominantly | | overlooked talent who struggled to get the backing his music deserved | | as tastes changed in the 80s. Following on from the "I Want Your Love" | | repress, Mason unearthed some tapes recorded around the same time as | | "Rhythm of Life" which have been gathered together as "Recollection | | Echo". | | | +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+