Producer Kevin “Slow Jammin'” James has brought together a collection of the
ultimate slow jams from American soul group The Dramatics, whose members
included Ron Banks, L.J. Reynolds, Lenny Mayes, Willie Ford and Winzell Kelly.
Titled The Dramatics – Greatest Slow Jams, and set for release on Stax Records
on April 29, 2014, this compilation stems predominantly from the band’s
breakout hits of the early '70s, a time when the band was recording with
Stax-Volt as well as ABC Records. “Tomorrow,” a track originally released on
Fantasy in 1985 by Dramatics vocalist L.J. Reynolds, has never before been made
available on CD.
This album includes
such chart-toppers as “Toast to the Fool” and their popular number one R&B
hit “In the Rain.” According to James “My love life would have been
dramatically reduced without The Dramatics music in my life.”
The Dramatics began
as the vocal sextet The Dynamics in 1962 and signed to Stax-Volt Records in
1968, where they found great commercial and critical success. In 1971, they
released “Whatcha See Is Whatcha Get,” which broke them into the top 10 of the
Billboard charts with the title track and awarded them with their first gold
album, selling over one million units. The following year, they released “In
the Rain,” which went to number one on the R&B charts for four consecutive
weeks and number five on the pop charts.
The “Slow Jams”
brand began as a late night radio show in 1994 by Kevin “Slow Jammin'” James
called Sunday Nite Slow Jams. It soon developed into a successful program and
eventually a series of CD compilations that blended old and new R&B love
songs.
Album Track
Listing:
Just Shopping (Not
Buying Anything)
In the Rain
Toast to the
Fool
I Can’t Get Over
You
I Was the Life of
the Party
I Dedicate My Life
to You
Thank You for Your
Love
And I Panicked
Fall in Love, Lady
Love
I Made Myself
Lonely
Tomorrow
Hey You, Get Off My
Mountain
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