BLACK VELVET - THIS IS BLACK VELVET
LP (12"/10" Album)
Label: TRADING PLACES
Release date: 20/02/2023
Barcode: 5060672880893
Catalog no.: TDP0054089
Item ID: 530949
Initially formed in southeast London in the mid-1960s as the Coloured Raisins, obscure black rock quartet Black Velvet infused their sound with soul and reggae undercurrents, a testament to the Caribbean origins of the group members, and the pervasive styles inspiring the black communities that inhabited London's marginal outskirts. Produced by Don Lawson for the Beacon label, which was launched by the Antiguan businessman and future politician Milton Samuel, Black Velvet's powerful 1970 debut is a snapshot in time of London's black underground that will appeal to anyone interested in the black British music scene of the early 1970s.
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