Some of the lesser played, still classic Labelle

[C hristian]

Listening to labelle right now. yeah, yeah, Messing with my mind is good and all, but

DAMN! Joy to have your love is BEAUTIFUL every time I hear it. That organ rides!

And my personal favorite : Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile). This song is IT! (on the classic latin tip.)

[music]

patti will always be a classic

[Leslie]

Originally posted by C hristian:
Listening to labelle right now. yeah, yeah, Messing with my mind is good and all, but

DAMN! Joy to have your love is BEAUTIFUL every time I hear it. That organ rides!

And my personal favorite : Teach Me Tonight (Me Gusta Tu Baile). This song is IT! (on the classic latin tip.) I though Joy To Have Your Love was off Patti's very first solo album after Labelle split up?
My mother played that 8 track tape in her 76 Buick Lasabre to death. Song brings back a lot of memories.

[kelvy]

Originally posted by Leslie:
My mother played that 8 track tape in her 76 Buick Lasabre to death. Song brings back a lot of memories. http://www.collectorcarads.com/Picture1/bkcrp6.JPG

1976 Buick LeSabre (last of the really big ones before GM downsized all their large cars...and for 1976, they got four square headlights)..

by the way, if you're interested, the owner has this particular specimen up for sale at $1,100 negotiable. :D

[Mack-Williams]

My favorite, Pressure Cooking. Man that song is dope.

[Jamie 3:26]

Pressure Cooking and Moonshadow.

[liL Ray]

Originally posted by C hristian:
Joy to have your love is BEAUTIFUL every time I hear it. That organ rides! This is a Timmy Regisford favorite and a SHELTER classic.

[martin]

A lot later, but what seems to be a seriously overlooked song of hers, is 'All Right Now'. It's about 10 years old and used to get played by just a couple of DJs here in London. IMO a classic but doesn't seem to have got the credit it deserves.

[Leslie]

Originally posted by kelvy:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Leslie:
My mother played that 8 track tape in her 76 Buick Lasabre to death. Song brings back a lot of memories. http://www.collectorcarads.com/Picture1/bkcrp6.JPG

1976 Buick LeSabre (last of the really big ones before GM downsized all their large cars...and for 1976, they got four square headlights)..

by the way, if you're interested, the owner has this particular specimen up for sale at $1,100 negotiable. :D </font>[/QUOTE]Okay, Mom's was gray with black courduroy velvet like material. She had a hard top. That car was the bomb! Had the bad ass 8-track and speakers. Mom had the Patti Labelle (we all knew all the words to all the songs), Tramps Disco Inferno, Teddy Pendergrass, etc. Dad got stuck driving the old green LaSabre (they were big Buick people at the time) until he bought a Regal 2 years later (he drove that puppy into the ground! graemlins/rofl.gif ) The back seat was so big, my sister and I could have fights and then when we would get seperated had more than enough room to throw punches and not hit each other. Man you couldn't tell my Mother nuthin' when that car was new. Alas, Mom knows best she dumped that gas guzzling chumpy in 1981 and so began her love affair with the Honda Accord - she is now on her 4th one. She saw the future.. and it was smaller with higher gas milage. Dad of course didn't learn, he stuck with his beloved gas guzzling Buicks until 2 years ago when he finally "wised up" and bought what...a Honda CRV.
Sorry...just had to reminisce a bit. :D

[Andrew Osborne]

The 12" of The Spirit's In It is almost as good as Kelvy's old Buick.

[Light Skinted Wif Good Hur]

Is there an official 12" of Pressure Cooking?

[Jamie 3:26]

Originally posted by whyteout:
Is there an official 12" of Pressure Cooking? Not that I know of Mike.I have the original lp and also on a RCA disco comp.

I can't even remember when it dropped.... graemlins/jpshakehead.gif

[Light Skinted Wif Good Hur]

Disco Express Comp.--correct--I believe that version is longer than the LP!!!

[Jamie 3:26]

Originally posted by whyteout:
Disco Express Comp.--correct--I believe that version is longer than the LP!!! That's the one Mike.I didn't know there was a difference.That is a short tune anyways....I will have to check and see.

[kelvy]

Originally posted by Leslie:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by kelvy:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by Leslie:
My mother played that 8 track tape in her 76 Buick Lasabre to death. Song brings back a lot of memories. http://www.collectorcarads.com/Picture1/bkcrp6.JPG

1976 Buick LeSabre (last of the really big ones before GM downsized all their large cars...and for 1976, they got four square headlights)..

by the way, if you're interested, the owner has this particular specimen up for sale at $1,100 negotiable. :D </font>[/QUOTE]Okay, Mom's was gray with black courduroy velvet like material. She had a hard top. That car was the bomb! Had the bad ass 8-track and speakers. Mom had the Patti Labelle (we all knew all the words to all the songs), Tramps Disco Inferno, Teddy Pendergrass, etc. Dad got stuck driving the old green LaSabre (they were big Buick people at the time) until he bought a Regal 2 years later (he drove that puppy into the ground! graemlins/rofl.gif ) The back seat was so big, my sister and I could have fights and then when we would get seperated had more than enough room to throw punches and not hit each other. Man you couldn't tell my Mother nuthin' when that car was new. Alas, Mom knows best she dumped that gas guzzling chumpy in 1981 and so began her love affair with the Honda Accord - she is now on her 4th one. She saw the future.. and it was smaller with higher gas milage. Dad of course didn't learn, he stuck with his beloved gas guzzling Buicks until 2 years ago when he finally "wised up" and bought what...a Honda CRV.
Sorry...just had to reminisce a bit. :D </font>[/QUOTE]and your mom's LeSabre was once considered "standard size" when it was new....they even had a bigger offering in '76 with the Electra (again, last of the really, really big ones)...

http://www.collectorcarads.com/Picture1/DCP01078.JPG http://www.collectorcarads.com/Picture3/DCP01061.JPG

my parents were similar in which they used to be Chevy people (a '74 Chevelle Coupe and a '77 Nova)...but now you can't pry my dad off of Toyotas...he swears by their durability ever since he learned to drive a manual transmission using a '78 Corolla wagon....my brother caught the bug with a '93 bare-bones pickup truck with over 100k with a still-pristine interior....even i am convinced...currently i drive a '96 nissan 200 sx which has been pretty good although the interior bits have been somewhat crapped out but the next stop will be a new corolla...mind you, it's not dream/custom-car material but it does it's job frugally and reliably at a decent cost....no surprise it's one of the best-selling models of all-time (i think it may have even beaten the old style beetle for best-ever selling car???)

[Leslie]

Man Kelvy, you brought out the picture of the "Duce and a Quarter" as they used to call it. LOL!! Yea, my father LOVED the Electra 225, but I think it was a bit beyond his price range at the time with a house and 2 kids. My Mom's first car was a Chevy Impala - she said she loved that car.

Automatic transmission = AR15firing.gif can't stand it. Once you go stick shift, it's over..IMO.

Cool remeniscing with ya...brought back alot of memories.

Oh and since I am doing absolutely nothing at work today...I found this for ya:
http://edmunds.nytimes.com/reviews/generations/articles/94136/article.html

[ March 31, 2003, 02:02 PM: Message edited by: Leslie ]

[kelvy]

Originally posted by Leslie:
Man Kelvy, you brought out the picture of the "Duce and a Quarter" as they used to call it. LOL!! Yea, my father LOVED the Electra 225, but I think it was a bit beyond his price range at the time with a house and 2 kids. My Mom's first car was a Chevy Impala - she said she loved that car.

Automatic transmission = AR15firing.gif can't stand it. Once you go stick shift, it's over..IMO.

Cool remeniscing with ya...brought back alot of memories.

Oh and since I am doing absolutely nothing at work today...I found this for ya:
http://edmunds.nytimes.com/reviews/generations/articles/94136/article.html loved the exchange of words Leslie:) that's right about the "deuce and a quarter"....it shared parts with the Oldsmobile Ninety-Eight (deceased in 1996) and the Cadillac DeVille/Fleetwood....Buick used the Electra monkier up to the 1990 model year and then chucked it away in favor of "Park Avenue" which represents their premium luxury sedan....

and thanks for the Corolla link....my dad has the 1991 in burgundy red and its mechanically sound to day but he's soon thinking of moving up to a Camry or one of those four-door Tacoma trucks (my parents are becoming fond of high driving positions, not my thing...) one thing i did notice that they stated the 4th generation Corolla started in '79 ...i thought it was 1980 when they initally appeared with four round headlights..and a Corolla wagon in '84-'85??? if i remember correctly, after the '83 model year, there were no Corolla wagons for the first front-wheel drive generation since the Tercel wagon was taking up its place on the showroom (remember the rather tall and short wagons from 83-87???)

i've driven stick shift ever since my first car (VW Beetle) and i find it to be my preferred method with small and sports cars....automatics on a small car are not to my taste but it's getting more difficult to find small new cars stateside with stick with less than ten percent of all cars sold in the United States with a stick shift...

here in the South, you still see some of those seventies-vintage LeSabres, Oldsmobile 88s, and Chevy Impalas/Caprice restored and dipped out with wire or custom chrome rims(especially dubs)...as a matter of fact, i was driving sunday and this guy was driving a mid-60s Buick Wildcat (LeSabre coupe version with bucket seats and a console shift) in black with gold wire wheels (looked a lot like daytons but could not verify and vogue tires)....when i hit the wmc in miami, those 70s-vintage caprices and impalas were in vogue (in my neck of the woods, the 80s-vintage Caprices (shoeboxes) tend to be favored)....plus the chevy impala (especially 1961-1964) is a perrenial lowrider favorite....


and those seventies/early 80s rear-drive Corollas are still soldiering; virtually indestrutible! i've seen some set up for racing with all sorts of engine mods/tire-wheel packages...

may your week be a good one! take care...

[ March 31, 2003, 10:27 PM: Message edited by: kelvy ]