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Andrew Osborne
04-20-2003, 01:16 PM
Since I doubt I'll find the 12", which apparently does exist on Elektra, and as a UK 12", which LP is There It Is on?
Trev B.
04-20-2003, 01:24 PM
Andrew,
It's on the Friends lp 1982 Solar Records,Unidisc has a nice reissue with There It Is,Right In The Socket and Take That To The Bank on one 12.
Andrew Osborne
04-20-2003, 01:45 PM
Thanks! Time to start the search.
Walter M. Jones
04-20-2003, 02:55 PM
Yes! I love "There it is" as well. I have it on Friends as well but had no Idea it was on a 12". Gotta look for that one! Peace.
Fletch
04-20-2003, 04:52 PM
One of my favorite basslines. Check that--Solar Records consists of one of my favorite rhythym sections, Leon Sylvers (bass) and Wardell Potts (drums).

For bassists, that song is a perfect use of open strings E, A and D. A great song to improve your bass groove and technique. Peace.
Fletch
04-20-2003, 04:58 PM
I know I'm posting again on this, but the backbeat (Potts) and rhythym guitar (Ricky Sylvers and Richard Randolph) on this is the bomb!!!! Rhythmically, this song is tight. Peace.
m williams
04-20-2003, 06:51 PM
I love the song and I have the 12". I just got it a couple of years ago, so it's around, but it was the only one I had seen, so it might be hard to get.
melodic
04-20-2003, 10:00 PM
on top of the world is also my favorite on that "Friends" album
tommytom
04-20-2003, 10:30 PM
Damn...Shalamar and Dynasty are my top 1 and 2 favorite groups...There it is and Friends..are ones that I keep on my tables..

"There it is, there it is, what took us sooo long..
to find each other ba-baay, there it is, there it is, this time i'm not wrooooong"
djmarbll
04-21-2003, 12:05 PM
Originally posted by einnod23:
One of my favorite basslines. Check that--Solar Records consists of one of my favorite rhythym sections, Leon Sylvers (bass) and Wardell Potts (drums).

For bassists, that song is a perfect use of open strings E, A and D. A great song to improve your bass groove and technique. Peace. You must play bass to understand that. I don't play bass, but I am a drummer, so "hear" you. Sylvers was great bass player and tragically underrated producer. Another favorite rhythm section of mine is Mark Adams (bass) and Steve Arrington/Roger Parker (drums).
Fletch
04-21-2003, 12:25 PM
Originally posted by djmarbll:
</font><blockquote>quote:</font><hr />Originally posted by einnod23:
One of my favorite basslines. Check that--Solar Records consists of one of my favorite rhythym sections, Leon Sylvers (bass) and Wardell Potts (drums).

For bassists, that song is a perfect use of open strings E, A and D. A great song to improve your bass groove and technique. Peace. You must play bass to understand that. I don't play bass, but I am a drummer, so "hear" you. Sylvers was great bass player and tragically underrated producer. Another favorite rhythm section of mine is Mark Adams (bass) and Steve Arrington/Roger Parker (drums). </font>[/QUOTE]Oh, My goodness. Mark was the baddest bassist of the late 70s (Larry Graham and Bootsy included). And he was only 16 at the time. There was no one who could mess with those stop-start monster grooves (check "Feel My Love" and "Dreamin"). And with a bass player with those grooves, you need a drummer who can stay on the bass player's ass. And Arrington and Roger Parker were it.

Favorite Mark Adams grooves:
1) Dreamin' (Stone Jam)
2) Spice Of Life (Showtime)
3) Feel My Love (Stone Jam)
4) Just A Touch Of Love
5) Watching You (Stone Jam)
6) Inside Out (by Oddysey)

...and too many others to put on this list.

Oh, yeah, Leon Sylvers was very underrated. Peace.

[ April 21, 2003, 01:27 PM: Message edited by: einnod23 ]