Ready For The World - Digital Display
皆様こんばんは
今夜も昨日に引き続き懐かしい曲を1曲御紹介致します
といっても御訪問者さんの中で1985年当時のFUNK を懐かしいと
思う方がいるかどうかは分かりませんが。
日々記憶が薄れる中で少しでも聞き覚えのある曲は備忘録として自分史
としてもブログの記事にしておきたいと思ってます。
ふとそんな事を思いながら曲をアップしました。
ピコピコサウンド、バックの打ち込みも心地良いです
息の合ったコーラスも独特でした。
Ready For The World - Digital Display - YouTube
Ready For The World - Digital Display - YouTube
Redy For The World はミシガン州フリント出身。
１９８２年、ここでグループが結成された。
自主制作レーベルを立ち上げ地道に音楽活動をやっていた。
”トゥナイト”という曲が大手レコード会社MCAを動かし
ポスト・ニューエディションを狙って売り出された。
メンバーは６人編成でメルヴィン・ライリー（Vo,g)ゴードン・ストロジェ（ｇ）
グレゴリー・ボッツ（Key)ジョン・イートン（ｂ）
ジェラルド・ヴァレンティン（Drs)ウィリー・トリプレット（Prc)
１９８５年 シングル”Oh Sheila"はPOPチャート1位だけではなく
Hot Dance Music/Cluｂ Playチャート、R&Bチャートと首位を独占している。
メルヴィン・ライリーがソロ活動を行うなどの途中経緯はあったが
今なおグループで音楽活動を続けている
８０’sグルーヴ〜 Ready For The World 【80年代洋楽レビュー倉庫】で〜っかい ひとりごと-ウェブリブログ
Ready for the World
About the album
Of the nine songs appearing on the original album, a total of six were used as singles. The lead track, "Tonight", became a local hit (which got the band signed in the first place), but only bubbled under the Billboard Hot 100 at number 103. However, it did much better on R&B charts, where it peaked at number 6. The second single, "Deep Inside Your Love", failed to reach the pop charts, but also peaked at number 6 on the R&B charts. The band would have their pop breakthrough with their next single, the danceable funk number " Oh Sheila". It peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100, the R&B charts and the dance charts; it even managed to reach the UK, where it placed at number 50. "Digital Display" continued the momentum; despite reaching number 21 on the pop charts, it managed to nearly duplicate its predecessors' success with R&B fans, reaching a peak of number 4 on that chart, as well as also notching a number three showing on the dance charts. The last two singles, "Slide Over" and "Ceramic Girl", fared rather poorly by comparison (neither was a pop hit, and their R&B chart showings stalled at 57 and 82, respectively). [1] Later, the album cut "Human Toy" was used as the b-side for their 1986 single, " Love You Down".
Sales
Despite the last two singles' dismal showings, the album itself sold respectably, and was later certified platinum for reaching sales of over one million copies. It reached a peak of number 17 on the pop album charts, while climbing to number 3 on the R&B album charts.
Track listin
- "Tonight" (Melvin Riley Jr., Gordon Strozier) 4:58
- "Digital Display" (Gregory Potts) 5:36
- "Ceramic Girl" (Riley Jr., Strozier) 4:17
- "Deep Inside Your Love" (Riley Jr., Strozier, Potts, John Eaton) 4:22
- "Oh Sheila" (Riley Jr., Strozier, Gerald Valentine) 4:00
- "Human Toy" (Riley Jr.) 4:32
- "Slide Over" (Riley Jr., Strozier, Potts, Valentine) 5:03
- "Out of Town Lover" (Riley Jr., Strozier) 5:02
- "I'm the One Who Loves You" (Riley Jr., Strozier, Potts) 4:32
Personnel
- Melvin Riley Jr.: vocals, rhythm guitar
- Gordon Strozier: lead guitar, backing vocals
- Gregory Potts: keyboards, synthesizers, backing vocals
- John Eaton: bass, backing vocals
- Gerald Valentine: drums, electronic percussion
- Willie Triplett: electronic drums & percussion, backing vocals
Production
- Arranged & Produced by Ready for the World for Mignon Productions
- Associate Producer: Bernard Terry
- Recorded & Mixed by Bernard Terry & Louil Silas Jr. (at Silver Sun Recording; Flint MI), except tracks 1, 4 & 9 (recorded & mixed by Bernard Terry & Greg Reilly). Tracks 4 & 9 mixed at Digital Disc.
- Tracks 2, 3 & 5-8 remixed by Louil Silas Jr.; engineered by Taavi Mote, with assistance by Dan Monroe
- Mastered by Furture Disc Systems
Reference
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Ready for the World
Ready for the World is an American R&B band from Flint, Michigan, that scored several pop, soul, and dance hits in the mid to late 1980s. They were founded by Melvin Riley and Gordon Strozier.
History
The group originally consisted of frontman Melvin Riley, Gordon Strozier ( lead guitar), Gregory Potts ( keyboards), Willie Triplett ( percussion/ keyboards), John Eaton ( bass guitar), and Gerald Valentine ( drums). They had performed throughout Flint at high school talent shows and were discovered by WJLB Detroit Radio personality The Electrifying Mojo in 1982. They gained regional fame with their first release, "Tonight," in 1983. "Tonight" was an underground hit in Flint and Detroit which helped garner them national prominence shortly after their signing under the MCA label. They recorded their debut album, Ready for the World, during 1984 with producer Bernard Terry and engineer Charles Brown, Jr.
Success
In 1985, the band signed to the Steven Machat-Rick Smith management company, AMI. The agreement with MCA was redrawn, and promotion and marketing dollars were committed to promote the group. This proved successful as the group was steered to #1 on the US pop charts as well as top five in all the Western European countries and Australia, with their best-known hit " Oh Sheila." In the US, this song went to #1 on the R&B, Pop Charts, and the Hot Dance Club Play charts that year, becoming the first ever single to hold the #1 spot on all three of these charts simultaneously. The song " Digital Display" followed and hit #21. Ready for the World went on to release several more albums that failed to capture the success of the group's first two releases, and as a result, they disbanded in 1991.
Post-breakup
After the breakup, lead singer Riley went on to record solo albums. He released Ghetto Love on MCA in 1994 and Bedroom Stories on the independent label Bogard Entertainment Group in 2000. A Ready for the World reunion album She Said She Wants Some followed in 2004 featuring mostly urban ballads.
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