This Is a Journey...Into Time

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This Is a Journey...Into Time
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Live album by
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers
Released1993
Genre
Length61:41
Label
  • Liaison
  • Raw Ventures
  • Jimco
Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers chronology
90's Goin' Hard
(1991)		This Is a Journey...Into Time
(1993)		 Hah Man
(1994)
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This Is a Journey...Into Time is a live album released in 1993 by the Washington, D.C.-based go-go band Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers. [5] [6] The album consists go-go renditions of classic jazz and swing songs performed with a go-go beat. [4] [7]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wind Me Up"Chuck Brown3:56
2."Do the Right Thing/Harlem Nocturne"
12:56
3."Since I Fell for You" Buddy Johnson 6:58
4."We Need Some Money"Chuck Brown8:46
5."Red Top"
5:26
6."Tutu" Marcus Miller 6:42
7."Stormy Monday" T-Bone Walker 7:44
8."Foggy Day" George Gershwin 6:35
9."One Nation"
2:43
Total length:61:41

Personnel

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References

  1. ↑ LeRoy, Dan. Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers: This Is a Journey...Into Time > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 September 2016.
  2. ↑ "Chuck Brown Album Releases & Reviews". ARTISTdirect . Retrieved 3 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Graff, Gary; Freedom du Lac, Josh; McFarlin, Jim (1998). "A-Z Guide to R&B Acts: Chuck Brown & the Soul Searchers". In Terrell, Tom (ed.). musicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p.  78. ISBN   1-57859-026-4.
  4. 1 2 Ernst, Max (August 1, 1994). "Review: This Is a Journey...Into Time". Vibe Magazine . Vibe Media Group. 2 (6): 111. ISSN   1070-4701 . Retrieved 18 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Thompson, Dave (2001). "Part Four: The New School". Funk: Third Ear - The Essential Listening Companion (1st ed.). San Francisco: BackBeat Books. pp. 297–299. ISBN   0-87930-629-7.
  6. ↑ Lornell, Kip; Stephenson, Jr., Charles C. (2001). The Beat: Go-Go's Fusion of Funk and Hip-Hop . Billboard Books. p.  252. ISBN   0-8230-7727-6.
  7. ↑ Noz, Andrew (November 20, 2008). "Dropping the Bomb: DC GO-GO". Stop Smiling . No. 37:The D.C. Issue. Chicago, Illinois: Melville House Publishing . Retrieved 15 December 2016.
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