Light In The Attic US レコード& CD

Review: Hold tight all serious funk heads, you won't want to miss this one. Betty Davis is finally getting her dues as a true funk pioneer, but there are still dimensions to her brief and brilliant music career which have taken their time to reach our ears. After three knockout LPs she laid down a fourth in a rural Louisiana studio with her band Funk House, but it was shelved by the label and remained in obscurity for some 30 years. Finally, Light In The Attic are giving Is It Love Or Desire the release it deserves, capturing Davis at her rawest and packing the unfiltered funk in with rare photos, archival material and all the good stuff in between.

Review: Betty Davis may have had had an unjustly short run in the public eye when she recorded her seminal 70s funk albums, but she left a lasting impact. As a potent creative force she wrote, recorded and produced her music with the backing of her own band Funk House, but the machinations of the industry hampered her progress until she retreated from view after this record from 1979. Light In The Attic have gone some way to righting the injustice by giving her stellar albums the reissue treatment they deserve, and on Crashin From Passion you can hear Davis spread her wings stylistically without dulling the impact of her hard-bitten soul. This edition comes pressed up on clear blue wax - an essential gem for anyone who takes the evolution of funk seriously.