catalogue

RAGLAND, LOU

I TRAVEL ALONE (NUMERO GROUP)

RAGLAND, LOU - I TRAVEL ALONE 146843
format:
3 CD
release:
27.03.2012
label:
NUMERO GROUP
genre:
World
item ID:
146843
barcode:
0825764104227
O'Jays road manager, Don King prison chauffeur, window washer, house painter, Ink Spot, Domino, engineer, label owner, guitorgan technician, and one-time steward of a coveted Jet Magazine delivery route, Lou Ragland is Cleveland's Eastside success story.

Suffocated by Lake Erie's nitrate-rich waters and the burning oil from a Cuyahoga River fire, between 1967 and 1977 Lou Ragland produced the most thoughtful, hopeful, and downright soulful work to emerge from the Forest City.

Bookended by his dynamic Hot Chocolate and Understand Each Other albums, I Travel Alone gathers period singles, collaborations, and an unreleased live album cut in 1973, revealing a Cleveland genius in a musical microcosm of fearless and confident creation.

Packaged in an attractive slipcase, the quadruple LP features handsome gatefolds, and a booklet of never-before-seen photos of the Bandmaster at various stages of his career.

Detailed liner notes follow renaissance man and storyteller Ragland along the peaks and valleys of a dynamic career that yielded a wealth of innovative music.
 
  • Tracklisting
  • 1.1. I TRAVEL ALONE
  • 1.2. BIG WHEEL
  • 1.3. RED ROBIN
  • 1.4. I'VE GOT SOMETHING GOING FOR MYSELF
  • 1.5. GOOD FOR THE GANDER
  • 1.6. WE HAD TRUE LOVE
  • 1.7. AIN'T THAT A GROOVE
  • 1.8. SO DAM FUNKY
  • 1.9. SEXY MOODS OF YOUR MIND
  • 1.10. MESSIN' WITH SLY
  • 1.11. WE HAD TRUE LOVE
  • 1.12. WHAT YOU WANT TO DO
  • 1.13. WHAT SHOULD I DO
  • 1.14. SINCE YOU SAID YOU'D BE MINE
  • 1.15. I DIDN'T MEAN TO LEAVE YOU
  • 1.16. TEND TO YOUR BUSINESS
  • 1.17. UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER
  • 1.18. WHAT HAPPENED TO THE FEELING
  • 1.19. SINCE YOU SAID YOU'D BE MINE (ALT.)
  • 1.20. JUST FOR BEING YOU
  • 1.21. WHAT SHOULD I DO?
  • 1.22. IT'S GOT TO CHANGE
  • 1.23. THE NEXT WORLD
  • 1.24. UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER (INST.)
  • 1.25. THE WORLD IS A GHETTO (LIVE)
  • 1.26. UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER (LIVE)
  • 1.27. IT AIN'T MY FAULT (LIVE)
  • 1.28. COULD IT BE I'M FALLING IN LOVE (LIVE)
  • 1.29. UNTIL I MET YOU (LIVE)
  • 1.30. SPEND MY LIFE LOVING YOU (LIVE)
  • 1.31. BROTHER LOUIE (LIVE)
  • 1.32. GOOD FOR THE GANDER (LIVE)