Description
Strut presents an exclusive reissue of Experience Unlimiteds 1977 debut album, Free Yourself. This seminal recording blends soul, jazz, and funk-rock, laying the foundation for Washington D.C.’s go-go scene. Experience Unlimited had originally started out in 1973 when they met at Ballou Senior High School in South-East D.C. and came to the attention of Black Fire Records Jimmy Gray after winning a school talent competition. Jimmy saw that we had a lot of potential and he put us into the studio, remembers bandleader Gregory Sugar Bear Elliott. That was our first experience recording – I remember that he just told us to be ourselves and we just gathered together and played. We were young kids then saying what we felt. Free Yourself is a free-flowing album, full of positive messages and infectious grooves. We could play any style, continues Sugar Bear. The album has a lot of different songs and feelings from Peace Gone Away to Funky Consciousness which features some heavy guitar work and Free Yourself where you can hear early stylings of go-go its all in one. We just wanted to record where we were at. This new reissue of Free Yourself is remastered by The Carvery and includes a brand new interview with Sugar Bear alongside rare photos.
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