Shotgun - Shotgun IV

Name: Shotgun
Album: Shotgun IV
Year: 1980
Style: Disco, Smooth R&B, Funk
Similar Bands: Earth Wind Fire, Bar-Kays, Con Funk Shun, Cameo, Smokey Robinson
"One-Word" Review: Roller-Dancing Ballads
Based Out Of: Detroit, MI
Label: MCA Records

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Shotgun IV (1980)

1. Come On With It 5:24
2. I Want you 4:54
3. You Deserve the Best 4:05
4. Go Head 5:04 /
5. Come On & Dance 3:52
6. Standing in Need of Love 5:03
7. You Just Wanna Dance 4:57
8. Happy Feelin' 5:25

Album Rating (1-10): 7.0

Members & Other Bands:

• William Talbert - Producer, Arrangement, Guitar, Keys, Synth (24 Carat Black, Phil Flowers & The Inner Connection, Jerry Carr)
• George Osaki - Art Direction
• Shosei Nagaoka - Illustration
• Rod Dyer/Vartan - Design
• Ernest Lattimore - Guitar, Lead & Backing Vox (24 Carat Black)
• Larry Austin - Bass, Lead & Backing Vox (24 Carat Black)
• Tyrone Steels I - Syndrums, Drums, Lead & Backing Vox (24 Carat Black, Jerry Carr, The Steele Family)
• Leslie Carter - Drums (Jerry Carr)
• Greg Ingram - Sax (24 Carat Black
• Rickey Sebastian - Trumpet, Trombone, Lead & Backing Vox
• Clare Fisher - additional musician (Bill Perkins, Latin Jazz Sextet, Salsa Picante, Foriegn Exchange, Henry Mancini, NPG Orchestra, Vox Humana)
• Tom Scott - additional musician (Asche & Spencer, Don Ellis, George's Band, GRP All-Star Big Band, Jimmy Gordon & his Jazznpops, Joe Byrd & the Field Hippies, LA Workshop, Oliver Nelson, Revolutionary Blues Band, Roger Kellaway, Blues Brothers Band, Jazz Central Station All Stars, LA Express, Tom Scott, Victor Feldman) 
• Paulinha Da Costa - additional musician (Baby'O, Fuse One, Samba 4, Sergio Mendes & Brasil'77, Bridge, The Dizzy Gillespie)
• Baker Bigsby - Engineer
• Terry More - Asst. Engineer
• Ralph Osborne - Asst. Engineer
• Tony Casella - Asst. Engineer
• Mrs Virginia Talbert - Dedication
• Gary P. Deeb - Exclusive Legal Rep.

Unknown-ness: Never heard of this band, but based on the huge metallic spaceship speeding away from earth cover art, i'm guessing this is going to be a Prog or Metal record.

Album Review: And i was quite wrong..i should have considered the amount of space disco coming out at the time, and realized this might have been a heavy on disco. It also breaks up the dance numbers with smooth, romantic R&B ballads (#3,6). Ultimately, this is classified as Detroit Funk. Lots of big horns and funky bass on the dancy tracks and lots of thick harmonies.

Stand Out Track: Come On With It

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