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Expected Release Date: 19-June-2026 – This Pre-order will be shipped on or just before this date. Release dates are subject to alteration.
LP pressed on Pearl Flip / Horizon Color Wax.
Expanded vinyl edition featuring gatefold jacket and 20-page booklet including rare photos, lyrics and new liner notes by Danielle Maggio interviewing Betty.
One can hardly imagine the genre-busting, culture-crossing musical magic of Outkast, Prince, Erykah Badu, Rick James, The Roots, or even the early Red Hot Chili Peppers without the influence of R&B pioneer Betty Davis. Her style of raw and revelatory punk-funk defies any notions that women cant be visionaries in the worlds of rock and pop. In recent years, rappers from Ice Cube to Talib Kweli to Ludacris have rhymed over her intensely strong but sensual music.
There is one testimonial about Betty Davis that is universal: she was a woman ahead of her time. In our contemporary moment, this may not be as self-evident as it was thirty years ago we live in an age thats been profoundly changed by flamboyant flaunting of female sexuality: from Parlet to Madonna, Lil Kim to Kelis. Yet, back in 1973 when Betty Davis first showed up in her silver go-go boots, dazzling smile and towering Afro, who could you possibly have compared her to? Marva Whitney had the voice but not the independence. Labelle wouldnt get sexy with their Lady Marmalade for another year while Millie Jackson wasnt Feelin Bitchy until 1977. Even Tina Turner, the most obvious predecessor to Bettys fierce style wasnt completely out of Ikes shadow until later in the decade.
Ms. Daviss unique story, still sadly mostly unknown, is unlike any other in popular music. Betty wrote the song Uptown for the Chambers Brothers before marrying Miles Davis in the late 60s, influencing him with psychedelic rock, and introducing him to Jimi Hendrix personally inspiring the classic album Bitches Brew.
Her 1974 sophomore album They Say Im Different features a worthy-of-framing futuristic cover challenging David Bowies science fiction funk with real rocking soul-fire, kicked off with the savagely sexual Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him (later sampled by Ice Cube). Her follow up is full of classic cuts like Dont Call Her No Tramp and the hilarious, hard, deep funk of He Was A Big Freak.
Tracklist:
Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him, He Was a Big Freak, Your Mama Wants Ya Back, Don’t Call Her No Tramp, Git In There, They Say I’m Different, 70’s Blues, Special People, He Was a Big Freak (Record Plant Rough Mixes – Digital Only Bonus Track), Don’t Call Her No Tramp (Record Plant Rough Mixes – Digital Only Bonus Track), Git In There (Record Plant Rough Mixes – Digital Only Bonus Track), 70’s Blues (Record Plant Rough Mixes – Digital Only Bonus Track)
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