• 180 GRAM VINYL LP

Cymande’s third album ‘Promised Heights’ from 1974 was their most accomplished. It includes their big funky club track ‘Brothers on the slide’ now a rare groove classic. The percussive ‘Pon De jungle’ and ‘Equatorial Forest’ blends perfectly with the more laid back ‘Changes’ and ‘The Recluse’. Cymande’s music on this album especially has a very calming effect almost meditative in places.

PERSONNEL:

• Ray King (vocals, percussion)
• Steve Scipio (bass)
• Derek Gibbs (soprano & alto saxophones)
• Pablo Gonsales (congas)
• Joey Dee (vocals, percussion)
• Peter Serreo (tenor saxophone)
• Sam Kelly (drums)
• Mike Rose (alto saxophone, flute, bongos)
• Patrick Patterson (guitar)

TRACKS:

• SIDE A
• A1. Pon De Dungle
• A2. Equatorial Forest
• A3. Brothers on the Slide
• A4. Changes
• A5. Breezeman

• SIDE B
• B1. Promised Heights
• B2. Losin' Ground
• B3. Leavert
• B4. The Recluse