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The Stampeders: "Platinum" |
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In 1977, after the departure of Rich Dodson, the remaining original band members, Ronnie King and Kim Berly continued the Stampeders as a seven piece band, along with backup musicians Gibby Lacasse (drums and percussion), Ian Kojima (tenor and baritone sax and flute), David Norris Elye (tenor and soprano sax), Doug MacAskill (guitar) and Gary Scrutton (guitar and vocals).
Later that year "Platinum", the ninth album, was released to mixed reviews. Only one single was released from the album, the horn-based R&B track, "Bring The House Down."
The single and the jazzier, funky sounding Stampeders failed to click with long time fans of the band. The album sounded like the Stampeders were masquerading as “Kool and The Gang” which led to it becoming the band’s worst selling album of their career.
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Although there were a couple of good songs on the album including the Frampton-sounding “Don’t You Want Like I Do) and the beautiful ballad “Fool’s Lament” ( both written by Berly), the overall funk feel to the album turned off many fans.
With the failure of the album and differences in musical direction, Kim Berly left the band . This left Ronnie King to carry on with the Stampeders name and try to resurrect the ban’s image and album sales.
This reissue of “Platinum” by Unidisc Music Inc. features the original album graphics and superb sound although there are no bonus tracks.
By Keith Pettipas, CanEHdian.com
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