{"product_id":"harlem-river-drive-lp","title":"Harlem River Drive [LP]","description":"\u003ch2\u003eHarlem River Drive - Harlem River Drive [LP]\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePRESSED ON SMOKE COLORED VINYL\u003cbr\u003eWhen initially released in 1971, many critics panned Eddie Palmieri’s album Harlem River Drive. Those critics\u003cbr\u003ewere wrong. Regardless of critical opinion, the release was not the crossover success Palmieri and Roulette\u003cbr\u003eRecords had hoped for, at least in the immediate. Over the years the release has developed a following among\u003cbr\u003elisteners, DJs, and aficionados of rare-grooves.\u003cbr\u003eThe record may have been recorded towards the end of the Latin soul era, yet it features that genre's wonderful\u003cbr\u003emix of Puerto Rican soul, Spanish Harlem Latin, and New York funk. Palmieri worked with an incredibly talented\u003cbr\u003ecrew of Latin and R\u0026amp;amp;B session musicians to create this quintessential New York vibe, a synthesis of funk and\u003cbr\u003eAfro-Cuban sounds. Contributors include Victor Venegas from Mongo Santamaria’s band, Palmieri’s brother\u003cbr\u003eCharlie, an accomplished musician in his own right, Bruce Fowler who went on to join Frank Zappa’s band,\u003cbr\u003eDick Meza who went on to great things with Tito Puente, Ray Barretto and Celia Cruz, as well as Andy\u003cbr\u003eGonzalez who’s pedigree includes recordings with Barretto, Johnny Pacheco, Willie Colon\u003cbr\u003eand even Chico O’Farrill. Also appearing Randy Brecker and one of the all-time\u003cbr\u003egreatest of the greats Bernard Purdy.\u003cbr\u003eAn over-arching theme of Harlem River Drive is the thought that, as Palmieri puts it “The U.S. is richest country,\u003cbr\u003eall this immense wealth, side by side with the most intense poverty, racial prejudice; how is that possible?” A\u003cbr\u003equestion that’s perhaps more even more relevant today than it was in 1971. A question that can be further\u003cbr\u003eexplored with Get On Down’s reissue of this seminal recording.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harlem River Drive","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62526911578442,"sku":"664425275612","price":5.22,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/goldenspiraluk.com\/products\/harlem-river-drive-lp","provider":"Golden Spiral Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}