Bill Lee feat. Branford Marsalis - Do The Right Thing Original Score (1989)

Tracks
A1 Mookie Goes Home
A2 We Love Roll Call Y-All
A3 Father To Son
A4 Da Mayor Drinks His Beer
A5 Delivery For Love Daddy
A6 Riot
A7 Magic, Eddie, Prince Ain´t Niggers
A8 Mookie (Septet)
A9 How Long ?
B1 Mookie (Orchestra)
B2 Da Mayor Loves Mother Sister
B3 Da Mayor Buys Roses
B4 Tawana
B5 Malcolm And Martin
B6 Wake Up Finale

Credits
Orchestra - Natural Spiritual Orchestra, The
Bass - Robert Hurst
Drums - Jeff "Tain" Watts
Piano - James Williams , Kenny Barron
Saxophone [Alto] - Donald Harrison
Saxophone [Tenor], Saxophone [Soprano] - Branford Marsalis
Trumpet - Marlon Jordan , Terence Blanchard
Producer, Mixed By, Composed By, Conductor - Bill Lee
Recorded By, Engineer - Patrick Smith
Engineer - James Nichols
Mastered By - Vlado Meller

Notes
A Spike Lee Joint
Recorded December 12-16, 1988, Mixed July 17-19, 1989 at RCA Studios, NY.
Bill Lee - Do The Right Thing Original Score
Label: CBS
Catalog#: 465960 1
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1989

In my own humble opinion this is a veritable who's who of crack New York talent at the time, blowin' it out to create the right atmosphere for this historical piece of cinema. While it's more famous for the HipHop music, perhaps it's unjustly so. Discover this and let Your socks glide across the floor once more! Thank You Bill and Lee.

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Various Artists - Do The Right Thing (1989)

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Spike Lee - Do The Right Thing (1989)

Various Artists - Do The Right Thing (1989)

Tracks
1 Public Enemy - Fight The Power 5:29
Producer - Carl Ryder , Eric Sadler , Hank Shocklee
2 Teddy Riley Feat. Guy - My Fantasy 4:56
Producer - Gene Griffin , Teddy Riley
3 E.U. - Party Hearty 4:40
Producer - Ju Ju House , Kent Wood
4 Steel Pulse - Can't Stand It 5:03
Producer - David R. Hinds* , Sidney Mills
5 Keith John - Why Don't We Try 3:32
Producer - Raymond Jones
6 Perri - Feel So Good 5:38
Producer - Paul Laurence
7 Take 6 - Don't Shoot Me 4:06
Producer - Mervyn E. Warren*
8 Lori Perry And Gerald Alston - Hard To Say 3:20
Producer - Paul Laurence
9 Perri - Prove To Me 5:22
Producer - Raymond Jones , Sami McKinney
10 Al Jarreau - Never Explain Love 5:56
Producer - Raymond Jones
11 Ruben Blades - Tu Y Yo 5:12
Producer - Ruben Blades

Executive Producer - Spike Lee

AMG.com
The soundtrack for director Spike Lee's Do the Right Thing is a veritable window into the hip-hop/contemporary R&B scene circa 1989. Peppered with "new jack" era slabs of wax from the likes of Public Enemy (the iconic "Fight the Power"), summer party staples from E.U. ("Party Hearty") and Teddy Riley ("My Fantasy"), and deep slow jams from Perri and Al Jarreau, it's the perfect background for a hot night in the city, and like the film itself, it's both frivolous and foreboding. [Motown reissued Do the Right Thing with two remixes of Guy's "My Fantasy."].
by James Christopher Monger

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Bill Lee arr/cond & The Natural Spiritual Orcherstra - Do The Right Thing (1989)

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Spike Lee - Do The Right Thing (1989)

Blaxploitation Fashion

This is too cool to not be on BP. I know some of you can relate to these fashions from the 70's. These ads are from old Ebony Magazines between 1970-'76. Please visit "Learning 2 Share" for more fashion from in the 70's.

Here are some more cool hair fashions from the 70's. If you notice Mr. Wone with the "Blow Up" from back in the day ;-) Just Kidding!!! Please visit "Meathaus" to see more Funky Fro's from Ebony Magazine.

Various Artists - Nothing But A Man OST (1965)

Tracks

1. "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave" - Martha & The Vandellas
2. "Fingertips (Pt. II)" - Little Stevie Wonder
3. "That's the Way I Feel" - The Miracles
4. "Come on Home" - Holland & Dozier
5. "This Is When I Need You Most" - Martha & The Vandellas
6. "I'll Try Something New" - The Miracles
7. "Way Over There" - The Marvelettes
8. "Mickey's Monkey" - The Miracles
9. "You Beat Me to the Punch" - Mary Wells
10. "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" (live) - The Miracles
11. "Bye Bye Baby" (live) - Mary Wells

AMG.com
This 1996 CD reissue was a surprise, since the 1965 film to which it was attached is has only a cult following. Much of the music (Martha & the Vandellas' "Heat Wave," Mary Wells' "You Beat Me to the Punch," the Miracles' "Mickey's Monkey") is available elsewhere, although the producers have used the original master tapes as sources for the CD, so the sound is first rate. And there are two jewels here that have not appeared elsewhere on CD: "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" by the Miracles from their 1963 live album, and "Bye Bye Baby" by Mary Wells from her live album of the same era. The recording on the Miracles live cut leaves something to be desired, but listening to Smokey play the crowd, and the rapture of the audience as the group delivers an impassioned rendition of the song (with a brief foray into Sam Cooke's "Bring It on Home to Me"), all imperfections are forgiven; and the group sounds in great form. Mary Wells' performance is one of her best on record, a simmering piece of passionate, romantic soul music that rises magnificently to full boil. So why not put both live albums on one CD? ~ Bruce Eder, All Music Guide

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Michael Roemer - Nothing But A Man (1964)

The Mark of the Hawk (1957)

Starring
Eartha Kitt
Sidney Poitier
Juano Hernandez
John McIntire
Helen Horton
Marne Maitland
Gerard Heinz
Patrick Allen
Earl Cameron
Clifton Macklin

IMDb.com
The man called Obam struggles with the increasingly hostile forces facing each other in a colonial African country. The African natives want their land and lives back from the British colonists. Obam's motives are questioned by his own people, in particular his brother Kanda. With the help of his wife Renee and missionary Bruce Craig, will he be able to get things under control before the country self-destructs?

Cinemageddon.com
Sidney Poitier starred in Lillies Of The Field, which I consider to be one of the greatest films ever made. Co-star Eartha Kitt, was to me, the hottest chick to play Catwoman on the Batman TV series. The idea that the two of them could team up and make a relatively obscure movie that is either largely unseen or forgotten is a mystery to me. But here we are.....

Funkbacks comment
Obam...a? Is this a mere coincidence? I'd really hate to see the plot of this movie come true in the USA of today. Please heed this warning dear mr. president and all others consider this an interesting artifact of black i movie history. From that "glorious" time when the stars Poitiers and Kitt couldn't even get their faces on the posters, we at Blaxploitationpride give You Obams brother Kanda in Mark of The Hawk. Remember to remember!

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A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich (1978)

Starring
Cicely Tyson
Paul Winfield
Larry B. Scott
Helen Martin
Glynn Thurman
David Groh
Kevin Hooks

Cinemageddon.com
In this compelling family drama, Paul Winfield plays Butler and Cicely Tyson plays Sweets. The two stars, who were Oscar-nominated for their roles in SOUNDER, reunite in this story about a ghetto mother and stepfather who help their child become someone special despite the societal pressures of drugs and crime.

chud.com
"Faced with the harsh reality of growing up in the ghetto, 13-year-old Benjie (Larry B. Scott) turns to heroin to escape. After Benjie hits rock bottom, his mother (Cicely Tyson) and her boyfriend (Paul Winfield) must sacrifice to help him overcome his dependency. - based on the award-winning novel by Alice Childress"

I vaguely remember watching this when it premiered on television so there are no worries of me having "but it was from my childhood so it is special" moments cluttering up the review.

Benjie (Larry B. Scott) is a likable 13-year old who lives with his mother, Sweets (Cicely Tyson), and grandmother, Mrs. Bell (Helen Martin). By all accounts the family lives good and Benjie have several friends to play with in the neighborhood and Benjie has above average grades at school. In other words Benjie seems pretty well adjusted for a teenager but there is something going on inside Benjie that no one is able to see. Benjie is having problems dealing with the fact that his father left the family sometime ago and Benjie does not get along with his mother's current boyfriend, Butler (Paul Winfield).

Benjie begins to put trust in his school friends and finds that the more he is hanging out with them the happier he feels. After a few days of drinking after school with said friends one of them introduces him to Tiger (Kevin Hooks) who is a dope dealer. It's a no brainer where this is heading and sure enough Benjie becomes a heroin addict. What follows is how a family comes to terms in dealing with a child who has hit rock bottom.

A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich is not exactly hard core in telling the story of a drug addiction but considering the year it was made (1978) the movie deserves praise for at least addressing an issue that was becoming an epidemic in the black community. In fact, this movie deals with two problems that have crushed neighborhoods through the years - fathers abandoning the family and drug abuse.

The performance to savor is Larry B. Scott's realistic portrayal of a teenager harboring a pain that he has no way of dealing with and the only way out is to find comfort in drugs and alcohol. A story like this was rather new to television and even though some of the characters deliver one note performances (specifically Benjie's friends and the drug dealer) thankfully Larry manages to make the film a worthwhile viewing. Sadly Cicely Tyson and Paul Winfield - both had received accolades for their outstanding performances in Sounder (1972) - don't add any depth whatsoever which is a shame considering the serious issues this film is addressing.

Watch A Hero Ain't Nothin' But a Sandwich for Larry's performance and something else worth noting. The ending is different than the book it is based on which is something that should have never happened because the book's ending is more grounded on the realities of what Benjie was going through.

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Hubert Laws - A Hero Ain't Nothin' But A Sandwich (1978)

Taj Mahal - Sounder OST (1972)

1.	Needed Time	2:52
2.	Sounder Chase A Coon	3:19
3.	Needed Time (Hummin' And Pickin')	1:24
4.	Morning Work / N' Meat's On The Stove	1:43
5.	I'm Running And I'm Happy	0:55
6.	Speedball	1:38
7.	Goin' To The Country / Critters In the Woods	1:45
8.	Motherless Children	1:18
9.	Jailhouse Blues	3:53
10.	Just Workin'	0:32
11.	Harriet's Dance Song	0:31
12.	Two Spirits Reunited	1:54
13.	David Runs Again	0:27
14.	Curiosity Blues	0:59
15.	Someday Be A Change	1:02
16.	Horseshoes	1:59
17.	Cheraw	2:21
18.	David's Dream	1:01
19.	Needed Time (Guitar)	2:26
20.	Needed Time (Banjo And Hand Clapping)	2:22
	Total Album Time:	34:21

There is no real review of this anywhere on the net. But it was nominated for a grammy at the time and it features great rootsy blues music. The theme song Needed Time is sung by Lightnin' Hopkins.

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Martin Ritt - Sounder (1972)