Carlos Malcolm Bustin Outta The Ghetto vinyl rip

Liner Notes PRODUCED BY JAMES SHAW / CARLOS MALCOLM LINER NOTES: EDDIE O'JAY; COVER PHOTO: BILAL FARID; LINER PHOTO: RICHARD WHALEY ART DIRECTION: LEW SYKEN; COORDINATOR: CECIL BRISSETTE; RECORDED : VIRGIN ISLES WHEN AHMAD JAMAL, A LONGTIME FRIEND OF MINE, CALLED AND ASKED ME IF I'D LISTEN TO CARLOS MALCOLM'S NEW RELEASE, AND WRITE THE LINER NOTES FOR THE ALBUM, IT WAS LIKE SOMEONE TELLING ME TO PREPARE FOR A TRIP TO OUTERSPACE ; THAT'S HOW EXCITED I BECAME. MIXED EMOTIONS CREPT IN BECAUSE I KNEW MALCOLM HAD RECORDED ON ANOTHER LABEL. I TOOK THE PRESSING HOME AND PLAYED IT AT INTERVALS FOR TWO DAYS. AFTER AWHILE I BECAME HUNG UP ON SIDE B TRACK 1, "PLAY IT FOR THE WORLD." THEN IT HIT ME LIKE A TORNADO - SIDE A TRACK 1 "BUSTIN' OUTTA THE GHETTO" HAD IN IT WHAT IS NOW - FUNK, UNDERGROUND AND A SLIGHT TASTE OF CALYPSO, MIXED WITH SOME SOFT BUT DEMANDING TO BE HEARD BRASS. AS YOU MOVE YOUR FEET, BODY, OR JUST SNAP YOUR FINGERS TO THE NOW BEAT, YOU NOTICE THE FLAIR OF THE HARMONICA THAT LINGERS. I LATER LEARNED THAT CARLOS A. MALCOLM WAS EDUCATED AT RAINBOW CITY OCCUPATIONAL SCHOOL, CRISTOBAL CANAL ZONE AND CALABAR COLLEGE IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA, WHICH IS WHY THE WEST INDIAN FLAVOR EXISTS THRUOUT THIS MONSTER OF A RECORDING. TRY THIS ALBUM AS AN OPENER FOR THE NEXT PARTY THAT YOU HAVE, AND WATCH THE REACTION OF YOUR GUESTS - THEY'LL DIG IT. EDDIE O'JAY W.L.I.B.

Musicians CARLOS A. MALCOLM STUDIED MUSIC UNDER PROFESSOR REGINALD T. PRESCOTT, LECTURER AT THE NATIONAL CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC, IN PANAMA. HE ALSO WORKED AS A JOURNALIST FOR THE WEST INDIAN REVIEW, COVERING HUMAN INTEREST STORIES FROM ALL OVER THE WEST INDIES. HE CONTRIBUTED ARTICLES TO THE DAILY GLEANER (LARGEST NEWSPAPER IN JAMAICA) ON MUSIC AND DANCE. HE LATER JOINED THE STAFF OF THE JAMAICA BROADCASTING CORPORATION (TV) AS DIRECTOR OF MUSIC (VARIETY DEPARTMENT), WHERE HE WROTE, PRODUCED AND DIRECTED SEVERAL LIVE SHOWS WEEKLY. CARLOS WAS APPOINTED DIRECTOR OF MUSIC FOR THE NATIONAL DANCE COMPANY OF JAMAICA. GOVERNMENT-SPONSORED, AND WROTE FOR SEVERAL DANCES THAT ARE STILL IN THE COMPANY'S REPERTOIRE. IN ADDITION, HE CREATED AND PRODUCED COMMERCIALS AND JINGLES FOR TEXACO, SHELL, MAXWELL HOUSE COFFEE, VICKS-VAPORUB, ETC. IN 1962, HE WROTE, CONDUCTED AND ARRANGED ALL THE TROPICAL MUSIC FOR THE FIRST JAMES BOND FILM, "DR. NO" WHICH WAS SHOT ON LOCATION IN JAMAICA. RECENTLY, HE FORMED A TWELVE PIECE BAND AND REVIEW, (CARLOS MALCOLM AND HIS, AFRO-JAMAICAN RHYTHMS) WHICH TOURED THE WEST INDIES, LATIN AMERICA, CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES FOR SIX YEARS. AT PRESENT, HE IS TOTALLY INVOLVED WITH HIS LATEST AND MOST EXCITING MUSICAL COMBINATIONS- CARLOS MALCOLM AND THE FIRE-BURNERS.