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Two tracks from Chicago’s mighty SalemTravelers, from their brief time on the Chesssubsidiary Checker in 1968.
The A-side, ‘Tell It Like It Is’, goes for around £45on seven, its follow up, an previously unheraldedclassic from the same year.
Both tracks are a unique funky take on gospel.
‘Tell It Like It Is’ is filled with wah wah guitar chopsand some excellent lead breaks that spice up theconga-adorned upbeat; a heady song grasping forthe truth.
‘Give Me Liberty Or Death’ is slightly slower, with aMotown-styled backbeat behind a fist pumpinganthem that reels in its churchy roots and somegreat vocal interplay, a message song filled withemotion.
Two fantastic tunes from a transient ever-changinggroup who, in the 1960s and 1970s, were knownfor soulful harmonies, glass-shattering leadsinging.
Typical of their repertoire of songs that providedsocial commentary on the troubles of the worldfrom the war in Vietnam, drugs, violence,prejudice, civil rights and child delinquency.
Tracklist
Tell It Like It Is
Give Me Liberty Or Death