RICK JAMES SUPERFREAK TOUR 1982 TFS Release Date:04/01/2005 STUDIO: Eagle Vision/Red Distribution FORMAT: Color ENCODING: Region 1 SOUND: Stereo STARRING: RICK JAMES & THE STONE CITY BAND DIRECTOR: n/a RATED: NR COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:USA DISC: 1 CONDITION:NEW STOCKSTATUS:Will Be Released & "In Your Hands" On JULY 27th 2005 **EDITORS NOTE:THE ACTUAL AUDIO & VIDEO QUALITY OF THIS DVD IS SUPERB,THE SAMPLES ARE **NOT** REFLECTIVE OF ACTUAL QUALITY ...

Rick James (February 1, 1948 – August 6, 2004) was a U.S. funk and soul recording and performing artist. He was born James Johnson, Jr. in Buffalo, New York. James was the third of eight children of an autoworker and a former dancer. He was the nephew of Melvin Franklin, the bass vocalist of The Temptations. At age 15, James joined the U.S. Naval Reserve. He began missing weekend training because it interfered with his musical career. He was reported AWOL and fled to Toronto in the summer of 1964. There, he continued his musical career, where he formed a band called The Sailor Boys , which also featured future Steppenwolf member Nick St Nicholas. The group evolved in the Mynah Birds at the end of 1964 and recorded a single for the Canadian arm of Columbia Records. In early 1965, St Nicholas was traded for Bruce Palmer. Shortly afterwards, James and Palmer formed a new line up of the band with Tom Morgan and John Taylor on guitars and Rickman Mason on drums. In early 1966, they auditioned for Motown but Morgan was unhappy with the label's attitude towards the musicians and left to be replaced by Neil Young. With Young on board, the group returned to Motown to record an album. When the band fired their manager for pocketing the advance Motown had given them, he told the label James was AWOL. Motown told him to give himself up to the FBI and the album was shelved. James spent a year in the Brooklyn Brig after which he returned to Toronto briefly before becoming a songwriter and producer at Motown, working with Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers and the Spinners. In the summer of 1969, he moved to Los Angeles and formed Salt 'N' Pepper with Canadians, Ed Roth (keyboards), Dave Burt (guitar) and Coffi Hall (drums). Former Buffalo Springfield roadie Chris Sarns played bass for a while before Ron Johnson from Kaleidoscope stepped in the following year. The group recorded a demo for Atlantic Records and played at the Fillmore West with Jethro Tull. In 1971, James and Roth recorded two singles in Toronto for RCA with Heaven and Earth - a band that also featured guitarist Stan Endersby, bass player Denny Gerrard and drummer Pat Little. James left Heaven and Earth later that year and took Roth and Gerrard with him for a new group called Great White Cane, which also featured horn players, Bob Doughty and Ian Kojima, drummer Norman Wellbanks, guitarist Nick Balkou and keyboard player John Cleveland Hughes. The group recorded an album for Lion Records in LA in March 1972 but split up later that summer. At the end of 1972, James and Roth formed the first Stone City Band with Peter Hodgson (bass), Danny Marks (guitar) and Malcolm Tomlinson (drums/vocals). An album' s worth of material was recorded in mid-1973 but was never released. James signed to A&M Records the following year and issued a single 'My Mama'. He later recorded for the Gordy label, first with the Hot Lips and then with a new version of the Stone City Band. In 1977, he returned to the US and went to work with Motown Records, first as a songwriter, then as a singer and producer. He was most prolific during the late 1970s and early 1980s. He was a singer, keyboardist, bassist, producer, arranger, and composer. He performed mostly with his back-up band, The Stone City Band . James' breakthrough single was "You And I", an eight-minute magnum opus from his 1978 debut album Come Get It, also featuring his ode to marijuana titled simply "Mary Jane". 1979 saw James release two albums, Bustin' Out Of L Seven , in January and Fire It Up that fall. After 1980's lackluster Garden Of Love album, he then recorded a concept album titled Street Songs. This album included his biggest hit, "Super Freak" which served as the backing melody for MC Hammer's 1990 Grammy award-winning song "U Can't Touch This ". His other hits include "Give it to Me Baby" and "Ghetto Life" (from the same album), "Teardrops", "Cold Blooded", "17", "You Turn Me On" and "Glow", which was his last R&B hit in 1985. In addition he helped launch the careers of white R&B singer Teena Marie and the Mary Jane Girls .

Scheduled for release July 27th ,2005 is the DVD Rick James: Super Freak Live 1982, which features a 1982 concert performance from Essen, Germany. R&B legend Rick James was one of the most influential black musicians of all time. As an artist, songwriter and producer, James provided the funky hits that resuscitated Motown Records in the late ‘70s. His Punk Funk sound updated the label’s style and saw it through the mid-’80s. By 1981, Rick was at the peak of his commercial success with the platinum selling Street Songs album and the hit singles “Super Freak” and “Give It to Me Baby.” The following year, Rick James & the Stone City Band took the stage in Essen, Germany to open the 10th Rockpalast-Festival. This 1982 performance was the first time James played in Europe, bringing his brand of American Punk Funk to a whole new audience. Together with the Stone City Band, James did not disappoint, burning up the stage with his trademark sound and special effects. Now for the first-time, this classic performance is available on DVD. Featuring classic hits like “You and I,” “Mary Jane,” and of course, “Super Freak,” this is Rick James at his very best. Super Freak 1982 is not only a must-have collectors item but also a fitting tribute to an R&B legend. Tracklisting 1.Intro 2.Ghetto Life 3.Big Time 4.All Day All Night 5.Freaky 6.Fire It Up 7.Love Gun 8.Guitar Solo 9.Harp Solo (Call Me Up) 10.Big Day 11.Standing On The Top 12.Mary Jane 13.Mary Jane March 14.You and I 15.Give It To Me Baby 16.Super Freak

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