Bloodstone
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Biography
[Edit]Bloodstone was a key group in creating the shift from the R&B and soul group concepts of the '50s and '60s to the funk and black rock ideas of the '70s and afterward.
The group began in Kansas City, while the original members were in high school, as an a cappella doo wop group, the Sinceres, around 1962. They evolved with the decade, and by 1968 were ensconced in Las Vegas, playing lounges like many other soul minor leaguers (Sonny Charles & the Checkmates, most notoriously). From there, they went to Los Angeles and did the unexpected: They learned to play instruments and became a band (like the Clash and Steely Dan, they never did settle on a permanent drummer).
In fact, Bloodstone was a very good funk-soul group using the Hendrix-derived licks of Charles Love and Willis Draffen against multiple percussion ideas to underpin a vocal blend that still owed its soul to gospel and doo wop. (If this makes you think of the Isley Brothers of "That Lady," you're on the right track.)
Bloodstone received no record company interest in L.A., however, so at the advice of its manager, the group relocated to London in 1971. There, they teamed up with Mike Vernon, founder of the Blue Horizon label, who'd made his bones producing an album with the great Chicago pianist Otis Spann; white blues acts like Fleetwood Mac and Savoy Brown; and early Euro-rock with Focus. Vernon took Bloodstone into the studio and by early 1973, its debut single, "Natural High," had cracked the R&B and pop Top Ten, becoming the group's defining song.
Vernon produced the first five Bloodstone albums, which garnered seven Top 20 R&B singles, almost all of which made the pop Top 40. The group was a big concert draw, and its album sold well, if not spectacularly. Somehow, all of this was parlayed into a 1975 film deal. Train Ride to Hollywood is arguably the funniest picture of the whole '70s blaxploitation film boom, derived in equal parts from the Marx Brothers and such early spoofs as The Palm Beach Story and International House. Somehow, amidst the slapstick and the reefer jokes, Bloodstone wedges in a fairly complete history of black vocal harmony music from the Mills Brothers to the Coasters to their own bad selves. They do it even better on the soundtrack album. (All of the Vernon-produced Bloodstone albums contain versions of '50s and '60s oldies.)
The group then faded from popular view, despite a brief stint at Motown, until the early '80s, when it hooked up with the Isley Brothers' T-Neck and scored a commercially and artistically successful album, We Go a Long Way Back, produced by the Brothers. The title track returned them to the R&B Top Ten in 1982, but although several other T-Neck singles charted, the group's recording career essentially ended there. Nevertheless, this heartland group had made a significant mark and can lay fair claim to being one of the first to figure out its particular era's future.
Title: Vintage Raw
Artist: Bloodstone, Street Preacher, Princess Rap Messiah
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Rap
Title: Hellish Nuclear Destruction - Split
Artist: Bloodstone, Atomicdeath
Title: Somebody's Gotta Do It (Dance Remixes) - EP
Artist: Bloodstone
Genre: Dancefloor, Pop, Dance Pop
Title: We Go a Long Way Back (Bonus Track Version)
Artist: Bloodstone
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Funk
Collections
Title: Soul Strut, Vol. 16
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul Strut, Vol. 14
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Between the Sheets, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul Strut, Vol. 17
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Soul Strut, Vol. 18
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: The Big Show Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Underground Oldies Vol. 2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Super Slow Jams V.2 (Live)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Top Of The Pops 1973 CD2
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Glam Rock, Punk, Dancefloor, Christian Country Music, Disco, Pop, Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Funky Collector (Maxi Club 10)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: Billboard Charts Top 1000 Hits 1970-1979 (CD4: 1973)
Genre: Industrial, Blues, Jazz, Rock, Gothic Rock, Grunge, Rock & Roll, Punk, Metal, Reggae, World Music, Country, Pop, Alternative, Psychedelic, Indie, Hardcore, Symphonic
Title: Natural High: All Time Greatest Slow Jams, Vol. 1
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: 80's Soul Classics Vol. 4
Title: Metal-Hard Rock Covers 245
Genre: Rock, Hard Rock, Metal, Heavy Metal
Title: Jackie Brown
Genre: Theatre/Soundtrack
Title: Disco Funk, Vol. 1 (12 " Maxi Club) [Remastered]
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Disco, Funk
Title: Throwback Oldies - Vol. 5
Genre: Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Throwback Oldies - Vol. 3
Genre: Tech House, Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Anthems Soul Classics - Ministry Of Sound (CD3)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Disco
Title: Ministry Of Sound - Anthems Soul Classics (CD3)
Genre: Dancefloor, Club/Dance, Disco, Dance Pop, Progressive
Title: 70s Classic Love Songs
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Blues, Jazz, Folk Rock, Disco, Pop, Funk
Title: Smooth 70s (CD1)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Symphonic Rock, Latin, Funk
Title: Super Smooth Soul & 2 Step Rare Groove
Genre: Soul
Title: Move On Up - Dance Music
Title: The Softer Side Of Soul
Genre: Soul
Title: Low Rider Oldies
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 70s Disco Funk
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: Good Morning Soul 2018
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: Wishing On A Star: 70's Soul Classics
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Pop, Funk
Title: 70s Soul Record Box
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: Funk Cuts (X5 Music Group)
Title: Sound Of Funk 2018
Genre: Post Disco, Soul, Disco
Title: Disco Giants Vol. 14
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Disco, Funk
Title: 70's Soul: Classic Singles
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock & Roll, Disco, Pop, Funk
Title: Old Skool Love Songs 2018
Genre: Jazz, Soul Jazz, Disco, Funk, Smooth Jazz
Title: Strictly Funky Beats 2018
Title: All American Funk
Title: Summer Of Soul 2018
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Jazz, Country, Funk, Smooth Jazz, Bossanova
Title: Soul Town: Best Classic Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Rare 70's Soul
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Soul Boys - 70's & 80's Classics
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Soul C90 (Warner Music Group)
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Gospel, Jazz, Rock, Country, Disco
Title: Essential Rare Grooves
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Jazz, Funk
Title: 70's Deep Funk
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 70s Soul Classics 1970-1974
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Feelgood Funk 2019
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Smooth Funk 2019
Title: Rare & Funky! 2019
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: Funk 45's
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 2-Step Soul Classics
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 70's Soul 45's
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Funk
Title: 100 Hits From The 70's (CD1)
Title: Sound Of 70s Soul 2019
Featuring albums
Title: Underground Oldies - Rare and Hard to Find Oldies Vol. 2
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B
Title: Muna Bass Musik, Vol. 1 - EP
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Electronica, Drum & Bass, Dancefloor, Dance Pop
Title: Soul Essencial e InesquecĂvel / Soul Essencial e Inesquecivel
Artist: Various Artists
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul
Title: X5 Music Group
Artist: Crate Dig Funk
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Soul Jazz, Funk, Psychedelic, Bossanova
Title: 70s Feel Good
Artist: Happy Days
Genre: Hip Hop/R&B, Soul, Rock, World Music, Country, Disco, Pop, Funk, Classical, Folk