McDaniels, Eugene - Outlaw [Neon Red Vinyl] – New LP

 Colored vinyl reissue (July 2020) of 1970 album. With his “Compared To What” composition becoming one of the anthems of 1970, with McCann-Harris’ live version (and Roberta Flack’s studio version) released in 1969 (and over the years covered by over 200 artists), Gene returns to the States in 1970 with something to say about the state of the nation with this one-of-a-kind long player, calling himself Eugene or The Left Rev. Mc D, the album sometimes seeming like a recording of a funky rap-poem play, backed with a crackerjack team and offering a mix and fusion of rock, jazz, and funk. If you dig something different, this is an essential listen. -- winch (green noise records) "Eugene "Gene" McDaniels first broke through in the early '60s with pop soul hits like"A Hundred Pounds of Clay." But that was a different time…and a different man. Bythe time McDaniels recorded his 1970 album Outlaw, he had re-christened himself"the left rev mc d" and penned the soul-jazz protest anthem "Compared