Marvin Gaye's Trouble Man - Adapted & Conducted by Low Res

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Review from The Wire (UK) "Zelonky's project is a wonderland of mixed genres united by a singular musical vision, paying respectful and inventive homage to the spirit of 70's psychedelic soul, jazz, and funk."

Review from NostalgiaKing: "This new adaption of a true classic is absolutely amazing in every way. It sounds as if it could’ve been recorded 50 years ago yet refreshing and modern without losing any of the previous elements that made it special in the first place. As a Blaxploitation purist, there is no way that we couldn’t love this project from beginning to end and it’s been on constant rotation since it landed in the post."

Review From Crimereads "... a dazzling project I imagine the Motown soul man would’ve loved. [...] the final product is a brilliant tribute."

Dusty Groove "(Zelonky) has completely absorbed the original – so that he can take the whole thing and open it up with new arrangements, interesting instrumentation, and a mix of strings, jazz, and funky elements that are completely sublime. If anything, the set seems to more fully expand on the orchestrations of the original, while losing none of the sense of the soul" ... more

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Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Cowpoke Detox b/w Blue Ramen #1, Marvin Gaye's Trouble Man - Adapted & Conducted by Low Res, Heftibag, Wanton Phenomena, 15 Exitos Grandes de Electro, Look Back With Knife (rare, unreleased, & live), Suite Crude: Space Age Gutbucket Afrodelic Jazzploitation, Idiot, and 5 more. , and , .

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1.	Main Theme From Trouble Man (instrumental) 02:40		buy track
2.	"T" Plays It Cool 02:55		buy track
3.	Poor Abbey Walsh 03:52		buy track
4.	The Break In (Police Shoot Big) 02:48		buy track
5.	Cleo's Apartment 02:38		buy track
6.	Trouble Man 03:55	lyrics	buy track
I come up hard babe - but now i’m cool I didn’t make it sugar - playing by the rules I come up hard baby - but now I’m fine I’m checkin’ trouble sugar - moving down the line I come up hard babe - but thats ok cause Trouble man, don’t get in my way I come up hard baby - I been for real baby Gonna keep movin - Gonna go to town I come up hard - I come up gettin’ down There’s only three things - that’s for sure Taxes death and trouble This I know baby - This I know sugar Yeah, ain’t gonna let it sweat me babe Got me singing yeah! yeah! hoooooooo Come up hard baby - I had to fight Take care my business - with all my might I come up hard come up hard - had to win Then start all over and win again I come up hard but that’s ok cause Trouble man don’t get in my way - hey hey (2) I know some places and I’ve seen some faces I got good connections, they take my directions What people say, that’s ok they don’t bother me I’m ready to make it don’t care what the weather Don’t care bout no trouble got myself together I feel some kind of protection is all around me I come up hard baby - I been for real baby with a troubled mind Gonna keep movin - Gonna go to town I come up hard - I come up gettin’ down There’s only 3 things that’s for sure - taxes death and trouble oh - this i know baby, this i know baby ain’t gonna let it sweat me babe - hoo! oh lord Got me singing yeah! yeah! hoooooooo come up hard baby now i’m fine checkin’ trouble sugar, moving down the line
7.	Chalky 04:21	info	buy track
8.	"T" Stands For Trouble 04:57		buy track
9.	Theme From Trouble Man (orchestral) 02:03		buy track
10.	Deep In It 01:02		buy track
11.	Don't Mess With Mr. "T" 03:02	info	buy track
12.	There Goes Mr. "T" 01:50	info	buy track

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Marvin Gaye was extremely proud of his pioneering film score for the “blaxploitation” film “Trouble Man”. In 1982, he commented: “The "Trouble Man" film score was one of my loveliest projects [...] And put to a symphony, if someone took my album and did a symphony on it, I think it would be quite interesting.” Gaye's use of wah-wah guitars, funky rhythms,, saxophones, and synthesizers juxtaposed with orchestral brass, reeds, and strings laid the template (along with contemporaries such as Isaac Hayes & Curtis Mayfield) for much seventies music, as well as every cop show on TV in that era. American musician Daniel Zelonky (AKA “Low Res”) had been captivated by this record for decades. Given the opportunity to recreate and conduct the entire film score live with a 36 piece orchestra at Voouit, a beautiful classical venue in Gent, Belgium, he set about meeting this daunting challenge; to create arrangements faithful to the feeling of the original and yet to create something "new", to expand upon certain elementts - in a formal way - no "jamming on the themes, Auditions were conducted and following 9 days of rehearsal, the funkiest orchestra to ever exist in Belgium took to the stage.

After a successful performance, Zelonky augmented the resulting recordings in studio with additional instrumentation, and with the vocals of Blackwolf, singer of "Kings Go Forth" .

There are 12 selections on the album, including an imagined additional piece, "Chalky", composed by Zelonky

We think that the crate-digging fans of the original soundtrack and curious Marvin Gaye fans alike will find much to enjoy in this 50th Anniversary celebration of Marvin's blaxploitation masterpiece.

These French vinyl pressings are extremely good, and are protected by a poly-lined inner sleeve.

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released September 23, 2022

Produced by Daniel Zelonky (Low Res)

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Low Res Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Daniel Zelonky has been producing and writing diverse music for 45 years, from seminal punk bands (Misfits, Bad Brains) in 1970’s NYC, to his own catalog of electronic & nu-jazz music, an epic treatment of Marvin Gaye’s “Trouble Man”, and original songs with Suite Crude Revue. He’s worked with luminaries such as George Clinton, Kurtis Blow, Ras Michael, Dale Watson, Bernie Worrell, Ellis Marsalis. ... more

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