{"product_id":"freedom-flight-colored-lp-1","title":"Freedom Flight (Colored LP)","description":"\u003ch3 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003ePRESSED ON PURPLE VINYL?\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFreedom Flight\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e is the 2nd studio album from Shuggie Otis originally released in 1971. The album contains the original \"Strawberry Letter 23\" which would later be covered by The Brothers Johnson and sampled in hip-hop and R\u0026amp;B songs for years to come.?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWell before Shuggie Otis cut his debut album, musicianship and performance had long been a part of his life. The son of rhythm and blues legend Johnny Otis, Shuggie learned to play guitar as early as the age of two and performed professionally with his father's band at eleven. Throughout his long and illustrious career, he'd performed on records for the likes of Frank Zappa, Al Kooper, Etta James, and George Duke, to name a few. In spite of all this, widespread mainstream success eluded Shuggie for much of his career.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis most famous release to date is his 1974 album\u003cem\u003e Inspiration Information,\u003c\/em\u003e which would experience new resurgent life in the 2000s. Those willing to dig a little deeper, however, would discover hidden gold in his earlier releases, especially in the album directly before\u003cem\u003e Inspiration Information\u003c\/em\u003e, his sophomore 1971 release \u003cem\u003eFreedom Flight\u003c\/em\u003e. As with his debut, \u003cem\u003eFreedom Flight\u003c\/em\u003e was produced by Shuggie's father Johnny Otis and built upon the distinct sounds of his debut album: lush, baroque, string section arrangements, paired with hard funk rhythms, and funky blues melodies, with the majority of the instruments once again performed by Shuggie himself. The album also features backing from premium session greats like George Duke and Aynsley Dunbar, and the track \"Strawberry Letter 23\" which became a monster hit for The Brothers Johnson several years later.\u003cem\u003e Freedom Flight\u003c\/em\u003e is a treasure of deft, technical skill, and virtuosic composition.\u003cbr\u003e?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA1 Ice Cold Daydream\u003cbr\u003eA2 Strawberry Letter 23\u003cbr\u003eA3 Sweet Thang\u003cbr\u003eA4 Me And My Woman\u003cbr\u003eA5 Someone's Always Singing\u003cbr\u003eB1 Purple\u003cbr\u003eB2 Freedom Flight\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Shuggie Otis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53853244129623,"sku":"ZZ-GET51457-LP","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0983\/1104\/5463\/files\/freedomflight.png?v=1782184917","url":"https:\/\/www.discotecavinyl.com\/products\/freedom-flight-colored-lp-1","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}