{"product_id":"love-is-the-way-lp","title":"Love Is The Way (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn the early ’70s, Jessie Key and Sylvester Cleary – two passionate idealists living in Buffalo, New York – formed a close friendship based on a mutual mission to better their city. The Attica State Prison Riot of 1971 was a burning memory, and the Arthur vs. Nyquist lawsuit – brought against the City of Buffalo for creating and maintaining a racially segregated school system – was on the docket. Key was once a cotton-laborer in Mississippi, who journeyed north for school where he met his kindred spirit, Cleary. The two struck up an intense friendship, bought a drum machine and recorded their first 45, “A Man,” a paean to self-actualization and Black American empowerment, which they custom pressed and issued privately. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDozens of recordings followed over a decade long span, issued on local labels and warehoused on cassette tapes. Perennial optimists, Key \u0026amp; Cleary tried any – perhaps every! – path they could demarcate in hopes of forwarding their agenda of self-effected, positive change. They formed Buffalo’s first minority-owned construction company, opened a health food restaurant in a building previously occupied by a fast food chain, and even concocted a candy bar called “The Buffalo Treat,” which they manufactured and sold locally. Eventually they started their own label, Buffalo’s Reflection. On it\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"bcTruncateMore\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e?\u003c\/span\u003ethey released their masterpiece, “What It Takes To Live,” a sought-after disco and Northern Soul classic, which previously appeared on Now-Again’s Soul Cal anthology. This album collates the breadth of Key \u0026amp; Cleary’s recordings from 1970 until the mid 1980s, both the songs issued on rare 7” singles and previously unreleased. It presents a conjoined musical vision and tells the story of a duo years ahead of their time, both musically and culturally. Love Is The Way was their ethos – their goal was to enlighten humanity and to bend history in a more loving direction through communion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1.A Man\u003cbr\u003e2.There Are Troubles?\u003cbr\u003e3.Young People?\u003cbr\u003e4.Turn Me On?\u003cbr\u003e5.The Secret?\u003cbr\u003e6.Dog's Delight?\u003cbr\u003e7.Since I Lost Your Love?\u003cbr\u003e8.Lay Your Head?\u003cbr\u003e9.Salamanca?\u003cbr\u003e10.Storm of '77?\u003cbr\u003e11.Help Build Buffalo?\u003cbr\u003e12.What It Takes To Live?\u003cbr\u003e13.To Live?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Key \u0026 Cleary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53853236855127,"sku":"ZZ-NA5271-LP","price":8.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0983\/1104\/5463\/files\/Key.png?v=1782184671","url":"https:\/\/www.discotecavinyl.com\/products\/love-is-the-way-lp","provider":"My Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}