{"product_id":"callier-terry-occasional-rain-769165090331","title":"CALLIER,TERRY - OCCASIONAL RAIN Vinyl LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eExpected: 9\/18\/26\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  There are records that belong to a moment, and there are records that somehow create a world of their own. Terry\n  Callier's 1972 masterpiece \n  \u003cem\u003eOccasional Rain \u003c\/em\u003e\n  is one of the latter. Recorded in Chicago and produced by the legendary Charles Stepney, \n  \u003cem\u003eOccasional Rain\u003c\/em\u003e\n   was the beginning of Callier's extraordinary run of albums for Cadet Records.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  Callier arrived with a voice and musical language that refused easy classification: part folk storyteller, part jazz\n  musician, part soul singer, with gospel, blues and psychedelia moving through everything he did. Stepney—the visionary\n  arranger and producer whose work helped define some of the most adventurous music to emerge from Chicago—gave those\n  songs an equally expansive setting.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  And then there are the voices. Behind Callier are Minnie Riperton, Kitty Haywood and Shirley Wahls, their harmonies\n  becoming an essential part of the album's atmosphere. Stepney himself plays organ and harpsichord, with Lennie Pirani\n  on piano, Sydney Simms on bass and Rob Crowder on drums. Recorded at Chicago's Ter-Mar Studios, this is very much a\n  product of an extraordinary musical community gathered in one place at one time.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  At its center is Callier: intimate one moment, soaring the next, turning everyday people, city streets, loneliness,\n  faith and human connection into songs that feel almost cinematic. \"Ordinary Joe,\" \"Trance on Sedgewick Street,\" \"Do\n  You Finally Need a Friend,\" \"Sweet Edie-D\" and the title track unfold less like a conventional collection of songs\n  than interconnected scenes. The recurring \"Go Head On\" passages only deepen that feeling-as though Callier is walking\n  us through his Chicago, stopping along the way to tell us who lives there and what they carry with them.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  The remarkable thing is how contemporary it still sounds. Folk becomes soul; soul opens into jazz; Stepney's\n  arrangements drift toward psychedelia without ever overwhelming Callier's storytelling. Decades later, the record\n  became part of Callier's rediscovery by the British rare-groove and acid-jazz audience, helping bring overdue\n  attention to an artist whose influence and reputation had traveled much further than his original commercial success\n  suggested.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  Slow Down Sounds is proud to bring \n  \u003cem\u003eOccasional Rain\u003c\/em\u003e\n   back to vinyl as an all-analog pressing sourced from the original analog tape, with lacquers cut by Kevin Gray\n  and pressing by Record Technology, Inc. Those production details are especially meaningful for an album whose\n  sound—the space around Callier's voice, Stepney's keyboards, the backing vocals and the texture of the ensemble—is\n  such an important part of the experience.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\n  More than 50 years after it was recorded, \n  \u003cem\u003eOccasional Rain \u003c\/em\u003e\n  remains what it always was: a singular Chicago record, a Charles Stepney production at the height of his powers, and\n  one of Terry Callier's defining works.\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracks: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch4\u003eSide One:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSegue #1 – Go Ahead on\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOrdinary Joe\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eGolden Circle #317\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSegue #5 – Go Head On\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eTrance on Sedgewick Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eDo You Finally Need a Friend\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003ch4\u003eSide Two:\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSegue #4 – Go Head on\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSweet Edie-D\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eOccasional Rain\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eSegue #2 – Go Head On\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eBlues for Marcus\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLean on Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n  \u003cli\u003eLast Segue – Go Head On\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\n  \u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e\n  Slow Down Sounds\n\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Experience Vinyl Preorder","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52839788118301,"sku":"SDNS15091.1","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2236\/3463\/files\/sdslp15091__10678.webp?v=1788282670","url":"https:\/\/experiencevinyl.com\/products\/callier-terry-occasional-rain-769165090331","provider":"Experience Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}