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Show Me (How To Do The Stomp)
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A 'shadow-single' from 'TIME' (and a proto-OSMOSIS track)!
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An Experimental Project (Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra), and a Loose Funky Jammer (OSMOSIS). 2 separate sides, the very same dude.
Hello. Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra/OSMOSIS is actually a One-Man Home Recording Project that has been my 'stress relief' (ha ha!), since about MAY, 1981. I'm from that first wave of DIY Cassette-Tapers ('analog'--and PROUD OF IT!). Hell, the majority of my material between '81 and '99 was done on the earliest large-model Casio Synthesizers (the MT-68, MT-400-V and MT-200), with a Yamaha thrown into the mix (on occasion). Recently, I've started posting my material on the web (after transfering it from cassette-tape to digital disc, and then to MP3---a very hard process, considering the AGE of some of the tapes). It was in these past 2 1/2 years on the web that I discovered that, despite the ridicule you're going to get, there IS an Audience for your music--no matter how different it is. I've been telling some of my friends and peers for years to NEVER get rid of ANY of their recordings, no matter how 'crappy' you were (of think you were), because having a 'Back Catalog' is a damn good thing. You MAY have been sitting on some GEMS, and not even know it. And, when I discovered that a 21-year-old jam I posted on MySpace recently ROCKED a lot of folks as far away as SCOTLAND and AFRICA (!), I felt pumped. It means that this was a 'dream' that came thru in the end.
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Author
Lawrence Wise
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1985, 1987, 2007
Uploaded
September 16, 2007
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MP3 5.1 MB 128 kbps 5:35
Story behind the song
Believe it or not, "Show Me" PREDATES "Walking In The Shadows" by almost a year (April, 1985). No alterations here: This is the vocal version as was recorded (double-tracked backing vocals and all!). Another oddity: The INSTRUMENTAL is only One-Track/One-Take Mono/Stereo-Directly-Into-The-Cassette-Recorder! In other words, just like the original instrumental to "I Won't Tell You What To Do" (1984/1985), this track would be considered (ahem!) "LIVE". Lyrically and Vocally; even though it IS a "Lawrence Wise And The Cosmic Funk Orchestra" track (April 1985!!), it is ANOTHER early Pre-OSMOSIS groove. Word!
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