The Brief: By the late 80s the Bar-Kays had been been performing for 20 years, the band survived tragedy and lineup changes and reinvented itself numerous times. But, by 1988 they had begun to run out of steam and the 1988 ‘Animal’ LP was the last original studio album put out by the band in [...]
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Tags: 12 Inch, 1988, Dave Ogrin, Mark Berry, Mercury Records, R&B 
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The Brief: I turned 16 years old in May of 1981, finally able to drive and go places on my own. The summer before, Prince released the LP ‘Dirty Mind’ and one of the tracks on that album was entitled “Uptown”. Now, I really can’t say if that is what gave us the phrase but, [...]
The Brief: I passed up buying this record for many years because I did not realize it was a remix. This song comes from the Bar-Kays 1982 LP ‘Propositions’ which I have had since it was released. The track time on the album is listed at 6:02 and this 12″ lists it at 6:19. Since [...]
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The A Side: Certified True (12″ Remix) 6:20 Certified True (Dub) 5:05 The B Side: It Be That Way Sometimes 3:55 Certified True (7″ Mix) 4:30 The Brief: “Certified True” is the lead single released from The Bar-Kays 16th studio album entitled ‘Contagious’. The album was released in 1987 and reached #25 on Billboard’s Hot [...]
The A Side: Sexomatic (Remix by Mark Berry) 6:20 The B Side: Sexomatic (Dub Version) 6:52 Sexomatic (Bonus Beats) 2:00 The Brief: The Bar-Kays began performing and working in Memphis, Tennessee in 1966 as a studio session musician group, backing major artists at Stax Records. The band was chosen in 1967 as Otis Redding’s touring [...]