V.D. is almost here

These two tracks are drawn from a 7" issued by Chicago's Citizens Alliance for VD Awareness in 1974. The level of talent they were able to draw was pretty amazing: Stax hitman Johnnie Taylor and original Last Poet Gylan Kain each perform a side, while Chess/Cadet arranger Richard Evans and Chicago soul jack-of-all-trades Chuck Colbert lend support. Granted, Taylor was stranded a few years between the commercial peaks of "Who's Makin' Love" and "Disco Lady", and no one had bought Kain's remarkable 1970 album, but still....

According to my boy google, Tuff City reissued this on 45 last year, albeit with a different track on the A-side. No word on why Wolfman Jack replaced Johnnie Taylor.


Bishops of the Holy Rollers Fallout Shelter (Gylan & Denise Kain): "It's Free" (CAVDA, 1974)


Johnnie Taylor: "Something to Remember Her By" (CAVDA, 1974)