Syreeta – S.T.

Much more than just a rare groove classic, Eugene McDaniels’ Headless Heroes Of The Apocalypse is a psychedelic-soul jazz album with a powerful message. McDaniels, who is also known as “The Left Reverend McD”, wrote the album during a time in America when the black consciousness movement was just emerging and used his voice and music to deal with prominent issues including social & racial injustice, colonialism in history and in pop music, and political corruption. The message was powerful and hard hitting – so much so that the Nixon administration called and had McDaniels blacklisted from the Musicians Union. Make no mistake though, the music on this record grooves hard as well. Just ask Questlove, who spoke about the record in a 2008 interview, “The reason why this record is so dope is because pretty much, with the exception of one song, everything is absolute sample material beyond your wildest dreams…like the funkiest stuff.”
– Michael Friedman
Recommended- A2 Jagger The Dagger, A3 Lovin’ Man, B2 Supermarket Blues
A1 The Lord Is Back
A2 Jagger The Dagger
A3 Lovin’ Man
A4 Headless Heroes
A5 Susan Jane
B1 Freedom Death Dance
B2 Supermarket Blues
B3 The Parasite (For Buffy)
Vocals- Eugene McDaniels
Piano- Harry Whitaker
Guitar- Richard Resnicoff
Electric Bass- Gary King
Acoustic Bass- Miroslav Vitous
Drums- Alphonse Mouzon
Backing Vocals- Carla Cargill
Producer- Joel Dorn