LAMONT BUTLER ‎– IT'S TIME FOR A CHANGE ( 1981 ).WONDERFUL GOSPEL SOUL & GROOVE ALBUM.KEN SPENCE,DONNIE BRIDGES,JOE DEBOW,RICK DEBOW,OLIA KIRBY,RONNIE LEWIS (3),BRYAN MANLEY...Born 1949 in Louisville, Kentucky; Lamont Butler was drawn to music and dance from the very beginning. He was the son of a well-known gospel, blues and R&B singer and pianist Clifford Butler Sr, receiving an early education in what’s required to be a touring musician. It quickly became apparent that Lamont had a wonderful voice and was pushed to the front despite no being fully confident yet of his singing ability. Lamont performed on the gospel circuit for a number of years cutting his teeth with groups such as The Enterprise, The Dynamics and The New Beginnings eventually going solo with Lamont Butler and The Spirit of Truth. It was whilst he was singing and performing during this period that he started to write his own songs and think about putting together an album bringing together all of his influences from R&B, jazz, soul and of course gospel. The result is very raw, almost low-fi sound of It’s Time For A Change, released nearly 10 years after Lamont started to pen the first tracks and it gained relative success. He toured the album around churches in Louisville with tracks such as Love One Another, Time For A Change and Ungodly War quickly becoming firm favourites within the churches of Louisville.

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Lamont Butler ‎– It's Time For A Change



Label:
Blessed Records (4) ‎– 721, Blessed Records (4) ‎– JRC 81004
Format:
Vinyl, LP, Album

Land:
US
Veröffentlicht:
1981
Genre:
Funk / Soul
Stil:
Gospel


TracklisteVerberge Mitwirkende

A1 Get Up And Praise The Lord
Arranged By, Written-By – Lamont Butler 4:24
A2 Brighter World
Written-By – Lamont Butler 6:09
A3 Thank You Lord
Written-By – Cliff Butler Sr.* 4:56
A4 Love One Another
Written-By – Cliff Butler Sr.* 3:59
B1 Time For A Change
Written-By – Lamont Butler 4:08
B2 Come Into God's World
Written-By – Lamont Butler 3:49
B3 Smile
Written-By – Cliff Butler Sr.* 5:04
B4 Ungodly War
Written-By – Lamont Butler 4:42


Unternehmen usw.

Published By – Truth Publishing
Recorded At – H&T Recording Company

Mitwirkende

Backing Vocals – Albert Marshal, Ken Spence, Kenneth Morton, Margie Marshal
Backing Vocals [Solo], Engineer [Mix Down] – Dave Rowland (2)
Backing Vocals, Producer [Assistant] – Lamont Butler
Bass Guitar – Donnie Bridges
Congas, Percussion – Joe Debow
Drums – Dave Beck (3), Dewight Massey
Engineer [Mix Down] – C. Butler Sr.*
Flute, Saxophone, Vocals, Percussion – Rick Debow
Guitar – Jacques Smith, Olia Kirby, Ronnie Lewis (3)
Organ, Piano, Directed By – Bryan Manley
Photography By – Nat Brown (4)
Producer, Executive-Producer – Cliff Butler Sr.*




It was 50 years ago that a talented local musician named Lamont Butler started to create an album that would combine love, happiness and joy. Lamont’s only official album release It’s Time For A Change has been very popular for record collectors around the world but never saw the wider success it truly deserved.

Born 1949 in Louisville, Kentucky; Lamont Butler was drawn to music and dance from the very beginning. He was the son of a well-known gospel, blues and R&B singer and pianist Clifford Butler Sr, receiving an early education in what’s required to be a touring musician. It quickly became apparent that Lamont had a wonderful voice and was pushed to the front despite no being fully confident yet of his singing ability. Lamont performed on the gospel circuit for a number of years cutting his teeth with groups such as The Enterprise, The Dynamics and The New Beginnings eventually going solo with Lamont Butler and The Spirit of Truth.

It was whilst he was singing and performing during this period that he started to write his own songs and think about putting together an album bringing together all of his influences from R&B, jazz, soul and of course gospel. The result is very raw, almost low-fi sound of It’s Time For A Change, released nearly 10 years after Lamont started to pen the first tracks and it gained relative success. He toured the album around churches in Louisville with tracks such as Love One Another, Time For A Change and Ungodly War quickly becoming firm favourites within the churches of Louisville.

Miles Away Records are pleased to working with Lamont and to be issuing a long overdue album reissue of It’s Time For A Change on LP and CD. Remastered with care by Nick Robbins at Sound Mastering and complete with in-depth sleeve.

https://www.milesawayrecords.co.uk/releases/lamontbutler

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Lamont Butler

In our short history we have been lucky enough to have worked with a range of talented artists who also happen to be lovely people. We are proud to represent their music and build relationships with them along the way. We feel it’s important to tell their stories as best we can; so we’ll be using this platform to shine a spotlight on each of the artists we’ve worked with so far.

Lamont Butler & The New Beginnings

First up is Lamont William Butler Sr, the most recent artist we’ve worked with. His album It’s Time For A Change came out a few months back. Born 1949 in Louisville, Kentucky; Lamont Butler was drawn to music and dance from the very beginning. He was the son of a well-known gospel, blues and R&B singer and pianist Clifford Butler Sr, receiving an early education in what’s required to be a touring musician. Lamont would carry his dad’s equipment and help him set up at live gigs all over town but was never allowed to stay too late. Clifford taught him to think about what he’s doing, how he’s doing it and to really tune into people and the crowd when performing.

Lamont Butler & The New Beginnings performing in Louisville, Kentucky

At school he loved football and didn’t have a strong desire to sing or perform but for some reason he always found himself in the school musical. It wasn’t until he was 14-year old that he really became interested in singing, he started to hear melodies, see lyrics and really find his voice. He would frequently listen to his Dad sing in the shower mimicking his tone and harmonies as well as watching groups such as The O’Jays on TV. Lamont joined a variety of groups as a backing singer predominately, where he performed in local churches and clubs around Louisville. It quickly became apparent that Lamont had a wonderful voice and was pushed to the front despite not being fully confident yet of his singing ability. Lamont performed on the gospel circuit for a number of years cutting his teeth with groups such as The Enterprise, The Dynamics and The New Beginnings eventually going solo with Lamont Butler and The Spirit of Truth.

Lamont Butler & The Spirit Of Truth

It was whilst he was singing and performing during this period that he started to write his own songs and think about putting together an album. With the support of his Dad and his family in particular his brother, who was his second biggest fan (after his dad). He was convinced to record the album at his Dad’s four track recording studio where he was able to bring together all of his influences from R&B, jazz, soul and of course gospel.

Lamont Butler in the recording studio with George Dawson

At the time it’s fair to say Lamont didn’t really know what he was doing in the studio nor did he really know how the album was going to turn out. He had access to a lot of great musicians, enabling him to rehearse and jam all the time which all contributed to creating a certain free spirit throughout the album. A dynamic mix of jazz, soul and R&B. It’s Time For A Change was released nearly 10 years after Lamont started to pen the first tracks and it gained relative success. He toured the album around churches in Louisville with tracks such as Love One Another, Time For A Change and Ungodly War quickly becoming firm favourites within the churches of Louisville.

Lamont Butler performing in Louisville, Kentucky

 Despite this popularity the album in Lamont’s own words “has only ever been released in Kentucky” and “never reached as many people as it should have”. This was partly due to the death of Lamont’s Dad who had been the guiding force behind the album and his career. At this point Lamont entered a period where he’d perform less regularly and ultimately dropped out of music seeking a living elsewhere. He occasionally performed locally in Louisville thereafter however like his Dad, he believes his voice has got better with age and is now retiring from his current job to go back full swing into music, writing and performing once again.

Lamont Butler, 1999