Stanley Clarke / George Duke ‎– The Clarke / Duke Project

RARE/2HAND VINYL ON EPIC RECORDS 1981

EPC 84848 made in Holland with lyric innersleeve.

Vinyl VG+. Cover EX.

These two buddies seemed to set off sparks with each other whenever they got together on isolated earlier tracks, and a lot of folks had high expectations for their first joint project. Yet The Clarke/Duke Project, Vol. 1 was and remains a disappointment, awash in generic urban contemporary material, a few routine instrumentals, and jive (topped by a truly bizarre rendition of "Louie Louie"). Neither Stanley Clarke nor George Duke play much to their strengths -- Clarke's bass and writing, Duke's funky way with keyboards -- concentrating more upon their hardly distinguished voices. What we didn't know, it is now obvious, was that Clarke and Duke collectively would often abandon whatever restraints of taste they had individually in search of a chartbusting R&B sound largely free of jazz or even a good funk groove (the same thing would occur in their concerts).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Clarke

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Duke

Tracklist

A1 Wild Dog 3:30
A2 Louie Louie 5:06
A3 Sweet Baby 3:46
A4 I Just Want To Love You 3:50
A5 Never Judge A Cover By Its Book 1:43
B1 Let's Get Started 3:56
B2 Winners 4:01
B3 Touch And Go 4:37
B4 Finding My Way 5:36