Rick Clarke - Guess Who

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: FSRLP142
Barcode: 5050580785038
Release Date: 07 Apr 2023
Genre: Soul

01: Show Me the Way (feat. Mark Antonio) - Rick Clarke
02: Do What We Gotta Do (feat. Delroy Dyer & Gina Foster) - Rick Clarke
03: I Like to Party (feat. Andre Stevens, Imaani, Kemi & Delroy Dyer) - Rick Clarke
04: Gonna Make You Happy (feat. Jill Francis) - Rick Clarke
05: Love Don't Strike Twice (feat. Easton) - Rick Clarke
06: Share My Love with You (feat. Imaani) - Rick Clarke
07: Fantasy (feat. Gina Foster) - Rick Clarke
08: Without You in My Life (feat. Delores) - Rick Clarke
09: Sweet Vibrations - Rick Clarke

Street soul grail alert! Freestyle reissue the previously white label-only Guess Who LP, originally released anonymously by Rick Clarke in 1992.

Crossing ruff-but-sweet UK street soul sensibilities with stripped-back house, garage and hip-hop flavours, the Guess Who LP was dropped covertly during a period in the early 90s when Rick was signed up to Soul II Soul's Funki Dreds label, contractually restricting him from releasing his music elsewhere. Bubbling with creative energy and a slew of ideas that he just couldn't help himself from getting out there, Rick brought a range of friends and collaborators to his MJB Records studio in West Kensington where the LP was produced and recorded on his trusty Fostex E16 in a matter of a couple of days.

Raw drum machines and simple but effective basslines & melodies abound across the album's 9 offerings - with tracks at times feeling like pencilled musical ideas still in flux. Highlights include Jill Francis' sublime vocal riding the stripped-back samba-esque groove of Gonna Make You Happy, the sugary soul harmonies of Imaani's Share My Love With You, and criminally short outro track Sweet Vibrations.