Acetate R&B and Chip Willis

and Chip Willis

Shoes were just four guys cutting demos in a Zion

and Lorain Sounds imprints

Funk’s answer to the Five Blind Boys of Alabama

installing Bernard Reed on bass

Acetate R&B and Chip WillisWhen we first got the tapes for what became Numero 025, or 24 Carat Blacks Gone: The Promises of Yesterday, we thought we had a lot more material from which to compile. Of the four tapes we transferred, only six usable tracks managed to make it off the reel. The rest were in such bad shape that we got just one pass at capturing what was left. And on that pass, the tape fell apart as we ran it. Live degradation! Even though theyre just this side of