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Chi's 1rst LP Promo station rdio
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Chi's 1rst LP Promo station rdio

1. Thunder and Lightning
2. Goodbye John
3. You Were My Friend
4. Turn Me Around
5. Go Like Elijah
6. The Tree
7. Feelin' Good
8. It's Really Come to This
9. I Will Not Dance
10. Time to Come In
11. The Wheel of Life

© All songs written by Chi Coltrane

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1. Hallelujah (G. Zekley, M. Bottler, R. Twain))
2. Let It Ride
3. Short'nin' Bread
4. Different Ways
5. Fly-Away Bluebird
6. Who Ever Told You
7. Myself to You
8. It's Not Easy
9. Feather My Bed
10.Forget Love

© All songs written by Chi Coltrane except (1)

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Chi Coltrane LP

 

1. Hallelujah (G. Zekley, M. Bottler, R. Twain))
2. Let It Ride
3. Short'nin' Bread
4. Different Ways
5. Fly-Away Bluebird
6. Who Ever Told You
7. Myself to You
8. It's Not Easy
9. Feather My Bed
10.Forget Love

© All songs written by Chi Coltrane except (1)

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© All songs written by Chi Coltrane except (10)

 

Chi Coltrane LP

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Silk and steel

German release

CBS Schallplatten GmbH

1. Jet Lag
2. Leaving It All Behind
3. Goin' round
4. Don't Forget the Queen
5. Blinded by Love
6. Kick Back
7. Anymore
8. Travel Light

© All songs written by Chi Coltrane

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Silk and Steel

Special edition in Hebrew for Israël

1. Jet Lag
2. Leaving It All Behind
3. Goin' round
4. Don't Forget the Queen
5. Blinded by Love
6. Kick Back
7. Anymore
8. Travel Light

© All songs written by Chi Coltrane

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Silk and Steel

Special edition in Hebrew for Israël

1. Jet Lag
2. Leaving It All Behind
3. Goin' round
4. Don't Forget the Queen
5. Blinded by Love
6. Kick Back
7. Anymore
8. Travel Light

© All songs written by Chi Coltrane

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Chi Coltrane

Label: CBS
Catalog reference: 65043
Format: Vinyl, LP, audiotape, 8 tracks tape cartridge.
Country: UK
Released: 1972
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop, Rock
Style: Acoustic, Gospel, Vocal, Ballad, Rock & Roll
Credits: Arranged By [Horns] - Jim Horn
Arranged By [Strings, Woodwinds] - Paul Buckmaster
Bass - Larry Knechtel (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1 to B3, B5) , Lee Sklar* (tracks: B4) , Steve Lefever (tracks: A4, A6)
Choir - Billy Barnum Chorus, The (tracks: A5)
Congas - King Erison*
Drums - Jim Gordon (tracks: A1 to B3, B5) , Ron Tutt (tracks: B4)
Engineer - Eric Prestidge
Guitar - Ben Benay (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, B2 to B5) , Dean Parks (tracks: A5, B1)
Mixed By - Armin Steiner
Percussion - Victor Feldman
Piano, Organ, Vocals - Chi Coltrane
Producer - Toxey French
Notes: Mastered At Artisan Sound Recorders

Tracklisting:

A1 Thunder And Lightning
A2 Goodbye John
A3 You Were My Friend
A4 Turn Me Around
A5 Go Like Elijah
A6 The Tree

B1 Feelin' Good
B2 It's Really Come To This
B3 I Will Not Dance
B4 Time To Come In
B5 The Wheel Of Life

 

 

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Chi Coltrane

 

Label: CBS
Catalog reference: S 65043
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, audiotape.
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1972
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop, Rock
Style: Acoustic, Gospel, Vocal, Ballad, Rock & Roll
Credits: Arranged By [Horns] - Jim Horn
Arranged By [Songs] - Chi Coltrane , Toxey French
Arranged By [Strings, Woodwinds] - Paul Buckmaster
Artwork By [Design] - Virginia Team
Bass - Larry Knechtel (tracks: A1 to A3, A5, B1 to B3, B5) , Lee Sklar* (tracks: B4) , Steve Lefever (tracks: A4, A6)
Choir - Billy Barnum Chorus, The (tracks: A5)
Concertmaster - Sid Sharp
Congas - King Erison*
Drums - Jim Gordon (tracks: A1 to B3, B5) , Ron Tutt (tracks: B4)
Engineer - Eric Prestidge
Guitar - Ben Benay (tracks: A1 to A4, A6, B2 to B5) , Dean Parks (tracks: A5, B1)
Percussion - Victor Feldman
Photography [Back Cover] - Beverly Parker
Photography [Front Cover] - Baron Wolman
Piano, Organ, Vocals - Chi Coltrane
Producer - Toxey French
Technician [Recordist] - Miguel Morales (2) , Willie Greer
Written-By - Chi Coltrane
Notes: Mixed at Armin Steiner's Sound Labs, Inc.
Mastered At Artisan Sound Recorders.

(p)1972 CBS Inc.
STEMRA

Tracklisting:

A1 Thunder And Lightning (3:00)
A2 Goodbye John (4:10)
A3 You Were My Friend (3:44)
A4 Turn Me Around (4:08)
A5 Go Like Elijah (3:57)
A6 The Tree (3:58)

B1 Feelin' Good (3:54)
B2 It's Really Come To This (3:17)
B3 I Will Not Dance (3:51)
B4 Time To Come In (3:32)
B5 The Wheel Of Life (5:00)

 

 

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Let it ride

Label: CBS
Catalog reference: S 65639
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, audiotape.
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1973
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop, Rock
Style: Acoustic, Gospel, Ballad, Vocal, Rock & Roll
Credits: Arranged By [Strings, Woodwinds] - Paul Buckmaster
Backing Vocals - Clydie King , Merry Clayton , Stephanie Spruill
Bass - Chris Lawrence* , Emory Gordy* , Joe Puerta , John Gustafson , Klaus Voorman* , Larry Knechtel , Mark Cipola*
Clarinet - Paul Essard
Drums - Barry De Souza , Chris Karen , Jim Gordon , Jim Keltner , Steve Parsons
Engineer - Charlie Dreyer , Roy Halee , Ted Sharp
Guitar - Ben Benay , Larry Byron* , Lee Ritenour
Horns - Bob Keys* , Jim Horn , Jim Price
Producer, Arranged By, Piano, Percussion, Synthesizer, Vocals - Chi Coltrane
Synthesizer - Paul Buckmaster
Tambourine - Allen Estes*
Tambourine, Congas - Bobby Hall*

Tracklisting:

A1 Hallelujah (4:16)
A2 Let It Ride (4:42)
A3 Short' Nin' Bread (4:46)
A4 Different Ways (3:12)
A5 Fly Away Bluebird (2:56)

B1 Who Ever Told You (3:44)
B2 Myself To You (3:20)
B3 It's Not Easy (2:42)
B4 Feather My Bed (1:37)
B5 Forget Love (5:49)

 

 

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The Best of Chi Coltrane

Label: CBS Schallplatten GmbH
Catalog reference: 463304 2
Format: Vinyl, LP, CD, Compilation, , audiotape.
Country: Austria
Released: 1988
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop, Rock
Style: Acoustic, Gospel, Ballad, Vocal, Rock & Roll

Cover design: Jürgen Schug

Cover Foto: Rudy Wolpert

Comilation: Jürgen Kramar

Notes: Originally released in 1975

 

Tracklisting LP: The Best of Chi Coltrane

A1 Thunder And Lightning (3:01)
A2 You Were My Friend (3:45)
A3 Myself To You (3:20)
A4 Go Like Elijah (3:58)
A5 Feeling Good (3:55)
A6 The Wheel Of Life (4:59)

B1 Who Ever Told You (3:43)
B2 It's Not Easy (2:40)
B3 Let It Ride (4:32)
B4 Hallelujah (4:14)
B5 Fly AwayBluebird (2:52)
B6 I Will Not Dance (3:41)

 

Tracklisting CD: The Best of Chi Coltrane

1 Thunder And Lightning (3:01)
2 You Were My Friend (3:45)
3 Myself To You (3:20)
4 Go Like Elijah (3:58)
5 Feeling Good (3:55)
6 The Wheel Of Life (4:59)
7 Who Ever Told You (3:43)
8 It's Not Easy (2:40)
9 Let It Ride (4:32)
10 Hallelujah (4:14)
11 Fly AwayBluebird (2:52)
12 I Will Not Dance (3:41)

 

Tracklisting CD: Chi Coltrane Golden Classics

1 Thunder And Lightning (3:01)
2 Goodbye John (4:10)
3 You Were My Friend (3:45)
4 Turn Me Around (4:08)
5 Go Like Elijah (3:58)
6 The Tree (3:58)
7 Feelin' Good (3:54)
8 It's Really Come To This (3:17)
9 I Will Not Dance (3:41)
10 Time To Come In (3:32)
11 The Wheel Of Life (4:59)
12 Who Ever Told You (3:43)
13 Myself To You (3:20)

 

 

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Road to tomorrow

Label: T.K. Records
Catalog reference: TKR 82501
Format: Vinyl, LP, , audiotape.
Country: Netherlands
Released: 1977
Genre: Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Soft Rock, Pop Rock
Credits: Arranged By [Strings] - Lee Holdridge
Backing Vocals - Brian Russell (tracks: A1) , Greg Prespitino* (tracks: A2 to A4, B5) , Jennifer Warnes (tracks: A2, A3, B5)
Bass - Abe Laborial* , Kenny Edwards , Willie Weeks
Drums - Jeff Porcaro , Jim Gordon , Michael Botts*
Engineer - Michael Boshears
Guitar - Ben Benay , Waddy Wachtel
Horns - Chuck Findley , Quitman Dennis
Horns, Arranged By [Horns] - Jim Horn
Piano, Synthesizer, Vocals - Chi Coltrane
Producer - Peter Bernstein (2)
Programmed By [Synthesizer] - Ian Underwood
Vibraphone, Percussion - Victor Feldman

 

Tracklisting:

A1 What's Happening To Me (It's A Spell) (3:28)
A2 Less Than The Best (3:10)
A3 One Man Woman (2:37)
A4 Ooh Baby (3:16)
A5 I'm Ready To Love Again (3:07)

B1 Slow Driver (5:03)
B2 Changes (3:32)
B3 Belle Amie (2:53)
B4 You (2:33)
B5 Road To Tomorrow (3:30)

 

 

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Silk and steel

Silk & Steel



Label: CBS Schallplatten GmbH
Catalog reference: CBS 85277
Format: Vinyl, LP, audiotape.
Country: Germany
Released: 1981
Genre: Pop, Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Soft Rock, Ballad, Acoustic
Credits: Acoustic Guitar - Bernie Leadon
Arranged By [Additional Synthesizer And Background Effects], Percussion, Producer, Engineer - Larry Brown
Arranged By [Additional Synthesizer And Background Effects], Synthesizer - Peter Wolf
Arranged By, Piano [Acoustic], Keyboards, Synthesizer, Lead Vocals, Producer [Associate] - Chi Coltrane
Backing Vocals - Charlie Souza , Duke McFadden , Eric Turner (2) , Jim West (2) , Randy Bishop , Ronn Price*
Bass - Charlie Souza , David Edelstein , Jeff Eyrick*
Drums - David Kemper , Mark Sanders
Guitar [Electric] - Daryl Caraco , David Mansfield , Eric Turner (2) , Steve Hunter , Tom Fowle
Mastered By - Nick Webb
Producer - Freddie Piro
Producer [Associate], Engineer - Win Kutz
Programmed By - Mike Sanders

Tracklisting:

A1 Jet Lag (5:05)
A2 Leaving It All Behind (4:10)
A3 Goin' Round (3:58)
A4 Don't Forget The Queen (7:10)

B1 Blinded By Love (4:46)
B2 Kick Back (4:55)
B3 Anymore (4:46)
B4 Travel Light (4:28)

 

 

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Chi Coltrane Live!

Label: TELDEC
Catalog reference: L76.25128
Format: Vinyl, LP, Compilation, , audiotape, Live.
Country: Germany
Released: 1982
Genre: Funk / Soul, Pop, Rock
Style: Acoustic, Gospel, Ballad, Vocal, Rock & Roll
Credits: Engineer - David Richards , Jürgen Kramer
Mastered By - Nick Webb
Producer, Electric Piano, Piano [Acoustic], Synthesizer - Chi Coltrane
Notes: Chi was recorded live and solo in concert Spring 1982.
There are no overdubs on this album.

Tracklisting:

A1 You Were My Friend
A2 Don't Forget The Queen
A3 Short' Nin' Bread
A4 You

B1 Travel Light
B2 Kick Back
B3 Leavin' It All Behind
B4 It's Not Easy
B5 Go Like Elijah
B6 Road Tomorrow

 

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Ready to roll

Label: TELDEC
Catalog reference: 6.25636 AP
Format: Vinyl, LP, audiotape.
Country: Germany
Released: 1983
Genre: Pop, Rock
Style: Acoustic, Soft Rock, Ballad, Rock & Roll
Credits: Engineer - Larry Brown
Producer, Arranged By - Chi Coltrane

Tracklisting:

A1 The Last Train (4:03)
A2 Goin' Out Tonight (4:20)
A3 Don't Hang Up (3:49)
A4 Clouds, Dreams And Love (4:54)

B1 On My Own (3:19)
B2 Soulstalker (3:59)
B3 I'm Gonna Make You Love Me (4:05)
B4 Here Comes The Rain (2:55)
B5 I Come Back To You (3:22)

 

 

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The Message

 

Label: TELDEC
Catalog reference: 8.26311 - LC 3706 / 4 001406 263118 / 6.26311 AP
Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, audiotape, CD.
Country: Germany
Released: 1986
Genre: Pop, Rock
Style: Rock & Roll, Pop Rock, Vocal, Ballad
Credits: Arranged By [Woodwinds] - Paul Buckmaster
Backing Vocals - Pauli Carman (2) , Peter King (7) , Sheila Parker , Sheryl Parker
Bass - Lawrence Cottle*
Percussion, Drums - Stuart Elliot*
Percussion, Engineer - Haydn Bendall
Producer, Arranged By, Piano, [Grand Piano], Keyboards, Vocals - Chi Coltrane
Saxophone - Phil Smith
Saxophone, Keyboards, Arranged By - Richard Cottle
Trombone - Neal Sidwell*
Trumpet - Steve Sidwell
Notes: Recorded And Mixed At Sound Mill Studio LTD. England
(With Additional Mixing At Masters Tonstudios Switzerland)

 

Tracklisting LP:

A1 Running (4:56)
A2 Heart Of Stone (2:54)
A3 Work To Make Money (4:52)
A4 You Don't Love Me (4:21)

B1 I Didn't Want To Fall In Love (4:16)
B2 The Message (3:21)
B3 Blinded By Love (4:18)
B4 Angie (4:35)
B5 Goodbye My Love (5:33)

 

Tracklisting CD:

1 Running (4:56)
2 Heart Of Stone (2:54)
3 Work To Make Money (4:52)
4 You Don't Love Me (4:21)
5 I Didn't Want To Fall In Love (4:16)
6 The Message (3:21)
7 Blinded By Love (4:18)
8 Angie (4:35)
9 Goodbye My Love (5:33)

 

 

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Reviews

Chi Coltrane

Thursday, November 30, 2006
The 100 Greatest Songs of the 1970s, Part IX.

058. Chi Coltrane “Thunder and Lightning”
(Chi Coltrane)
Chi Coltrane, 1972

I really had no idea what to expect when I found this record in the Female Vocal section of one of the local vinyl paradises. I bought for two reasons: I’m a compulsive collector of music from 1972, and I wondered if she might somehow be related to that other Coltrane. (Answer: unless her ancestors owned his, probably not.) Apparently this hit the charts back when, but I’d never heard it; it’s gospel-pop not unlike Carole King’s “I Feel The Earth Move,” but harder-rocking and less beholden to Brill Building tradition. And she’s got a better voice, a honeyed growl that owes as much to deep soul singers like Barbara Acklin and Irma Thomas as to white singer-songwriters like King or Laura Nyro. But this is no Sixties pastische: the piano-thumping velocity of the thing, the honking saxophone, the streamlined, bubbly production all smell like crisp 70s vinyl to me. (That’s not so much synesthesia as sense-memory, actually.) Aside from her one-hit-wonderish debut, Coltrane was only somewhat successful; she released a handful of albums and like many, found more fame, adulation, and money on the European circuit, where being white didn’t preclude her from being a soul singer, and being female didn’t preclude her from rocking. But she never bothered the U.S. charts again.

http://jbogart.blogspot.com/2006/11/100-greatest-songs-of-1970s-part-ix.html

 

by Charles Donovan

It's clear from the opening moments of Chi Coltrane's self-titled debut that she's a singer/songwriter a few musical cuts above the rest. Primarily, this is down to her piano-playing. Where even the most respected artists of the genre could only play basic block chords or arpeggios (Laura Nyro and Joni Mitchell, respectively), Coltrane is a player's player, and an equal of any session musician. The eleven songs on Chi Coltrane give her ample opportunity to show off. "Thunder and Lightning" (an absolute white soul gem) was her first single, and a top 20 hit, but it tells only a fraction of the story. The rest of the album displays a complete mastery and understanding of gospel ("Go Like Elijah"), as well music of both the Classical and Romantic periods ("The Wheel of Life"), and in addition, she comes up with a few hybrids of her own ("You Were My Friend"). Her vocals, alternatively tender, spirited, angry, and with a wonderful "on-the-verge-of-tears" quality, are at odds with the dreamy inertia of most mid-70s performers. They invest every cut with a compelling sense of drama and anxiety. Coltrane may not be a top-drawer wordsmith (although she's certainly quite good), but her lyrics are clear-headed, unpretentious and direct. For subject matter, she draws mainly on love, friendship, religion (tentatively), and philosophy. Although much press attention focussed on her glacial, blonde good looks (think a less scary, pre-heroin Nico), this album was a triumph of style and substance in equal measure.

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Chi Coltrane's name was bounced around the airwaves for a while, courtesy of a heavy advertising and promotion campaign by Columbia Records, and her larger-than-life voice deserved more success, but if she was only to be remembered for one hit, she could have done a lot worse than "Thunder and Lightning" -- an original by the singer with a powerful horn and sax arrangement that fits her singing perfectly.

Bruce Eder , All Music Guide

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Chi Coltrane brings a perfect blend of 'White Soul',Gospel and Rock.
Carole King or Laura Nyro meets Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham.
Famous session musicians(Jim Gordon,Larry Knechtel,Lee Sklar...)help to make this a great album.
Some of the songs were released as a 'single' and became big hits in The Low Countries;'Go like Elyah'topped the charts
'You're my best friend ' and 'Thunder And Lightning' were big hits too.
The other songs are above average as well
Chi:sings,plays piano and organ.

With a trailblazing voice Coltrane steers us through up tempo ingots laden with brass and virtuoso piano and solemn ballads. Her voice soars with a navigational finesse that charts a course so brazen it defies others to follow. And not many have, even chi struggled to maintain this kind of form on her subsequent efforts.

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A year on from her first album, Coltrane took over production for Let it Ride, recorded at London's Trident Studios. The sound isn't vastly different, although there is more backing vocal support (from vastly talented stalwart Merry Clayton). Her songwriting was taking new and interesting turns. The debut had shown a gift for pastiche, but Let it Ride frees her skills to run a little wilder. "Flyaway Bluebird" creates an aural playground out of only a piano and a handful of vocalists, and is her finest moment. The title track opens as a rather routine ballad, only to transmogrify into an untamed, anguished masterpiece, remeniscent of Laura Nyro's best work. Coltrane reaches back to her classical training for "Forget Love" - an icily sophisticated composition with a clever, almost Germanic piano accompaniment. The only criticism it's possible to level at Let It Ride is Coltrane's tendency to eat up musical genres and spit out instant, bite-size, expert examples of them. "Shortnin' Bread" sounds like an exercise from a "How To Play the Blues" textbook, and is the only time Coltrane's undoubted expertise is potentially tiresome. But when the only fault you can find with an artist is her own virtuosity, there's little point in finding it. ~ Charles Donovan, All Music Guide

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In the years between Let It Ride and Road to Tomorrow, Chi Coltrane had suffered financial misfortune at the hands of a neglectful manager. Not that you could tell from these songs, all relentlessly upbeat and optimistic. Released on the small Clouds label, Road to Tomorrow has none of the appealing darkness of earlier Coltrane, but thankfully, the musicianship and instant melodies remain.

Nearly every song is about either romantic or spiritual satisfaction (with only the curious "Slow Driver," in which Coltrane berates a slack motorist, breaking the mould). The pieces wouldn't sound out of place on a mid-period Carole King album, and there's not a note on the record that isn't a pleasure to hear, but everything - from the drab front cover to the chronic prettiness of the songs - lacks the bite she had before. By the time the album closes (with the title track), you'll feel either blissfully purged of all unpleasant thought, or as though you've just eaten twice your own weight in meringues. But give Coltrane points for avoiding the more obvious maudlin tack beloved of singer/songwriters. ~ Charles Donovan, All Music Guide

 

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