Apr 23

Heaven and Earth - 1976 - I Can’t Seem To Forget You

Posted by nikos1109

I first discover it 3 years ago, i loved it and try to find the vinyl. Finally i pay 50 Usd on ebay a few days ago. It is an underrated group. An incredible harmony group from Chicago. The vocals are superb, high, then low, then high again.
This is their debut and best effort.
Extremely rare. You won’t find it anywere with covers.

So get it.

Tracks
A1. Let Me Back In
A2. Now That I’ve Got You, I’ll Be Flying High
A3. Happy
A4. The Window Lady
B1. I Can’t Seem To Forget You
B2. If It was Me
B3. Nature’s Miracle
B4. The Message
B5. I’ll always love You

The Review
The classic first LP by this stellar Chicago harmony group and a monster! Heaven & Earth had a wonderful falsetto harmony sound that reminds us a lot of east coast winners like Blue Magic or The Stylistics and like some of the best east coast groups, this group’s vocals work equally well on slow ballads or faster uptempo numbers, both of which are handled extremely well on the record by producer Clarence Johnson. The bulk of the arrangements on the record were done by Tom Tom 84 — one of Chicago’s true soul geniuses, and in perfect form on this record. The whole thing’s amazingly well put together for an indie soul group album — and is a sure indication of the group’s later fame on Mercury. Titles include “Nature’s Miracle”, “The Message”, “I’ll Always Love You”, “Let Me Back In”, and “I Can’t Seem To Forget You”.
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Bio
A vocal quartet that originally went by the name the Soul Majestics, and consisted of brothers Dwight Dukes (falsetto/lead tenor) and James Dukes (bass), Keith Steward (tenor) and Michael Brown (baritone). Under the direction of producer Clarence Johnson, they recorded four albums as Heaven Earth: one for General Entertainment Corporation (GEC), three for Mercury (Phonogram) and one for WMOT. Brown recorded on the first album and subsequently departed the group in 1978 and was replaced by Dean Williams. Williams recorded on the second album, and he too then departed, being replaced by Greg Rose.The group could not manage to retain a compatible fourth member, whose vocal input was essential considering he was the baritone. In 1982, Dwight Dukes departed the group and formed the trio Cashmere with McKinley Horton and Daryl Burgee, recording on Philly World Records. Later that year Steward joined the group, and shortly thereafter Heaven Earth disbanded. Even though the Chicago-based quartet didn’t shake up the charts with their releases, their recordings were absolute quality. In particular, the tracks written and produced by the songwriting/production team of Rodney G. Massey and Lawrence Hanks. Heaven Earth is a must listen for vintage RB lovers.

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Date April 23rd, 2008

10 Responses to “Heaven and Earth - 1976 - I Can’t Seem To Forget You”

  1. Diego Says:
    May 10th, 2008 at 4:57 pm

    Wow this is something!

  2. Doctor Okeh Says:
    June 12th, 2008 at 3:08 am

    wow Nikos , so many gem brotha , good looks , kills me it took me this long to catch on, thx for this!!!

  3. Andre Says:
    June 28th, 2008 at 7:45 am

    thank you, u got some real nice stuff here

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    November 13th, 2008 at 1:25 am

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  5. STORM_n_ATL Says:
    November 20th, 2008 at 4:07 am

    I’ve loved the song “I can’t seem to forget you” since the early 80’s. I actually had the song that I purchased in Milwaukee, WI approx. 10 yrs ago. Someone had burnt it to a CD. I let a “friend” copy the CD and she returned it SCRATCHED… I have not been able to find the song since. I’ve searched Napster, Limewire, Blubster and even Pandora’s box but to no avail. Anytime I’d ask ppl about the song they had no clue as to who sang it. I thought I would NEVER see or hear it again. Tonight I was sitting here in the ATL searching the web and decided to try and find this song AGAIN… Low and behold, here it is. This time NO ONE, friend or foe will ever get my CD to copy. I absolutely LOVE this song. It brings back so many wonderful memories for me. It reminds me of when the world was a nicer place to live. Thank you (whoever you are) for jogging my memory. I had totally fogot the name of this awesome singing group.

  6. RG Says:
    November 4th, 2009 at 2:42 am

    thanks mate

  7. alphabet Says:
    November 4th, 2009 at 10:14 am

    Thanks a lot!! Nice recommendation

  8. Dan Says:
    November 6th, 2009 at 9:51 pm

    Thanks for these rare album.

  9. panel Says:
    February 8th, 2010 at 12:41 pm

    a lit of thanx :)

  10. Ricardo Says:
    March 27th, 2010 at 7:55 pm

    Another gem from Heaven & Earth - great work as always. Thanks a lot, your work in keeping this great muisc alive is really appreciated

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