The New Birth (album)

The New Birth
Studio album by New Birth
Released	1970
Recorded	1970
Genre	Soul/Funk
Label	RCA
Producer	Harvey Fuqua
New Birth chronology
The New Birth (1970) Ain't No Big Thing, But It's Growing (1971)

The New Birth is the debut album by the Louisville, Kentucky group New Birth. It was released in 1970 on RCA Records and produced by mentor Harvey Fuqua, whose style of building a whole song around a simple phrase is represented by "The Unh Song", and his uncredited assistant Vernon Bullock.

The New Birth was as much a concept as it was a group, as it consisted of the instrumental group The Nite-Liters, (already famous for the song "K-Jee"), who during their height, consisted of James Baker, Robin Russell, Leroy Taylor, Charlie Hearndon, Tony Churchill, Austin Lander, Robert "Lurch" Jackson, (and, at this point, Johnny Graham, though they would later add Carl McDaniel), female vocalists, The Mint Juleps (which featured Londee Loren (Wiggins), Tanita Gaines, Janice Carter and Pam Swent), male vocalists, The New Sounds (Bobby Downs, Ronald Coleman, Gary Martin Young and a gentleman known as "Slim") plus additional vocalist Allen Frey, who also doubled on percussion.

Track listing

1. "What'll I Do" 3:09
2. "UNH Song" 3:12
3. "All the Way" 3:13
4. "It's All in the Game" 2:49
5. "Pretty Words Don't Mean a Thing (Lie to Me)" 2:34
6. "Do the Funky Chicken" 4:00
7. "Brand New Lover" 4:29
8. "You Don't Have to Be Alone" 3:18
9. "One Way Bus" 2:41
10. "It's You or No One" 3:01

References

External links

• New Birth-The New Birth at Discogs