LPCDreissues: Looking forward to the past

• Betty’s classic full-length debut!
• LP available on Standard Black Wax and Coke Bottle Clear Wax
• Expanded vinyl edition featuring 20-page booklet including rare photos, lyrics and new 2022 liner notes by Danielle Maggio interviewing Betty
• Vinyl pressed at RTI

There is one testimonial about Betty Davis that is universal: She was an artist ahead of her time. From her brief moment in the limelight to her decades of living as a recluse until her death in 2022, Betty Davis was a beautiful enigma. A drop-dead gorgeous model (and one of the first Black models to be featured in Glamour and Seventeen), Betty ran in crowds with Jimi Hendrix and was briefly married to Miles Davis (not to mention she played a large part in his stylistic radicalization). Her demure demeanor in life starkly contrasted with her onstage persona which oozed raw feminist liberation, a truly original punk-fun

In 1973, Betty Davis would finally kick off her cosmic career with an amazingly progressive hard funk, sweet soul, self-titled debut. Davis showcased her fiercely unique talent and features such gems as “If I’m In Luck I Might Get Picked Up” and “Game Is My Middle Name.” Betty Davis was recorded with Sly & The Family Stone’s rhythm section, sharply produced by Sly Stone drummer Greg Errico, and featured backing vocals from Sylvester and the Pointer Sisters.

Track listing:

• If I'm In Luck I Might Get Picked Up 5:01
• Walkin Up the Road 2:55
• Anti Love Song 4:32
• Your Man My Man 3:36
• Ooh Yeah 3:09
• Steppin In Her I. Miller Shoes 3:15
• Game Is My Middle Name 5:23
• In the Meantime 2:47