Jay Richford, Gary Stevan

𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙅𝙖𝙮 𝙍𝙞𝙘𝙝𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙎𝙩𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣’𝙨 𝙁𝙚𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙨𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙗𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙡𝙞𝙗𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙙.

Of course Be With can’t be seen to be playing favourites, but we have to admit, it’s pretty good. Insanely rare and immensely sought-after, it’s a tough funk, street jazz masterpiece coveted for many years by collectors of all musical genres.

Groove-laden bass, irrepressible horns, sweet flute lines, warm Rhodes, lush string arrangements, blaxploitation-styled wah-wah guitars and so, so much more make this one of the finest instrumental soul LPs of the 70s, if not of all time.