Featuring Nile Rodgers and Bernard Edwards who would later go on to form Chic in two of the tracks—“Love Rite” and “Saturday”, which would go on to be a hit for the Rodgers / Edwards writing machine with Norma Jean—it is easy to hear both players at their rawest and most undisguised. Rodger’s prototypically rakish, scratchy guitar riffs and funky chord progressions juxtaposed against Edward’s tight basslines—the beginning of a longstanding and lucrative musical partnership—are the glue to “Saturday”, an uptempo dance track with soulful and impassioned vocals from Cotter adding to the track’s raw aesthetic. God Bless The Soulfire People is one of the jazzier album tracks, a stripped back track with congas and bass being the two sole components to the rhythm section, over which flutes, acoustic piano and a strummed acoustic guitar jostle for position in between Cotter’s soulful vocal interjections. Missing You, the title track of the album, is an uptempo stepper that builds with sweet vocal harmonies over a disco-era drum pattern, a breakdown in the mid section allowing a saxophone solo to shine through.
An ultra-rare album that barely saw the light of day when it was initially released, it is now available in limited quantity on vinyl and CD for the first time courtesy of WeWantSounds with remastered audio and updated sleeve notes from some of Cotter’s contemporaries.
Track listings:
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01 Missing You by Robert Cotter
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02 Mary’s House by Robert Cotter
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03 Disco Blues by Robert Cotter
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04 Teddy Bear by Robert Cotter
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05 Love Rite by Robert Cotter
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06 Three Wise Men by Robert Cotter
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07 Uncle Sam by Robert Cotter
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08 Saturday by Robert Cotter
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09 God Bless The Surefire People by Robert Cotter
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10 Come On With It by Robert Cotter
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