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on Dec 17, 04 | 7:38 am

Ava Cherry

Ripe!!! (LP)

RSO Records (US) / 1980 / RS-1-3072
LP 33 1/3 rpm vinyl

A1, B1, B3, B4 Produced by Bobby Eli
A2 Produced by Curtis Mayfield
A3, B2 Produced by Gil Askey
Recorded at Curtom Studios, Chicago

Side A:
1. I Just Can't Shake The Feeling (5:37) [B. Eli / J. Prusan]
2. Love Is Good News (4:15) [C. Mayfield]
3. You Never Loved Me (8:25) [C. Mayfield]

Side B:
1. I'm Always Ready (4:58) [B. Eli / J. Prusan / G. Christopher]
2. Single Woman, Married Man (4:09) [J. Carbone / L. Lambert]
3. Gimme Your Lovin' (3:25) [B. Eli / J. Prusan]
4. Where There's Smoke There's Fire (6:44) [B. Eli / J. Prusan]

Ava Cherry was from Chicago, and was a backing singer in the early seventies. In 1974 she met, and formed a relationship with David Bowie, and worked with him on his albums and in his concerts.

After they split in 1979, Ava returned to Chicago where she was introduced to Curtis Mayfield. The result was this LP. Despite Ava being rock-oriented, Curtis went for more of a soul-disco slant, much like his output with Linda Clifford. Bobby Eli (Eli's Second Coming, etc.) also wrote and produced much of this LP.

"You Never Loved Me" and "I'm Always Ready" are the best disco cuts. "Where There's Smoke There's Fire" is disco/rock, "Gimme Your Lovin'" funk, and there are also two soul ballads.

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