8th Day - 1973 - I Gotta Get Home (Can't Let My Baby Get Lonely)

8th Day

1973

I Gotta Get Home (Can't Let My Baby Get Lonely)

01. I Gotta Get Home (Can't Let My Baby Get 2 Lonely) 3:22

03. Cheba 4:28

04. Good Book 4:08

05. Anythang 3:48

06. Rocks In My Head 4:42

07. Faith Is The Answer 4:48

08. Get Your Mind Straight 3:37

09. Heaven Is There To Guide Us 3:16

Melvin Davis - vocals

Antonio "Tony" Newton - bass

Lyman Woodard - Organ, Keyboards

Larry Hutchison - Guitar

Ron Bykowski -

Michael Anthony - guitar

Bruce Nazarian - guitar, vocals

Jerry Paul - percussion

Lynn Harter -

Carole Stallings - violin

Anita Sherman - vibraphone

A nicely complicated little record -- and one of the funkiest albums on the legendary Invictus label! The 8th Day group was a loosely-conceived batch of Detroit soul talents designed to cash in on a concept of the Holland-Dozier-Holland team -- and they weren't just a studio project, as they included some wonderful talents that could make some great music when they wanted to! One of these was the amazing Detroit organist Lyman Woodard -- who contributed the fantastic track "Cheba" to the album, an incredible organ groover that's unlike anything you've ever heard, rolling on with this pinched Hammond sound over congas, all-instrumental, and completely seductive! Another was Melvin Davis, who had recorded the song "Good Book" as a solo artist -- but which was released here as if it was by the group. There's also a great guitarist in the group -- unnamed due to the lack of liner notes