In the early 1970s, Motown dropped the group, and they signed with Atlantic, who released another run of singles. The group then signed with Motown records, releasing a string of singles from 1964-1971, culminating with the Stevie Wonder penned " It's A Shame " which was released on Motown's V.I.P. The group formed in the early 1960s, releasing their earliest singles on Harvey Fuqua's Detroit-based Tri-Phi Records. Original members: Bobby Smith, George Dixon, Billy Henderson, Henry Fambrough, Pervis Jackson. Download an example of New World Generation’s music below – “One Of A Kind,” from their 1982 EP.ĭownload: New World Generation “One Of A Kind.” Posted in News Nov.American soul group, originally from the Detroit, MI area, associated with the Motown soul sound in the 1960s, as well as Thom Bell's Philadelphia soul sound in the 1970s. New World Generation references the faith that carried Parsons through the difficult and demoralizing times accomplished musicians like he and his friends experienced in a post-disco world. They were winsome, hopeful songs – and their existence offered us the chance to present this album. The songs he’d recorded with the Universal Rhythms and Orison ensembles were harbingers of the sophisticated soul he’d proffer with New World Generation. It took years for him to collate the various components of the first phase of his recording career – which stretched from New York to Boston over the course of a decade – but when he did send the music, we were thrilled. He promised to dig out his masters and send them to us for our consideration. But he’d recorded with different ensembles finding the first threads of his musical tapestry would take time. We were intrigued, so we put in a call to New World Generation’s bandleader, Lekan Parsons and found that he had recorded more music in the years leading up to the New World Generation EP. We heard echoes of the Roy Ayers produced RAMP sessions and the precise yet sensual vibes of the foundation known as Earth, Wind and Fire. We first got a taste of the New World Generation when Phil Morrison, bassist for avant-garde, Boston-based jazzers Stark Reality, sent us a copy of New World Generation’s solitary recorded document: a five song EP that the band privately released in 1982. Note: songs from CD disc two are not contained on the 2LP version of this album. Presented as a 2CD and as a 2LP both formats contain extensive liner notes with rare photographs and ephemera. We’re happy to present New World Generation’s self-titled anthology, a collection of rare and unreleased soul, disco and boogie by the cult New England ensemble. Rare and unreleased late 70s and early 80s disco, soul and boogie recorded by the cult New England ensemble.
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