Tag Archives: Spice of Life

MARLENA SHAW-SPICE OF LIFE.

MARLENA SHAW-SPICE OF LIFE. Recently, I wrote a review of Marlena Shaw’s 1977 album Sweet Beginnings, and in that article mentioned an album that featured two songs that will forever be associated with Marlena Shaw. These songs are Woman of the Ghetto and California Soul, both of which were on Marlena’s 1969 Spice of Life. …

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MARLENA SHAW-SWEET BEGINNINGS.

MARLENA SHAW-SWEET BEGINNINGS. During a career that began in 1967, Marlena Shaw has recorded albums for some of the biggest and most famous, record labels. Her first label was Cadet Records, a subsidiary of Chess Records, where she released two albums Out of Different Bags in 1967 and Spice of Life in 1969. From there, …

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