SOUL Black is Beautiful Trinikas BLACK OUT

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From the same funky High School that brought you the "Black Out" and "Black Experience" LP's.  Here is another lost Gem from  Douglass High School in Oklahoma City.  Century Records 33594.  This one is from 1970 (Same year as "Black Out"),  and like those other albums, the album toggles between Choir music and Soul music.  Side 2 includes a great Jazz-Rock satire of My Fair Lady, but what really makes this album special is the original version of the song "Black is Beautiful" performed by The Trinikas.  This Song was later released as a single on Century and again on Pearce.  This being the original live version of the song, making it even more rare than the singles.  The vinyl grades as VG- , lots of small scratches, but no skips.  Once the music gets going, you wont notice the background noise too much.   The Cover is a beautiful VG++ , textured and suitable for framing.  I've never seen another one of these records sell anywhere, this may be your only chance to find one.  Good Luck!

Here is a small video sample from the LP - "Black is Beautiful" performed by The Trinikas
http://youtu.be/6AxJ6XwqdjI

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More history on the "Black is Beautiful" LP
I should mention this album is in Memory of Marsha Bratton (her picture on back cover),  who is a member of the Trinikas. She unexpectedly died before this album was released, but she can be heard on the album.  After this album, The Trinikas carried on to seek fame with their "Black Is Beautiful" tune, traveling to Kansas City to record with local organist Louis Chachere. Recording at Cavern Studios in Independence, Missouri (basically the northeast end of KC), the group coupled the Bratton eulogy "Remember Me" with an updated "Black Is Beautiful" and released the two sides on Cavern's custom Pearce imprint sometime in late '71 or early '72. The Trinikas are not known to have made any additional records. The Song Black is Beautiful is credited to Sheffield/Dixon.  The Members of the Trinikas on this album are listed as Debbie Sheffield, Lenise Morgan, Georgetta Dixon, and Marsha Bratton. It's a fabulous song written by the girls themselves, and the story of Marsha Bratton makes this album very special.