Amnesty
Free Your Mind (Indie Exclusive Turquoise)
Release Date: 01/20/2023
Format: LP
Label: Now-Again
Format: LP
Label: Now-Again
Release type: RSD Essentials Indie Colorway Turquoise Colored Vinyl LP Pressing.
Indie Exclusive * First time on colored vinyl * Based in Indianapolis in the early 1970s, the group released only two obscure 45s in their recording career. Birthed from the same scene as the Ebony Rhythm Band, Amnesty had a political edge similar to LA Carnival and the hardest brass section since The Kashmere Stage Band. In 1973 Amnesty recorded five hard, vocal funk numbers alongside some ballads and a handful of demos based around nothing more than guitar accompaniment. Only two songs were ever released; Amnesty's biting, difficult-to-categorize prog/rock/soul/funk stretched far beyond Indianapolis's bounds and the band didn't have a label to take them to the next level. Five decades after they were recorded, these songs are funk arranged with dangerous complexity and performed with precision - arguably the most unique funk to originate from Naptown, and some of the best music of it's kind.
- Can I Help You? 7:41
- Love Fades 3:32
- Mister President 4:19
- Free Your Mind 5:51
- We Have Love 4:32
- Lord Help Me 3:38
- Three Cheers For My Baby 4:10
- Trouble Will Remain 2:34
- We've Come A Long Way 1:54
- Liberty 2:40
