• 1. Afrodesia
      • 2. Spirits Free
      • 3. Straight To The Point
      • 4. Favors
      • 5. The Awakening

      Classic Jazz / Jazz-funk album from '75, reissued on Mr Bongo, originally on Sonny Lester's Groove Merchant.

      George Benson on guitar credited as 'Compliments Of A Friend', presumed to be because of contractual reasons.

      Other Releases by Lonnie Smith

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        • – Lean Meat
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        Lonnie SmithDrivesDecca / Blue Note
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          • LP 6514860£27.99
            Part of Blue Note's 'Classic Vinyl' series.
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          Lonnie SmithThink!Blue Note
          Classic funky organ jazz on Blue Note. Similar to Jimmy Smith's "Rootdown"!
          • – Think
          • – Son Of Ice Bag

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                          • New LP MRBLP133NB£21.99
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                          Luke Una presents E Soul CulturaMr Bongo
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                            • – Magnolia
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                            • – Woah
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                            • – Symbols Of Transformation II
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                            • – Keep It Movin'
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