The Magic of the Majestic Arrows

Dreamed up in the basement of his Bronzeville harem/ headquarters, Arrow Brown’s peerless The Magic of The Majestic Arrows album was the by-product of years operating at the fringe of Chicago’s storied Record Row. Issued on his own Bandit imprint, the LP is a string-laden fantasia straddling the street corner doo-wop of the ‘50s and the Me Decade’s studio excess. Backed by the Chosen Few and the Scott Brothers, arranged by Benjamin Wright, sung by Brown’s 17-year-old daughter Tridia and Moroccos falsetto Larry Brown, and drawn by The Wind’s Eugene Phillips, the album is an outsider D.I.Y. soul genie awaiting the rub of a phonographic needle to reveal its immortal sorcery. Be careful what you wish for.

Tracklist

1. One More Time Around (Vocal)
2. Love Is All I Need
3. Doing It For Us
4. Going To Make A Time Machine (Vocal)
5. Going To Make A Time Machine (Instrumental)
6. Ladies And Wonderful Girls (Arranged by Arrow Brown)
7. I’ll Never Cry For Another Boy
8. We Love Together
9. Another Day
10. The Magic Of Your Love
11. One More Time Around (Instrumental)
12. If I Had A Little Love (Rehearsal Take)