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Jade Stone & Luv - Mosaics: Pieces of Stone
Eclectic Nashville love-in from ’77
The sole album from male-female duo, Jade Stone and the luverly Luv is a disarming surprise. Beyond the distinctly dodgy exterior (he looks like he just stepped out of a 70s cop show) there is a genuinely good record. Produced in Nashville in 1977, Mosaics carries whisps of the Nashville sound, but as its moniker suggests, this is just too distinctly different to be neatly pigeonholed.
It’s no secret in the underground circles, where this has resided since release, that songs such as Waiting For The Rain and Grab Hold have an eloquent funkiness that does indeed grab hold. Intelligent guitar and keyboard work throughout underpin the basic contention that Jade Stone was a 70s songwriter of some note and, for that, it’s an album with very little filler and at least a handful of killer moments, not least the banjo-pickin’ on Cool Breeze.
Released here with Jade’s assistance and containing a wealth of 45s and bonus material, this is a forgotten album that has waited a long time for its chance to be heard again. As is increasingly the case with re-discovered records of this kind, that wait has been worth it.
Subliminal Sounds | SUBCD 21
Reviewed by Jan Zarebski
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