Numero Lp - Eyes of Love by The Edge Of Darkness
Powhatan Correctional Facility
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Mike in News Archives
Published 26 Oct 2015
Numero Groups most recent is a project that has been featured recently on a few msm sites such as Rolling Stone. Its all about the reissuing of a rare lp titled 'Eyes of Love' by 'The Edge Of Darkness'. The Edge Of Darkness being a group made up of prisoners who were in the late 70s serving 6 to 60 years prison sentences
On Sept 14th 1979 a 5 hour recording session was held at Virginia’s Powhatan Correctional Facility (near Richmond). The lp 'Eyes of Love' made up of 8 self composed tracks was the result
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In its original incarnation very few concrete facts are conveyed regarding the group’s circumstances. “Our bodies are in prison,” the jacket reads, “but we want our hearts and minds to be with the free world. As you might expect,” Numero’s expansive liner notes touch on each of Edge Of Daybreak’s five principal contributors, detailing their journey from the hollows and metropolises of Virginia to the big house. Never-before-seen photographs (like the one above) accompany this fascinating story of the Virginia Correctional System’s most unlikely breakouts. Eyes Of Love will be available everywhere October 16th, 2015.
Notes from the Lp originally released in 1979 via Bohannon's Records
The Edge of Daybreak - With our original music and sound we hope to spread our thoughts and feelings as far and wide as possible. Our bodies are in prison, but we want our hearts and minds to be with the free world. The Edge of Daybreak symbolizes the morning when each of the band members will be free
Your Destiny
I Wanna Dance With You
E.O.D. (Edge of Daybreak)
Let Us
Eyes of Love
Bring Me You
Our Love
Let's Be Friends
Members of the band include:
James Carrington - Keyboard, Trumpet, Vocal, and Manager
Robert Glover - Bass, Keyboard, Guitar, Vocal, Brass, Woodwinds, & Music Director
Cornelius Cade - Lead Guitar, Bass, Drums, and Vocal
Harry Coleman - Lead Vocalist, Percussion, & Vocal Director
Jamal Jaha Nubi - Lead Vocalist & Drummer
Willie Williams - Conga, Bongos & all Percussion'
McArthur Duncan - Rhythm Guitar
Robert Cole - Bass
Larry Griffin - Vocalist & Bass
William Crawley - Technical Engineer & Supervisor
(Formed in 1976, at the Powhatan Correctional Center, just outside Richmond, Va)
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