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Split Decision Band

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Single album plus 7" packaged in a gatefold sleeve w/ OBI and resealable plastic bag. Contains an oversized booklet that contains Split Decision Band's incredible story and the story behind these recordings, including many previously unpublished photographs.

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1.	Say Woman 03:17	buy track
2.	Watching Out 03:26	buy track
3.	Night Dancer 03:51	buy track
4.	Dazed 04:25	buy track
5.	Crystal Powder 03:58	buy track
6.	My Love Just For You 04:09	buy track
7.	Seeking 03:11	buy track
8.	Shoot Your World 03:47	buy track
9.	You're The One 03:25	buy track
10.	Split Decision Band Wants You To Groove 03:43	buy track
11.	Split Decision Band Groove 03:53	buy track
12.	Watching Out (45 Version) 03:19	buy track

about

They have been known to deep soul, funk and disco collectors for decades for their sought after 7” “Watching Out/Dazed,” long thought to be the band’s only recordings. Egon tracked down Split Decision Band’s vocalist and songwriter Gordon Starr Flipping in the hopes of more and got it – with Watching Out, Now-Again presents a never-before-released album of devastatingly good disco and boogie from the unlikely city of Des Moines, Iowa. Flipping’s collaborations with Prince made him a Midwestern legend, but his band’s music is more than an urban tall tale – this album finally proves to the world their merits.

credits

released April 20, 2017

Original 45 RPM single sessions produced by Lawrence Carol and Leonard Shaw; original unreleased sessions produced by Split Decision Band.
Produced for reissue by Eothen Alapatt.

“Watching Out” b/w “Dazed” 45 RPM single recorded at Triad Studios, Des Moines, IA, circa 1979, by Tommy Tucker. Unreleased sessions recorded at unknown studio or Gordon Flipping’s house, Des Moines, IA, between 1979-1984, by Split Decision Band.

Restored and remastered by Dave Cooley at Elysian Masters, Los Angeles, USA.
Lacquered by Chris Potter at Electric Mastering, London.

Art Direction by Errol Richardson.

Licensed courtesy Gordon Starr Flipping. Special thanks to Jason Koenig.

“Watching Out (45 Version)” and “Dazed (45 Version)” originally issued as Network Records, N-1005 A/B, circa 1979. Other selections previously unreleased.

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Split Decision Band Des Moines, Iowa

Iowa R&B band that released one 1978 single, obscure and later coveted, leading to reissues and an archival album nearly four decades later.

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