BETTY DAVIS - They Say I'm Different (1976-2007) RM / FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

Betty Davis' second full-length featured a similar set of songs as her debut, though with Davis herself in the production chair and a radically different lineup. The openers, "Shoo-B-Doop and Cop Him" and "He Was a Big Freak," are big, blowsy tunes with stop-start funk rhythms and Davis in her usual persona as the aggressive sexual predator. On the title track, she reminisces about her childhood and compares herself to kindred spirits of the past, a succession of blues legends she holds fond -- including special time for Bessie Smith, Chuck Berry, and Robert Johnson. A pair of unknowns, guitarist Cordell Dudley and bassist Larry Johnson, do a fair job of replacing the stars from her first record. As a result, They Say I'm Different is more keyboard-dominated than her debut, with prominent electric piano, clavinet, and organ from Merl Saunders, Hershall Kennedy, and Tony Vaughn. The material was even more extreme than on her debut; "He Was a Big Freak" featured a prominent bondage theme, while "Your Mama Wants Ya Back" and "Don't Call Her No Tramp" dealt with prostitution, or at least inferred it. With the exception of the two openers, though, They Say I'm Different lacked the excellent songs and strong playing of her debut; an explosive and outré record, but more a variation on the same theme she'd explored before. by John Bush  
Tracklist
1 Shoo-B-Doop And Cop Him 3:57
Electric Piano – Tony Vaughn
Lead Guitar – Buddy Guy
Trumpet – Hershall Kennedy
2 He Was A Big Freak 4:07
Clavinet, Organ – Hershall Kennedy
Rhythm Guitar – Jimmy Godwin
3 Your Mama Wants Ya Back 3:27
Electric Piano – Merle Saunders
Rhythm Guitar – Jimmy Godwin
4 Don't Call Her No Tramp 4:06
Clavinet – Tony Vaughn
5 Git In There 4:46
Clavinet, Organ – Hershall Kennedy
Organ [High Abstract] – Merle Saunders
6 They Say I'm Different 4:14
Drums – Mike Clark 
Piano – Tony Vaughn
Rhythm Guitar, Soloist [Solo] – Jimmy Godwin
7 70's Blues 5:01
Clavinet – Tony Vaughn
Congas – Victor Pantoja
Drums – Mike Clark 
Rhythm Guitar, Soloist [Solo] – Jimmy Godwin
Timbales – Pete Escovedo
8 Special People 3:22
Electric Piano – Hershall Kennedy
Piano – Merle Saunders