{"id":4415,"date":"2013-11-24T13:07:37","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T18:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4415"},"modified":"2013-11-24T13:07:37","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T18:07:37","slug":"the-jackson-sisters-i-believe-in-miracles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4415","title":{"rendered":"The Jackson Sisters – I Believe In Miracles"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download The Jackson Sisters – I Believe In Miracles<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Greetings all<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

The new week is upon us, and in the spirit of getting things off to a banging start, I thought I\u2019d whip a little dynamite on you.<\/p>\n

Last year, whilst I was nearing the end of a very fruitful vinyl dig out in Pittsburgh, I realized that the store in question had a box of pricier items propped up on the front counter.<\/p>\n

Not one to let an opportunity such as this pass me by, I set my stack o\u2019wax down, and started digging anew.<\/p>\n

I ended up pulling another dozen or so discs out of that box, including the gem you see before you this very day.<\/p>\n

I do not recall where I first encountered the Jackson Sisters<\/strong> \u2018I Believe In Miracles\u2019 but I can almost say with certainty that I knew the record\u2019s label before I ever heard the song.<\/p>\n

Back when I used to frequent a certain funk\/soul\/hip hop oriented message board, \u2018finds\u2019 lists used to be be one of my favorite things to peruse, always with amix of wonder and jealousy.<\/p>\n

The Jackson Sisters 45 of \u2018I Believe In Miracles\u2019 used to pop up now and then (it is not a common 45) and the very groovy Prophesy Records label found itself a niche in my memory.<\/p>\n

When I finally got around to actually hearing the record, I was blown away.<\/p>\n

\u2018I Believe In Miracles\u2019 is that perfect mixture of funk and disco, combined with an actual, catchy song (as opposed to the stand-alone groove of so many discs of the era).<\/p>\n

First recorded by Mark Capanni<\/strong><\/a>, and co-written by Capanni and Bobby Taylor<\/strong>, \u2018I Believe In Miracles\u2019 was a much mellower affair in it\u2019s original form.<\/p>\n

The Jackson Sisters \u2013 Jacqueline, Lyn, Pat, Rae and Gennie<\/strong> – who hailed from Compton, CA but operated out of Detroit recorded one album (for the Tiger Lily label) and a few 45s in the early 70s.<\/p>\n

\u2018I Believe In Miracles\u2019 made it inside the R&B Top 100 in September of 1973, but dropped off the charts, and that was all she wrote for the Jackson Sisters\u2026.<\/p>\n

Until the mid-80s, when \u2018I Believe In Miracles\u2019 was rescucitated as an anthem on the UK Rare Groove scene and made it back onto the UK charts.<\/p>\n

The record, arranged by Gene Page<\/strong> is a masterpiece of dance floor engineering, with some hard-hitting drums (listen to those snare hits!), clavinet, and just enough horns and strings to class up the joint (but not too much).<\/p>\n

\u2018I Believe In Miracles\u2019 has a remarkable amount of kick to it (I\u2019m posting the slightly more muscular mono version) and it\u2019s hard to imagine anyone managing to stay in their seat when the needle hits the grooves (check out the way the song – another version – was used in the film ‘Cemetery Junction’<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The Jackson Sisters recording went on to be sampled a number of times, and the song was covered in 1992 by the UK group The Pasadenas.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The Mark Capanni 45 is exceedingly rare and sells for several hundred (sometimes over 1,000) dollars. It has been reissued by Jazzman in the UK and even that 45 can be pricey.<\/p>\n

The Jackson Sisters OG runs around 200USD, especially version you see above, the vinyl promo issue with the stereo and mono mixes.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig the tune, and I\u2019ll see you all on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Also, make sure that you check out the links below to the Be The Match Foundation and POAC (click on the logos for more info).<\/strong><\/p>\n

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