{"product_id":"terry-callier-occasional-rain-lp-vinyl","title":"Terry Callier – Occasional Rain (LP Vinyl) Vinyl Record","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"relix-editorial\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTerry Callier – Occasional Rain (LP Vinyl) Vinyl Record\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBrand new, factory sealed, and ready to ship fast from the U.S.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExperience the soulful artistry of Terry Callier with \u003cstrong\u003eTerry Callier – Occasional Rain (LP Vinyl) Vinyl Record\u003c\/strong\u003e. Blending elements of \u003cstrong\u003esoul, folk, jazz, and singer-songwriter music\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cem\u003eOccasional Rain\u003c\/em\u003e showcases the warm vocals and deeply expressive songwriting that have made Callier a treasured artist among serious music fans and record collectors.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOriginally released in the early 1970s, \u003cem\u003eOccasional Rain\u003c\/em\u003e represents an important period in Callier's catalog, bringing together intimate acoustic textures, sophisticated arrangements, and his unmistakably soulful delivery. It's an album made for listeners who appreciate music with depth, atmosphere, and genuine emotional character.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePresented on classic \u003cstrong\u003eLP vinyl\u003c\/strong\u003e, this release is especially well suited to the album's organic sound. Drop the needle, settle in, and experience \u003cem\u003eOccasional Rain\u003c\/em\u003e as a complete record while adding another essential soul and folk-influenced title to your collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhether you're a longtime Terry Callier fan, collect vintage soul and jazz-influenced music, enjoy classic singer-songwriters, or are discovering his remarkable catalog for the first time, this factory-sealed LP deserves a place on your turntable.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy You Need It Now\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTerry Callier's music has developed a dedicated following among collectors, and physical vinyl editions of individual albums can become increasingly difficult to locate once available inventory sells through. If \u003cem\u003eOccasional Rain\u003c\/em\u003e is missing from your Terry Callier collection, securing a factory-sealed copy while it's available is an opportunity worth taking.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrder your \u003cstrong\u003eTerry Callier – Occasional Rain (LP Vinyl) Vinyl Record\u003c\/strong\u003e today while it's available and add this soulful classic to your vinyl collection!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChicago's folk-soul mystic never quite got his due the first time around, but Occasional Rain has only grown in stature across the decades, finding new audiences through the UK acid jazz scene in the '90s and later through hip-hop producers who sampled his work. Callier recorded this debut for Cadet while still working as a computer operator at the University of Chicago, a reminder that some of the most visionary music gets made entirely outside the industry's machinery.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere are records that belong to a moment, and there are records that somehow create a world of their own. Terry Callier's 1972 masterpiece Occasional Rain is one of the latter. Recorded in Chicago and produced by the legendary Charles Stepney, Occasional Rain was the beginning of Callier's extraordinary run of albums for Cadet Records. Callier arrived with a voice and musical language that refused easy classification: part folk storyteller, part jazz musician, part soul singer, with gospel, blues and psychedelia moving through everything he did. Stepney-the visionary arranger and producer whose work helped define some of the most adventurous music to emerge from Chicago-gave those songs an equally expansive setting. And then there are the voices. Behind Callier are Minnie Riperton, Kitty Haywood and Shirley Wahls, their harmonies becoming an essential part of the album's atmosphere. Stepney himself plays organ and harpsichord, with Lennie Pirani on piano, Sydney Simms on bass and Rob Crowder on drums. Recorded at Chicago's Ter-Mar Studios, this is very much a product of an extraordinary musical community gathered in one place at one time. At it's center is Callier: intimate one moment, soaring the next, turning everyday people, city streets, loneliness, faith and human connection into songs that feel almost cinematic. \"\"Ordinary Joe,\"\" \"\"Trance on Sedgewick Street,\"\" \"\"Do You Finally Need a Friend,\"\" \"\"Sweet Edie-D\"\" and the title track unfold less like a conventional collection of songs than interconnected scenes. The recurring \"\"Go Head On\"\" passages only deepen that feeling-as though Callier is walking us through his Chicago, stopping along the way to tell us who lives there and what they carry with them. The remarkable thing is how contemporary it still sounds. Folk becomes soul; soul opens into jazz; Stepney's arrangements drift toward psychedelia without ever overwhelming Callier's storytelling. Decades later, the record became part of Callier's rediscovery by the British rare-groove and acid-jazz audience, helping bring overdue attention to an artist whose influence and reputation had traveled much further than his original commercial success suggested. Slow Down Sounds is proud to bring Occasional Rain back to vinyl as an all-analog pressing sourced from the original analog tape, with lacquers cut by Kevin Gray and pressing by Record Technology, Inc. Those production details are especially meaningful for an album whose sound-the space around Callier's voice, Stepney's keyboards, the backing vocals and the texture of the ensemble-is such an important part of the experience. More than fifty years after it was recorded, Occasional Rain remains what it always was: a singular Chicago record, a Charles Stepney production at the height of his powers, and one of Terry Callier's defining works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSegue #1 -Go Ahead on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOrdinary Joe\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGolden Circle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSegue #5 -Go Ahead on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTrance on Sedgewick Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDo You Finally Need a Friend\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSide B: Segue #4 - Go Ahead on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSweet Edie-D\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOccasional Rain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSegue#2- Go Ahead on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlues for Marcus\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLean on Me\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLast Segue -Go Ahead on\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eUPC:\u003c\/strong\u003e 769165090331\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Slow Down Sounds\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e 9.18.26\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat:\u003c\/strong\u003e LP Vinyl\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"relix.shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50117377458418,"sku":"344638856","price":45.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0830\/7018\/9810\/files\/Terry-Callier-Occasional-Rain-LP-Vinyl.jpg?v=1789757843","url":"https:\/\/discandvinyl.com\/products\/terry-callier-occasional-rain-lp-vinyl","provider":"DiscandVinyl.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}