Hypnotic, weird funk number dug out by Portland's excellent Mississippi label. Housed in thick old school tip-on jacket* "The fourth in our North Portland Music Series -- a most unusual record. Ural recorded this in his house with a bunch of neighborhood kids back in 1970. 'Fade Away' is reminiscent of the 'bad trip' portion of Sly & the family Stones' 'There's A Riot Goin' On.' A lazy funk riff is accompanied by drony vocal incantations & kids blowing into sawed off bed posts as if they were trumpets! It really happened. 'Smile' is a more starightforward simple ballad wherein Ural sends a positive message out to the world. Ural self pressed 300 copies of this way back when just to prove to the kids accompanying him on it that they can do anything they want if they put their minds to it. Its message rings true today."
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