Defrost Me – Crystal Clear – Vinyl LP

Pressed on clear vinyl. Comes with a printed inner sleeve featuring an exclusive note on Coldwater Stone’s legacy. The Holy Grail of Soul Music collecting. Restored to it’s former glory the album finally gets the respect and reverence it deserves.One of the most revered and sought-after rare soul albums of the seventies… Freddy Briggs (aka Coldwater Stone) is perhaps best known as the former husband and business partner of the soul songstress Kim Tolliver. However, that is doing him a great injustice. As a writer he penned “Strung Out Over You” for the Dells and Mavis Staples’ first solo Stax single “You’re Driving Me Into The Arms Of A Stranger”. But best of all were his collaborations with long-time friend Darryl Carter for the legendary Margie Joseph.Despite carving a career primarily as a songwriter/ producer, and part-time Cleveland cabbie, Briggs was also an accomplished singer as is exemplified here with his 1973 near-mythical solo LP Defrost Me. This cult classic disappeared into obscurity over 50 years ago, largely due to the financial problems of the record label GSF.