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Never Before Released 1970s Blaxploitation Soundtrack The Big One by Crushed Velvet & The Velveteers Available May 24 on Limited Edition Vinyl and Free MP3 download from Royal Family Records.

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Brooklyn, NY — Royal Family Records has announced the May 24 release of the long lost 1970s’ motion picture soundtrack The Big One by Crushed Velvet & The Velveteers. This never-before-issued soul music gem was recently unearthed by Soulive drummer Alan Evans when a family friend in Buffalo, NY put him in touch with the movie’s director Cleo McBride. A 1974 Shaft-meets-007 Blaxploitation production, The Big One never made it to the big screen as the film was reported to have been destroyed in a fire soon after completion. The soundtrack recordings remained dormant until Evans was recruited to mix the original sessions and release it through Soulive’s record company Royal Family Records. The Brooklyn-based label will release the soundtrack as both a free mp3 album download and on limited edition vinyl.

Watch video with Al Evans explaining history of The Big One also Download a free mp3 of “The Big One (Main Theme)

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