Record basics

• Album name: Steppin
• Group name: The Pointer Sisters
• Year: 1975
• Number of discs: one
• Label: Blue Thumb Records
• Collection: Selman
• Distinguishing characteristics: clipped corner (lower right)
• Buy it:
  • Amazon (Vinyl): $12.75

My review

Level of familiarity before listening

I’ve heard of the Pointer Sisters, but don’t know anything about them.

What I expected

The album art might imply disco, or oldies, but one of the songs is subtitled A Medley in Tribute to Duke Ellington, which implies jazz. So I don’t really know what to expect.

What it was actually like

This was a great R&B record that sounded totally unlike anything I’ve ever heard from its time period. It was bluesy and jazzy, with a lot of funk, and sounded like it could have been recorded in the late 1990s. I was impressed and surprised!

Grade

4/5: would listen again