Joey Morant

Peace at Last

1973 · Progress JL 7273 · Charleston, South Carolina

Peace at Last – Joey Morant (Side A label (stereo))

Artist
Joey Morant
Title
Peace at Last
Release
Peace at Last / Peace at Last
Year
1973
Label
Progress # JL 7273
Format
7" · Single
Language
English
Country
Charleston, South Carolina, USA
Genre
Soul, Gospel & Funk · Soul
Primary theme
Peace, Protest & Anti-War

Annotation — Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs

- soul, peace, religion, homecoming - artist from Charleston, South Carolina - thanks for peace in Vietnam - salute to those returning home - families are reunited

Annotation by Justin A. Brummer

Notes

Progress Records JL 7273 / JL 7071 (both numbers on Discogs). D.J. copy, both sides 'Peace At Last'. Runouts etched JL-7273-AS / JL-7273-AM. Discogs note: running time blacked out on label. Other singles: 'Chicken Talk' SSS International SSS-795 (1970); as Joey 'Hot Lips' Morant & His 707 Sonic Sounds on Trinity/Star. Progress Records D.J. copy: Side A JL 7273, time 4:50 stereo; Side B JL 7071, time 4:59 mono; Aires Pub. BMI 1973; produced and arranged by J. Morant. [From the record labels]

About the artist

Joey Morant (born c.1938–39, Charleston, South Carolina; died 29 July 2021, aged 82) was a jazz trumpeter raised in the Jenkins Orphanage band tradition who led a Charleston orchestra and moved to New York in the early 1990s. [Source: Syncopated Times; Discogs]

Themes

Peace · Religion · Coming Home · Paris Peace Accords

In collections

Peace, Protest, & Anti-War Songs [War Years] · Soul, Gospel, & Funk Songs