Anglo-Saxon Brown

Philly soul combo Anglo-Saxon Dark brown began their career in Richmond, Virginia beneath the name Ujima, formed in 1972 simply by bassist and frontman Carlton Robinson, guitarists Clemente Burneette and Anthony Ingram, keyboardist Dwight Smith, saxophonist Charles Manns, trumpeter Alvin Dark brown, and drummer Clemente Burneette. Ujima itself progressed from the later-’60s Richmond spirit clothing Stacy Henry as well as the Majestics, who lower some singles for the Flippin’ label; following 1973 addition of vocalist Debra Henry, Ujima agreed upon to Epic and released several little-heard singles including “Hip to Your Methods,” “I’m Not really Prepared,” “A Make to Low fat On” and “Someone Tell That Lady That I’m Eliminated.” Inspired partly by the achievement of fellow Richmond indigenous Main Harris, who, upon relocating to Philadelphia, soared to graph achievement as an associate from the Delfonics, so that as a single act. Ujima similarly packed their hand bags for the town of Brotherly Like, and in 1976 rechristened themselves Anglo-Saxon Dark brown, having a lineup that presented Henry, Robinson, Smith, Manns, Clemente Burneette, Alvin Dark brown, and fresh drummer Tyrone Durham. Dealing with the composing and producing group of Joe Jefferson and Charles Simmons, Anglo-Saxon Dark brown documented their lone Atlantic LP, Tunes for Development, in 1976 — a right now highly-collectible record of middle-1970s Philly spirit. The record produced little effect on its initial release, as well as the group mutated just as before, this time around swapping Robinson for fresh bassist Melvin Watson, and implementing the name Silk. This iteration’s single LP Midnight Dancer made an appearance on Philadelphia International in 1979 and yielded the small hit “I CANNOT Quit Turning You On.”