O'Jays road manager, Don King prison chauffeur, window washer, house painter, Ink Spot, Domino, engineer, label owner, guitorgan technician, and one-time steward of a coveted Jet Magazine delivery route, Lou Ragland is Cleveland's Eastside success story. Suffocated by Lake Erie's nitrate-rich waters and the burning oil from a Cuyahoga River fire, between 1967 and 1977 Lou Ragland produced the most thoughtful, hopeful, and downright soulful work to emerge from the Forest City. Bookended by his dynamic Hot Chocolate and Understand Each Other albums, I Travel Alone gathers period singles, collaborations, and an unreleased live album cut in 1973, revealing a Cleveland genius in a musical microcosm of fearless and confident creation. Packaged in an attractive slipcase, the quadruple LP features handsome gatefolds, and a booklet of never-before-seen photos of the Bandmaster at various stages of his career. Detailed liner notes follow renaissance man and storyteller Ragland along the peaks and valleys of a dynamic career that yielded a wealth of innovative music.Hot Chocolate A1 -Hot Chocolate (3) Ain't That A Groove A2 -Hot Chocolate (3) So Dam Funky A3 -Hot Chocolate (3) Sexy Moods Of Your Mind A4 -Hot Chocolate (3) Messin' With Sly B1 -Hot Chocolate (3) We Had True Love B2 -Hot Chocolate (3) What You Want To Do B3 -Hot Chocolate (3) What Should I Do Live From Agency C1 -Hot Chocolate (3) The World Is A Ghetto C2 -Hot Chocolate (3) It Ain't My Fault C3 -Hot Chocolate (3) Could It Be I'm Falling In Love C4 -Hot Chocolate (3) Until I Met You D1 -Hot Chocolate (3) Spend My Life Loving You D2 -Hot Chocolate (3) Brother Louie D3 -Hot Chocolate (3) Good For The Gander Understand Each Other E1 -Lou Ragland Understand Each Other E2 -Lou Ragland What Happened To The Feeling E3 -Lou Ragland Since You Said You'd Be Mine E4 -Lou Ragland Just For Being You (Lovin' You) F1 -Lou Ragland What I Should Do ? F2 -Lou Ragland It's Got To Change F3 -Lou Ragland The Next World F4 -Lou Ragland Understand Each Other (Instrumental) The Bandmaster G1 -Lou Ragland I Travel Alone G2 -Lou Ragland Big Wheel G3 -Volcanic Eruption Red Robin G4 -Volcanic Eruption I've Got Something Going For Me G5 -Hot Chocolate (3) Good For The Gander G6 -Hot Chocolate (3) We Had True Love H1 -Lou Ragland & Hot Chocolate (3) I Can't Take It H2 -Lou Ragland & Hot Chocolate (3) What The Doctor Prescribed H3 -Lou Ragland Since You Said You'd Be Mine H4 -Lou Ragland I Didn't Mean To Leave You H5 -Wildfire (10) Tend To Your Business
