Well how are you doing, my brethren? Some of you already know I’ve been battling a series of health problems the last few months which have kept me from updating regularly. What can I say, I got a bit unlucky on the health front.

But enough about me, let’s talk about a major day in the world of funk freakitude: today marks the reissue of Betty Davis’s oft-bootlegged 1975 funk gem Nasty Gal alongside her previously-unreleased phantasm of funk, Is It Love or Desire?. Nasty Gal is an essential funk recording, once only traded as an 8th or 9th-generation copy (complete with tape hiss and fuzz) amongst hard-core diggers, while Is It Love or Desire? was never released, shelved by her label due to creative differences. Thanks to the hard-work of Light in the Attic Records, both are now officially out and ready to add to your collection. More information, an MP3, and details on how you can win the above limited-edition poster after the jump.

Betty Davis – Is It Love or Desire?

No, no… don’t get it twisted. Not BETTE Davis, but Betty Davis, known in her heyday both as a top fashion model and as the stone freak foxy ex-wife of Miles Davis. Regaled (and sometimes feared) for her larger-than-life persona and her no-holds-barred live performances, rife with unbridled expressions of sexual freedom, Betty Davis’s legacy solidifies her as one of the undisputed masters of stone 70’s funk. Check out this title track, “Is It Love or Desire?”, and enter the contest for a chance to win the limited-to-100-prints poster (also available for purchase) seen above.

Our good friend Vincent Cook (he who designed both Rodriguez releases, our Doug Randle release, AND a good deal of the Jamaica to Toronto series), so inspired by our amazing new Betty Davis releases, crafted the above beautiful, limited-to-a-100 copies. Yes, you can buy this gorgeous little treasure on our website (RIGHT HERE) or, if you’re feeling up to it, you can enter to win one of these amazing posters right here, right now.

What do you have to do? Just send what you deem the sexiest, raunchiest, most tittilating Betty Davis lyrics (from any of her releases) to noah@lightintheattic.net