The Isley Brothers ~ Harvest For The World 1976 Disco Purrfection Version

I thought this one would be a good way to start Martin Luther King ’s a surprisingly elegant and mellow song from the Brothers Isley who were known for upbeat songs like “Shout!“, “It’s Your Thing“ and “Fight The Power“. Writer Ernie Isley tells the story of Harvest For The World, “As a songwriter, inspiration can strike at any time. I’d just bought a new 12-string acoustic guitar and took it into our basement in New Jersey to try it out. Almost as soon as I started playing, I thought of the words: “All babies together, everyone a seed / Half of us are satisfied, half of us in need / Love is bountiful in us, tarnished by our greed / When will there be a harvest for the world?” I pretty much had the first two verses just like that.“ “Pete Seeger’s Turn! Turn! Turn! – a 1965 hit for the Byrds – had used a biblical passage, from Ecclesiastes: “To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven … ” Harvest for the World was a reference to a line – “Send labourers into the