Event: RECORD STORE DAY 2022
Release Date: 4/23/2022
Format: LP
Label: Get On Down
Quantity: 2000
Release type: ‘RSD First’ Release

Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe first rose to prominence as members of New Edition. With the group on hiatus in the late 80s, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis suggested the three branch out on their own, and Bell Biv DeVoe was formed. The groups approach turned the tables with R&B pulling from hip-hop rather than the other way around. In fact, Public Enemy producer Eric Sadler, along with Hank and Keith Shocklee, made significant contributions, helping Bell Biv Devoe craft their debut album, Poison. The album and its title track both hit number 1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip Hop chart, entered the top 5 on both the single and top 200 charts and went on to be certified Platinum 4 times over.BBDs landmark debut is presented for Record Store Day in a never-to-be-repeated Cherry Red pressing.

A Side
1. Dope!
2. B.B.D. (I Thought It Was Me)?
3. Let Me Know Something!?
4. Do Me!
5. Ronnie, Bobby, Ricky, Mike, Ralph And Johnny (Word To Mutha)!B Side
1. Poison
2. Aint Nutin Changed!
3. When Will I See You Again?
4. I Do Need You