The Village Choir ... The Best Of ...

The Village Choir [1972] - Talk To Me Sometime [SCM 1000]

Stunning deep soul cut written by Sir Charles Ezra Matthews.

The Village Choir [1973] - The Mind Of A Fool, Wisdom Of A Genius [Paramount PAA_0254]

Mind-blowing deep soul ballad.  This must be 'as yet' undiscovered as you can still pick it up very cheaply.  Get it while you can.

P.S. Sound not great and cut by 90 seconds ... but the only clip available.

The Village Choir [1976] - Along The Beach - Part One [N.Y.C. 1000]

This is the slower version.

The Village Choir [1976] - Sweet Hot Lips [N.Y.C. 1000]

This was also released on 12" 4:47 long.

The Village Choir [197?] - Along The Beach [SCM 3XXX] - faster version

SCM stands for Sir Charles Matthews who wrote most of The Village Choir's material and produced them.  I would guess that this was released before the N.Y.C. issue but no date available - possibly 1973 (on the basis that 1000 was 1971 and 2000 was 1972 ... and guessing that 3XXX may be 1973).

The Village Choir [197?] - Street Opera With A Blues Waltz  [SCM 3XXX]

Epic ballad.  This is quite simply a superb piece of music.  They also released an album with this as the title track. 

The Village Choir [197?] - All Purpose Love [SCM 2000]

Superb 70s dancer which has Lee McDonald on lead vocals. Taken from the extremely rare album 'Street Opera With A Blues Waltz'.  There is a note for the entry on Discogs that Sir Charles Matthews claims that the album has never been released, (and he should know as it's his label) but a/ I cannot verify the source of the comment and b/ there are copies in existence .. so what are they ... promos/test pressings/bootlegs?