Mark Bicknell
has just announced on his
facebook
page that the next release on his Big Man label (BMR 1006) will be this
popular Northern Soul rarity by
Eric Mercury
& The Soul Searchers, the only release on Chicago label Sac. It is
scheduled for release early summer 2021.
An original copy sells for well into 4 figures. Only 7 are listed on Popsike since 2006 selling between £1,400-£3,140.
The song was written
by Ivy (Jo) Hunter
and
William ('Mickey') Stevens(on)
(who wrote too many Motown classics to even begin listing them) and is
registered on BMI to Jobete, which was Motown's publishing company, so it
would seem that Motown rejected the song?
However, Motown did record it with Brenda Holloway as
'Lonely Boy'
but it was unreleased until it emerged on a 1998 compilation
'This Is Northern Soul! The Motown Sound Volume 2'
before Motown 'farmed' it out, as they tended to do with songs they didn't plan to release.
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | 7" |
| Label: | Sac |
| Cat No: | S-0001 |
| Year: | 1968 |
| Value: | £1 |
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