The Artistics [1967] - Girl I Need You [Brunswick #55315]

Not rare and not expensive but a great example of mid 60s Chicago 'proper' Northern Soul and one of my all time favourites.  The group were Major Lance's backing group in 1963 and were subsequently signed by Carl Davis to OKeh where they released a few 'unsuccessful' singles before following Davis to Brunswick. By the time this 45 was released Marvin Smith had left the group to go solo and was replaced by Tommy Green who co-wrote the song and sings lead on this track and released a solitary single in 1973 on Evolution that even got a UK issue on Action, the flip of which was a nice modern soul tune 'Endless Confusion'.

Several other Artistics tunes have been played, the most popular being: 'This Heart Of Mine',  'I'm Gonna Miss You', 'Hope We Have' and 'The Chase Is On' as well as a couple of often overlooked album only tracks  Why, Why, Why and On And On is superb.