An archetypal, mid 70s Philly, modern soul dancer written my Maestro
& Lyric aka Mervin & Melvin Steals who were prolific writers. I wrote a little about them on the
Git Shorty
post in March, and coincidentally there is a seven and a half page feature
on them by John Smith in the latest edition (#108) of Soul Up North
fanzine which dropped through my letter box only yesterday.
'Don't Take Your Sweet Lovin' Away' sounds
very similar to Flashlight/Quickest Way Out 'Beware She's Pulling My Strings', so I checked to see if they also wrote that, but they didn't.
It's a good double-sider as the flip, 'It's Not Easy To Say Goodbye', also penned by the same writers, is in the same style.
I know nothing about the Ghetto Children, who appear to have released
only three singles, one of which even got a UK issue. One of the three
releases on Discogs has the name Getto Children, which is on a Philly
label So-Char owned by Mike Nise, who is also credited as producer
(along with Bobby Martin) on the featured track, so it probably is the
same group. There's no date for that release but I would guess that it's their
first as the other two have heavyweight Philly
producers Vince Montana and Bobby Martin producing them and the So-Char
release doesn't. That would date it 1973 or earlier.
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| Rating: | 7.6 |
| Genre/Style: | Modern Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | 7" |
| Label: | Roulette |
| Cat No: | R-7173 |
| Year: | 1975 |
| Value: | £50-£75 (approx.) |
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