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Wednesday 23 June 2021

Doug Payne & Carman Bryant [2021] - Take A Chance / Midnight Star [Super Disco Edits #SDE57]


How good is this latest release on Russell Paine's Super Disco Edits (based in Hatfield, Herts) which has two great sides? I posted the modern soul stepper "Midnight Star" at the beginning of April as at that time the test pressings were being launched. 

The flip side "Take A Chance" is a sublime, soulful ballad and my preferred side so I've led with that one, as it is, as far as I'm concerned, as near to 'soul perfection' as it gets. It's just over 4 mins long but you're still left wanting more! How on earth does a song of this quality fail to get released back in the day? Thankfully it has surfaced just over 40 years later and still sounds great as 'real' soul music is timeless. Makes you wonder what some of today's music will sound like in 40 years time ... but let's not go there!

"Midnight Star” is an unreleased recording that was produced in the late 70s by Cecil DuValle, (a member of Teddy Pendergrass band who also played keyboards on The O'Jays album "So In Love" in 1978 and Patti LaBelle's "Patti" album in 1985) at Alpha International Studios in South Philadelphia. The original studio masters were lost when Cecil moved to England because Teddy Pendergrass stopped performing. 

"Take a Chance" is a duet by Doug Payne and Carman from the same recording sessions recorded at the time he was touring with Sister Sledge on their We Are Family tour. 


Carman Bryant is from York, PA and was married to Jason Bryant who was a co-founder of The S.O.S. Band.

Doug is married to former member of The Three Degrees, June Payne. He had two songs selected by Gamble & Huff to be recorded by Phyllis Hyman before her tragic and untimely death in 1995.  He founded Phase 5 Records in Philadelphia in 1981 which has been resurrected since 2017.

The 45 is due for release on 7" vinyl on 30 Jul 2021. Click on label images to pre-order.



Details
Rating: 9.5
Genre/Style: Modern Soul
Format: Single
Media: 7"
Label: Super Disco Edits
Cat No: SDE57
Year: 30/06/2021
Key/BPM: N/A
Value: £11


1 comment:

macman said...

Thank you very much,God Bless.