Special Delivery [2021] - This Kind Of Love [Shotgun #SHO 114]

A real mixed bag of tunes today! Getting a reissue on 7" vinyl due on 1 Oct 2021 (on Paul Mooney & Paul Conroy's Shotgun label) is this 70s Philly style dancer from Special Delivery "This Kind Of Love" first released in 1978 on Shield. The re-issue contains the longer, album version rather than the original 45 version along with the original flip "I've Got To Be Free".

Phil Fearon & Galaxy (featuring Dee Galdes) covered "This Kind Of Love" in 1985 and had a minor UK hit reaching #70.

Special Delivery evolved from Act 1 (from Washington D.C.) who many will know for their 'novelty' pop hit "Tom The Peeper" (which reached #40 on UK pop chart in 1974) but the other side, "Goodbye Love (We're Through)", was picked up on by the UK rare soul scene as was "It Takes Both Of Us", both also appeared on their self-titled (and only) album on Spring.

Special Delivery released three albums, all on different labels, and around seven singles between 1975-82. Their first album in 1976 ("The Lonely One") was billed as Terry Huff & Special Delivery even though, by the time of the album release, Huff had left the group. The album has seen multiple re-issues mainly for the two killer ballads "The Lonely One" and "You Destroyed Me With Your Love".

The group members for "This Kind Of Love" were George Parker, Chester Fortune, Reginald Ross and Veronica Martin who was previously a member of a group called Destiny, later called The Family and then Osiris but she was no longer a member after Destiny.

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Details

Rating:	8.6
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul / Reissue
Format:	Single
Media:	7"
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	01/10/2021
Key/BPM:	N/A
Value:	£11