VA [2021] - Teddy Douglas Presents Baltimore Philadelphia International (A Tribute To Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff) [Quantize]

Philly International meets Baltimore DJ legend Teddy Douglas who does his soulful house remixes on ten Philly tunes for release on fellow Baltimorean DJ  Spen's (Sean Spencer) Quantize label. Available on Traxsource now for pre-order for release on Friday (29 Oct 2021) with the official release being 12 Nov.

Jean Carn(e) is prominent with three of her recordings involved, including "Was That All It Was, "Free Love" and "Time Waits For No One". A common misnomer/misconception (which I also believed for years) is that it was Jean Carn singing on Dexter Wansel's "Sweetest Pain", which is also included, but it was in fact Terri Wells. London's S.E.L. (Soulful Emma Louise) was drafted in for this new version. She, of course, recorded the song as a single in 2018 and it also appears on her latest album "Loc'd In Consciousness" released in May.

Other songs include versions of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes original of "Don't Leave Me This Way" (a hit at the same time for Thelma Houston's cover of it) and "Bad Luck", Teddy P's "You Can't Hide From Yourself", The O'Jays' "Stairway To Heaven". There is also a version of Angie Stones, O'Jays "Backstabbers" sampling, "Wish I Didn't Miss You".

The final track "Without Your Love", which is an instrumental, I don't recognise so may be an original?

The album title has a strapline 'A Tribute To Kenny Gamble & Leon Huff' but that must be more of a nod to the PIR label than their compositions as only three of the included songs were written by them "Free Love", "Don't Leave Me The Way" and "Stairway To Heaven". Leon Huff co-wrote "Backstabbers" ("Wish I Didn't Miss You") with McFadden & Whitehead.

Thanks to Bill Buckley's excellent Soul&Jazz&Funk for the tip on this one.

Details

Rating:	8.6
Genre/Style:	Soulful House / Philly / Cover Versions
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital
Label:	Quantize
Cat No:	None
Date:	29/10/2021 12/11/2021
Value:	$9.99