Veteran Chicago soul/blues vocalist George Lou Pride was
inspired by Curtis Mayfield to go back into the studio to record a new
version of his Northern Soul classic "I'm Com'un Home In The Morn'un".
It was originally released on Suemi which was a small El Paso, TX, label
owned by Kenneth Smith which only released just over a dozen singles in it's
short existence. The record was a John Anderson (Soul Bowl) discovery first broken at the
Cleethorpes Pier in 1975. An original would now cost well over £7k.
In 2005 Pride recorded thirteen tracks at David Earl's Severn Record
studios, Annapolis. MD which were released on a CD "Keep On Believing" by
Severn Records (CD-0037). All songs were written by Pride except one cover
of Bob Marley's "Waiting In Vain".
It is due for it's first vinyl 7" release with picture sleeve via new label
Last Bastion run by Andy Bellwood on 25th Feb 2022. It's limited to 300
copies so if you want one it's advisable to pre-order.
Note it is not a re-issue of the original 1970 recording but the slower and funkier 2004
version in full (5:19) and a 3:50 radio edit.
In 2014 Men Of The North Country (from Israel!) did a commendable version
of it, released on Acid Jazz and, just for comparison, I've included a video of the original version, although the label scan is of a reissue/bootleg! (I'm surprised I couldn't find the original version on Spotify on a compilation!)
| Rating: | 8.4 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Northern Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | 7" |
| Label: | Last Bastion |
| Cat No: | LB01 |
| Date: | 25/02/2022 |
| Key/BPM: | 8B/122 |
| Value: | £12 |
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