Marlena Shaw [1969] - The Spice Of Life [Cadet #LPS-833] (Full Album)

I was going to select a couple of tracks by Marlena Shaw but the list kept growing so I thought I may as well post her full second album "The Spice Of Life" released in 1969 on Cadet 

It kicks off with the sister funk anthem "Woman Of The Ghetto" which was 're-imagined' recently by Melanie Charles. 

Other tracks of note are a cover of the Film Night theme by Billy Taylor "I Wish I Knew", "Liberation Conversion" which uses the scat from "Woman Of The Ghetto" and the Ashford & Simpson penned "California Soul". 

The original version of "Go Away Little Boy", as oppose to the 70s re-recording as "Yu Ma Go Away Little Boy" with the rap intro (a Goffin & King 'standard' recorded by dozens of others).

"Looking Through The Eyes Of Love" first released by Gene Pitney but recorded first, but not released, by The Drifters until 1996).  

The surprise of the package to me was the last track. A superbly delivered ballad "Anyone Can Move A Mountain" which I've never really previously taken notice of, and the double-whammy is that I've got it on a single as it's the flip side to "Looking Through The Eyes Of Love"!

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