Delegates Of Soul [2022] - What A Lucky Guy I Am / I’ll Keep Running Back // Don’t Take Your Love From Me / Girl I’m At Your Door [Hit And Run #HR1534]

Following on from The Symphonies post for a reissue by Hit and Run, the other new single released on vinyl on 22 Jan 2022 from the label is a reissue of Delegates Of Soul's 1970 single on UpLook along with two previously unreleased (on vinyl) tracks taken from Grapevine's 2006 CD "The Uplook Records Story" which consisted of 21 tracks and is still available digitally on Amazon. There are another two tracks from the group on the CD "Heartbreak Of Love" and an alternate take of "I’ll Keep Running Back" along with three early, previously unreleased, tracks by Teddy Pendergrass pre Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes. The remaining tracks are from Tony Talent (aka William Anthony Anderson of The Coalitions)  and Charlie Mintz including his version of "Running Back" and also an instrumental version. So the CD is well worth checking out!

The popular side from the Delegates Of Soul 1970 UpLook single (valued around £1,500 on original vinyl) is the Northern Soul tune "I’ll Keep Running Back" but the better side, for me, is the original A side, the mid tempo "What A Lucky Guy I Am" which was written by a Philadelphian sax player Lu Lupo (Louis Lupinacci) and sounds very like something The Exits / James Conwell could have recorded. It got a reissue by Soul Junction in 2017 on a compilation "We Got A Sweet Thing Going On 3"

The two tracks from CD are "Don’t Take Your Love From Me" a late 60s/early 70s sweet soul number and "Girl I’m At Your Door" a funky crossover tune which was reissued on another CD "Shady Side Of Town Chapter 4" in 2018 by Northern Souleros.

Available now via paypal hitandrunsoul45@gmail.com for £12 plus £3 postage.

Details

Rating:	8.6
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Northern Soul / Sweet Soul / Reissue
Format:	Single
Media:	7"
Label:	Hit And Run
Cat No:	HR1534
Date:	22/01/2022
Key/BPM:	N/A
Value:	£12 + £3 P&P