Friday, 18 February 2022

Ecstasy, Passion & Pain [2022] - The Philadelphia Re​-​edit Sessions [Simpson Uniquity]


Another of those Bandcamp only Paul Simpson The Philadelphia Re​-​edit Sessions was released today (18 Feb 2022)  and is available for two weeks ONLY. This time around it's the turn of Ecstasy, Passion & Pain. Released today so you've got until 4 Mar to grab it and then it will be gone.

Ecstasy, Passion & Pain were founded around 1972 by Barbara Roy (aka Barbara Gaskins) and disbanded in 1977 after one album and approx. eight singles. Another single was was released as Barbara Roy & Ecstasy, Passion & Pain in 1981. They had six entries in the US R&B charts with all but one getting into the lower reaches of the Hot 100 with "Ask Me" (video footage below from Soul Train) and "Touch And Go" being their biggest hits.

Prior to Ecstasy, Passion & Pain, Barbara Roy/Gaskins  sang in a duo with her niece Brenda Gaskins as Barbara & Brenda who released around eight singles between 1963-68. One of which was a cover of a song recorded a few months earlier on the same label, Dynamo, by Tommy Hunt "Never Love A Robin" (written by Luther Dixon and Inez Foxx) which is regarded as a Northern Soul classic.

Roy then went on to release several solo singles in the 80s.

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Details
Rating: 8.5
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: 70s Soul / Remixes
Format: Album
Media: Digital
Label: Simpson Uniquity
Cat No: None
Date: 18/02/2022
Value: $6.99

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