Garry Cape at Hit And Run has selected Richard Marks' original 1976
version of "Innocent Bystander", a track well know in rare soul circles via Bill Wright's 1978 version on
Midtown, as the A side of a pair of new Hit and Run 45 reissues. It was
originally issued on Salsoul subsidiary Free Spirit
with an instrumental flip side.
He has chosen, what he considers, perhaps the finest deep soul
couplings ever released for the flip side as he found it impossible to
choose which side to include so decided to go for both. "Ups And Downs" / "Living My Life (Day By Day)" were originally paired on the
same single, recorded at New London Studios, Birmingham, AL, and released on Atlanta's
Note
label in 1974.
Richard Clyde Marks was a producer and guitarist from Atlanta, GA, and
was very much a cult hero on the funk collector scene He died of cancer
in 2016 and, according to Discogs, never having issued an album, or ever
granting an interview. However, that has been rectified by Now-Again
records who have released two compilations by him "Love Is Gone (The Lost Sessions: 1969-1977)" in 2020 and "Never Satisfied" in 2014 on which all three tracks on this single appear.
Interestingly there is a version of Jimi Hendrix "Purple Haze" which
is very psychedelic.
Izipho Soul also released three of his recordings on a single last year
"Love Is Gone" / "Don't Take It Out On Me" / "I Can't Stand"
which all appeared on the Now-Again 2020 compilation.
As often the case, there are some interesting interconnections, as he
co-wrote a song posted only a couple of weeks ago on Sound Gems by
Vivilore Jordan, and a new cover of it by Beth Ann Wyn, "Put My Loving On You" and also co-wrote and produced the B side "Picking up Where She Left
Off".
You can buy from your favourite purveyor of vinyl or direct from Hit And
Run by sending £12 + £3 P&P (UK only and good for 3 records) via PayPal
(Friends & family) to hitandrunsoul45@gmail.com
Rating: | 8.4 |
Explicit: | N |
Genre/Style: | Southern Soul, Deep soul / Reissue |
Format: | Single |
Media: | 7" |
Label: | Hit And Run |
Cat No: | HR 1537 |
Date: | 11/03/2022 |
Key/BPM: | N/A |
Value: | £12 + £3 P&P (UK) |
1 comment:
Excellent chronicle on an not very well-known and underestimated singer. Thanks to reissues, it reminds us of it.
Yves
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