On an extraordinarily slow week for good quality new releases it's, time to
dig out some rare soul gems that perhaps are not that commonly known.
One such record is this 1975 deep soul gem from
Tony Troutman who is best known in rare soul circles for his
modern soul classic "What's The Use" on Jerri.
His debut single "I Truly Love You" (Gram O Phon Records) reached #82 on the Billboard R&B chart in May 1975. His only other
chart sortie was the title track of his 1982 album "Your Man Is Home Tonight" on his T.Main label which was reissued on CD by Good Time Records only
last year.
The original vinyl version was split over two sides with a 3:12 vocal and a
same length instrumental on B. However a 2012 compilation "At the Juke
Joint Vol. 2" contained an extended 5:52 version of it, so I've included
both versions as 3:12 simply isn't long enough to appreciate the true beauty
of this superb tune. The compilation is still available digitally click
album cover below.
Joel Whitburn's Top R&B Hit singles states that he was a brother of the
Troutman brothers who formed Zapp but I'm not sure how accurate that is but
a Thomas Troutman did feature as keyboards/vocals later with the group.
However I think he may be confused with Tony (Thomas) Troutman here as the
Zapp Troutmans were from Dayton, OH, and all Tony (Thomas) Troutman's
recordings were on Atlanta based labels.
THIS is what soul is! Never mind all this auto-tuned, rap ridden nonsense
parading as 'soul' music which the uninitiated 'latch' onto! Music of this quality is timeless so why post/play/programme half-baked material when there are hundreds, if not
thousands, of under-appreciated nuggets like this that could do with more
exposure?
| Rating: | 9.5 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Deep Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | 7" |
| Label: | Gram O Phon Records |
| Cat No: | GRA-457118 |
| Date: | 1975 |
| Key/BPM: | N/A |
| Value: | £10 approx. |
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