The third Record Store Day 2022 reissue comes from
Eunice Collins and her only recording "At The Hotel" (vocal/inst) from 1974 on Chuck Sibit's Chicago label Mod-Art. The
label is probably best known for Newsounds modern soul tune "I Bet You
Never Thought About It" which was first issued on Scorpion green/blue
label (as Newsound) in 1971 followed by a yellow label which I
understand came after the Mod-Art release.
It has become a bit of a cult tune and as such has been been sampled
several times:
Lion Babe on "Treat Me Like Fire" on their 2014 self-titled EP and was later remixed for release as a
single in 2015.
Alkalino on "Take It Easy" around 2015,
Bella Boo "Fire Fire" (2018)
Flamingosis "For Sale" from Mood Provider 2019,
Franky Rizardo & Ros T "Out Of The Fire (At The Hotel)" in 2021,
It's also been used on a few hip-hop tunes (not appropriate for posting here) i.e. Primo Rice "Hotel (Intro)", Novatore "At The Hotel" and MC White Owl "At The Hotel, all in 2020.
The original from Eunice Collins was included on a 2020 compilation by Fat
Boy Slim (Norman Cook) called "Back To Mine", which is a an eclectic mix
with tracks ranging from Biddu Orchestra, Rhondo A La Turk, Manu Dibango and
Wilbert Harrison with the original version of Bryan Ferry's Let's Stick
Together (Let's Work Together).
I'm not sure whether Simply Soul will be stocking this, it's not
currently on their website but is on
Soul Brother
but has sold out, so its a case of trawling around the vinyl retailers to
see who has copies. The deal with RSD releases is that they went on sale
for RSD on 23 Apr 2022 and any remaining stock is then released from 29
Apr. There were 1,000 copies of this one pressed.
Lion Babe "Treat Me Like Fire" (2014)
Alkalino "Take It Easy" (2015)
Bella Boo "Fire Fire" (2018)
Flamingosis "For Sale" (2019)
Franky Rizardo & Ros T "Out Of The Fire (At The Hotel)" (2021)
| Rating: | 8.4 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Modern Soul / Crossover / Reissue |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | 7" |
| Label: | Mod-Art |
| Cat No: | MA-601 |
| Date: | 23/04/2022 / 1974 |
| Key/BPM: | 10A/90 |
| Value: | £14 / £350-£690 (median/high price on Discogs) |
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