The standard of new releases so far this week has been very poor hence
there has been nothing new posted as yet.
Rather than posting pretty mediocre product for the sake of it because it's new, I'll take the opportunity
of posting some quality vintage material that I don't think has been
posted here previously.
It appears the The Fantastic Epics began recording in
1966 with their first single on Tip Top billed as Jimmy Burns & The
Fantastic Epics. Jimmy Burns was a blues singer who had a monster
northern soul tune "I Really Love You" recorded earlier in 1965 on Erica
which got a 1979 reissue on John Anderson's Grapevine label due to it's
popularity in the mid/late 70s.
The group released another three singles on Tories in 1969, however they
consisted of various versions of "Fun And Funk" along with just one other
song "I Won't Forget'cha Brother".
The track featured here is "Let's Get Together" which has been a popular sound on Northern Soul dancefloors for far too many
years to remember. Discogs doesn't date it and 45Cat has it dated 1966, but
it sounds later to these ears and there is a comment
suggesting it may be 1968 but even that doesn't really correspond with
it's sound compared to the two Torie's funk outings. Kelton was a
Chicago label that released only three singles, one is dated 1969, this
one 1966 and the third 1971 and I would guess that this may be more from
the latter era as it sounds more late 60/early 70s to me and the flip is
one of those late 60s street funk style tunes.They consistently sell for in
excess of £100 and up to £225 on Discogs.
Another clue is that the song was written by one of The Triplett Twins, Leon
Triplett, who were active from 1970.
All their recordings were on Chicago labels so I would presume that is where
they were from, or at least based.
Rating: | 8.4 |
Explicit: | N |
Genre/Style: | Northern Soul |
Format: | Single |
Media: | Digital |
Label: | Kelton |
Cat No: | 121-245 |
Date: | 1969? |
Price: | £100-£225 (approx.) |
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1 comment:
Excellent initiative about a theme on Fantastics groups in these times of scarcity!!!
Yves
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