Yvonne Gage debuted in 1981 with, what is now regarded, an underground
rare groove / modern soul classic "Garden of Eve" which has been posted
here previously. She is back with a brand new album "Feel Love" released
on 15 Jul 2022.
I have to say that, assuming several photos on her facebook are recent,
she is wearing her 62 years very well and, as for the album, it is superb
and could well be a candidate for SSSotW!
There a few of covers "Save The Children" (Marvin Gaye) "Light My Fire" (The Doors) and "A Song Of Love" (Lonnie Liston Smith), there may well be others but I don't
immediately recognise them. A song titled "Reservations For Two" was recorded by Dionne Warwick in 1987 but I don't think it's the same song.
It's tough choosing a particular standout but I think the stepper "You Don't Understand Me" would be my instinctive choice. I'm not sure why a Christmas song was tagged on the end which is the only gripe!
According to the Wiki article she joined The Soulettes aged 14 (1973) and was with them for seven years. There were several female groups with that name but most 'likely', I would guess given that they recorded on a Chicago label, would be the group that recorded two Otis Brown songs on Dud Sound, but that's only a guess. There was another who recorded in 1968 on Detroit's Scope label but that may be too early.
They changed their name to First Love releasing an album "Love At First Sight" in 1980 (according to Wiki) but Discogs lists it as 1982 (which is more plausible going by cat. no.), in which case she had already left to join Captain Sky (who has recently released a new single) as a backing vocalist.
Through Captain Sky she met Donald Burnside who was his producer and he went on to write, arrange and produce her first single "Garden Of Eve" (on Atlantic) and her album "Virginity" (1984). He coincidentally, or otherwise, also wrote, arranged and produced First Love's album and both albums were released on C.I.M. (Chycago International Music).
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| Rating: | 8.7 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | New Soul |
| Format: | Album |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Music Matters Entertainment |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 15/07/2022 |
| Price: | £7.99 |
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This album is pure class. No less.
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