Gloria Scott [2022] - So Wonderful [Acid Jazz] (Full Album)

Having pre-released the title track "So Wonderful" on 2 Sep and another two tracks "All Of The Time, You're On My Mind" (20 Jul) and a cover of Joe Smooth's Gospel-house classic "Promised Land" (3 Jun Bandcamp only)  , Gloria Scott released her first album for 48 years today (30 Sep 2022).

Gloria Scott's music has been admired for decades on the rare soul scene. She released just one album "What Am I Gonna Do" in 1974 produced by Barry White. It spawned a couple of singles ("What Am I Gonna Do" and "Just As Long As We're Together (In My Life There Will Never Be Another)") followed by a third and the most sought after, issued only in Australia on 7", "(A Case Of) Too Much Lovemakin'" which was covered by Lisa Stansfield many years later in 1993 on "So Natural" and Paprika Soul had a stab at it in 2018. I think from recollection it was also recorded around 2000 by Kim Weston but I think it was a white label 'bootleg' taken from a compilation CD that Ian Levine was behind. All above versions were posted in Nov 2020.

The album contains three tracks from the period she was working with Barry White that were never released, including "All Of The Time, You're On My Mind".

After a first listen I would guess that "There's No Cure For Me" and "I've Got To Have All Of You" are the others as they are written by White, Gene Page and H.B. Barnum. In terms of the highlights from the tracks not already released (and the two above), I think they are "Real", "Running Away" and "Show Me" on which P.P. Arnold is a co-writer.

She recorded her first single in 1964 as Gloria Scott & The Tonettes "I Taught Him" on Warner Bros. which is a rockin' R&B tune written and produced by Sly Stewart (Sly & The Family Stone).  It failed to chart and later she became an one of The Ikettes, before meeting Barry White who signed her on a 7 year contract, but owing to his own career taking off, and being signed to a start up label, which Casablanca was at the time, Scott was neglected.  

Her 1974 album has been reissued multiple times on both vinyl and CD such is it's popularity.

She recorded a second album with H. B. Barnum but it was not released and she later became a background singer for Mary Wilson (Supremes).

In more recent times Gloria has become a regular performer at The Baltic Soul Weekender in Germany each summer.

Both her 1974 singles entered R&B chart with the first reaching #74 and second "Just As Long As We're Together (In My Life There Will Never Be Another)" getting to #14 which garnered it an appearance on Soul Train but only with dancers featured not a live appearance. In typical Barry White fashion, both flip sides were instrumentals of the A sides.

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Details

Rating:	8.3
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital / CD / Vinyl
Label:	Acid Jazz
Cat No:	None
Date:	30/09/2022
Price:	£7.99 / £11 / £24.99

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