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Wednesday 21 September 2022

Marcia Hines [2022] - You Gotta Let Go / Don’t Let The Grass Grow [Seelctor Series #SS7005P]


Marcia Hines was born in Boston, MA, in 1953 but emigrated to Australia where she played the lead role in the musical "Hair" aged just 16. 

She released her debut album "Marcia Shines" on Wizard in 1975. The album produced four singles. One of those singles "You Gotta Let Gowas released in 1976 and 'discovered' around the end of the century /early noughties and got spins on the modern soul scene and, like many modern soul discoveries, soon crossed over onto Northern Soul dancefloors. 

The single is very hard to find as it was only released in Australia and Italy and now commands upwards of £500 even though the track is quite easily found on the album for between £10-£20 (even though only released in Australia, New Zealand and Italy). The Italian single release was the B side to "Jumping Jack Flash" on Dig It which is also pretty scarce.  It was reissued on 7" in 2014 on Mukatsuku Records with Jackie Wilson "You Keep Me Hanging On" on the flip on a release titled "Lost Soul & Funk Gems Volume One".

It's latest incarnation is a new 7" vinyl reissue from Selector Series who are reissuing it as their fifth single release available from 21 Oct 2022 which includes the original B side "Don’t Let The Grass Grow".

The main side was written by Teddy Randazzo and Victoria Pike whose names may be know to Northern Soul followers as they also jointly wrote several other well know recordings on the scene such as Little Anthony & The Imperials "Better Use Your Head", "Gonna Fix You Good", Sheila Anthony "Livin' In Love", Porgy & The Monarchs "Think Twice Before You Walk Away", Larry Santos / Frankie Valli "Can't Get You Off My Mind", Kiki Dee "On A Magic Carpet Ride" and Derek Martin "Soul Power", "Breakaway" as well as the deep soul ballad "You Blew It Baby".

Hines is still performing today and has released around fourteen albums her last "Amazing" in 2014.

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Details
Rating: 8.5
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Modern/Northern Soul
Format: Single
Media: 7" Vinyl
Label: Selector Series
Cat No: SS7005P
Date: 21/10/2022
Key/BPM: 9B/122 / 12B/106
Price: £12
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