To celebrate Ace/Kent's 40th anniversary this year they are putting out
their first ever box set of 7" singles from the Loma catalogue
which ran from 1964 to 1968 and was a subsidiary of Warner Bros.
The box set includes seven singles which includes five well know Northern
Soul gems (in red) and nine previously unissued sides along with copious sleeve notes from Ady Croasdel.
A quick run through what's included.
Marvellos "It's Your Love That I Need" penned by the great Willie Hutch which is a Motownesque dancer along
with an instrumental B side
The Invincibles "Heartstrings" and "Got A Thing Goin'" are both previously unissued.
As well as
Ben Aiken's established NS classic, "Satisfied", two unissued sides are included, "That's All You Gotta Do" along with "If You Should See Her" matched with
Bobby Freeman's 1967 B side "Lies".
Paired with
Carl Hall's "Mean It Baby" is the unissued "Like I Told You".
Garnet Mimm's backing group The Enchanters unissued "Just A Little Longer" is paired with
Bobby Reed's only Loma outing which is the B side "I'll Find A Way".
The Apollas unissued "See The Silver Moon" is coupled with
Larry Laster's "Go For Yourself" which has been featured on these pages previously in a
post for Ty Karim
comparing it with "Somebody Somewhere Needs You" and "Lighten Up Baby".
Full track listing:
NOTE previews available for A sides only at
Ace Records but I'm not entirely sure they are linked to correct tracks
as The Apollas "See The Silver Moon" plays Ben Aiken "Satisfied"!
Side 1
01 - The Marvellos -
It's Your Love That I Need
02 - The Marvellos - It's Your Love That I Need (Instrumental)
Side 2
01 - The Invincibles -
Heartstrings
02 - The Invincibles - Got A Thing Goin'
Side 3
01 - Ben Aiken -
That's All You Gotta Do
02 - Ben Aiken -
Satisfied
Side 4
01 - Carl Hall -
Like I Told You
02 - Carl Hall -
Meant It Baby
Side 5
01 - The Enchanters -
Just A Little Longer
02 - Bobby Reed -
I'll Find A Way
Side 6
01 - The Apollas - See The Silver Moon
02 - Larry Laster -
Go For Yourself
Side 7
01 - Ben Aiken -
If You Should See Her
02 - Bobby Freeman -
Lies
The box set is available to pre-order now from
Ace Records with a release date given of 27 Jan 2023.
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
| Rating: | 8.4 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Northern Soul |
| Format: | Single Box Set |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Kent |
| Cat No: | LTDBOX 020 |
| Date: | 27/01/2023 |
| Key/BPM: | N/A |
| Price: | £43.18 |
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1 comment:
What's interesting about these excellent soul labels is that there are always some good unreleased. I think that's still the case here and I'm looking forward to discovering them.
Yves
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