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Sunday 27 November 2022

VA [2022] - Loma Northern Soul (Classic & Revelations 1964-1968) [Kent #LTDBOX 020] (Album Samples)


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.

Details
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:

USMAN47 said...

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