The Jous Band [2022] - I Like It / You [Blues 247 Record]

Here we have a double-sider from The Jous Band with "I Like It" (which I'm afraid I don't particularly) and "You" the much preferred side.

They have two albums and two singles to their name since 2020 but also a single dating back to 2009. In fact delving deeper they were known simply as Jous and have listings on Discogs for a 1994 album "Pronounced Joe-Us" and three singles from the 90s. 

The mainstays of the band are brothers Darryl O Brown (DB), James I Brown (Jayibee) who's names are on writers credits for both new songs along with sister Sheila and drummer Antonio Owens. Reading the bio on their website it states that both brothers were diagnosed with prostate cancer within 2 years of each other in 2017 and 2019 respectively.

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Details

Rating:	7.8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Southern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Blues 247 Record
Cat No:	None
Date:	09/02/2022
Key/BPM:	10B/110 / 6A/74
Value:	£1.79

The HP's Feat. Claire Davis [2022] - Hope To See You Again [LRK Records #LRK-15]

A new release from Liam Kenney's LRK Records is due digitally on 31 Mar 2020 with vinyl 7"s expected in summer.

The HP's are a Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) based funk / soul collective and the brainchild drummer of 'Parkside' Mike Renaud who also owns Hidden Pony Records & Management. They have a forthcoming debut album "Gritty City Soul, Vol. 1" which is a collection of covers and original compositions inspired by James Brown and Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings. The album is named after their home town Hamilton (i.e. Gritty City).

Their latest single "Hope To See You Again" features another Canadian artist, Claire Davis from Toronto, who featured here first back in Jun 2021 with "Thrive EP" and who has already released a single on LRK "Thrive" / "Playground" .

The HP's released their debut single "The HP Trot (Blow Maceo)" in January 2022 (included below).

The latest single will be available via LRK Bandcamp store.

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HP's Band

Clarie Davis

Details

Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Northern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital/7"
Label:	LRK Records
Cat No:	LRK-15
Date:	31/03/2022
Key/BPM:	NA
Value:	£1 / £12

The Dirty Dozen Mix Part 10 2022 Mar (week 10)

A blended, 40 minute, non-stop, mix of the best new releases last week (Mar 2022 week 10) based on the 'The Dirty Dozen' published 13 Mar 2022. 

Tracklist 

(with links to original posts)

Tonya Nicole - You Got Me (No Rap Edit) (11 Mar)

Aaliyah Zhané - Leave Me Alone (11 Mar)

Aaliyah Zhané - Your Eyes (11 Mar)

Keyona Lashawn - Time & Space (8 Mar)

Kameron Corvet - Who Hurt Who? (11 Mar)

Chin Injeti Feat. Iman Wamboi - YUH (24 Feb)

Jermaine Hardsoul, Algebra Blessett - sundress (Remix) (11 Mar / 1 Aug 2018)

LeVelle Feat. Anthony Hamilton - Fell In Love (Remix) (11 Mar)

Dafne Adriana - What I Wanna Do For You (11 Mar / 7 Jan)

Nalani Rothrock - Hold On (11 Mar)

Mica Millar - Girl (8 Mar)

BYAMM - Shine (11 Mar)

Previous mixes:

2022

Wk 01, Wk 02, Wk 03, Wk 04, Wk 05, Wk 06, Pt 07, Pt 08, Pt 09

2021

Wk 50, Wk 49, Wk 48, Wk 47, Wk 46, Wk 45, Wk 44, Wk 43, Wk 42, 

Wk 41, Wk 40, Wk 39, Wk 38, Wk 37, Wk 36, Wk 35, Wk 34, Wk 33,

 Wk 32, Wk 31, Wk 30, Wk 29, Wk 28, Wk 27, Wk 26, Wk 25, Wk 24, 

Wk 23, Wk 22, Wk 21, Wk 20, Wk 19, Wk 18, Wk 17, Wk 16, Wk 15, 

Wk 14

Brief Encounter [2022] - What About Love / Got A Good Feeling [Expansion #EXS027]

Brief Encounter were a group from North Wilkesboro, NC, formed in the 70s, originally as Sounds of Soul, who recorded through to the 90s with various labels. They are probably best known for their classic "Human" but their albums are quite sought after with original copies of their only two albums fetching several hundred pounds.

In January Athens Of The North released a digital and vinyl compilation of  Brief Encounter "Brief Encounter Singles" which includes both of the sides of a new 7" vinyl release on Expansion.

"What About Love" was their fifth single release and their first on Capitol in 1976 having released all their previous singles on Seventy-Seven. Their next, and last, Capitol single in 1977 contained "Got A Good Feeling" as the B side (which also appeared as a longer version on their first album "Introducing - The Brief Encounter" (1977) on Seventy-Seven). Both songs were written by band members Gary (Bernard) Bailey (bass/keyboards) and Montie Bailey (vocals). 

Original copies of each record are currently selling for around £150-£200.

Other new releases from Expansion include:

EXS026 - Thelma Houston - Nothing Left To Give / Baby Mine

EXS027 - Brief Encounter - What About Love / Got A Good Feeling

EXS028 - Corey Blake - How Can I Go On Without / Your Love Is Like A Boomerang

EXS029 - Chuck Jackson - Waiting In Vain / No Tricks

EXS030 - Freda Payne - Tell Me Please / I Get High (On Your Memory)

EXS031 - Family Brown - Never Had A Love / Listen

Details

Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	7"
Label:	Expansion
Cat No:	EXS027
Date:	25/03/2022
Key/BPM:	2B/120 / 9B/109
Value:	£1

Mary Mundy [2022] - Love Me, Love Me / Love Is Gone (Patchouli Brothers Edits) [Dodo Records #DODO1]

The Patchouli Brothers are DJ/producers Dylan-Thomas Childs and John McLeod from Toronto who have just set up their own new label Dodo. The first releases on 12" vinyl are edits of two Mary Mundy tracks. 

The first is "Love Me, Love Me" from her sole album "Mother Nature" 1980 which was also released on 12" with two mixes the same year. It has a very Bohannon style groove.

The other side is the flip side of her 1982 12" version of Holland, Dozier, Holland's "Stop In The Name Of Love" with her self-penned song "Love Is Gone".

Available digitally and on 12" vinyl.

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Details

Rating:	8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Nu Disco
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital/12"
Label:	Dodo
Cat No:	DODO1
Date:	11/03/2022
Key/BPM:	11B/127 / 6B/120
Value:	£1.98 / £12

Little Anthony & The Imperials [2022] - Better Use Your Head / Gonna Fix You Good (Everytime You’re Bad) [Outta Sight #SEV010]

The second of two Northern Soul classics reissued on 7" vinyl from Outta Sight is Little Anthony & The Imperials with "Better Use Your Head" and "Gonna Fix You Good (Everytime You’re Bad)". 

Both sides were originally released as separate singles on Veep in 1966 and also both written by Teddy Randazzo and Victoria Pike and appeared on their "Payin' Our Dues" album.

Like the Garnet Mimms double-sider, both sides here failed to make any impact on the R&B chart although "Gonna Fix You Good" was an early spin at Manchester's Twisted Wheel club and "Better Use Your Head" was a huge sound all over the country in 1975 which is arguably the year Northern Soul really peaked with weekly all-nighters at Wigan Casino, Cleethorpes Pier and St Ives (was Yate going by this time as well?) and of course Blackpool Mecca's Highland Room before the modern soul 'split'.  

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Northern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	7"
Label:	Outta Sight
Cat No:	SEV010
Date:	03/2022
Key/BPM:	3B/145 / 10B/152
Value:	£12

Garnet Mimms [2022] - Looking For You / As Long As I Have You [Outta Sight #SEV009]

The first of two new 7" vinyl reissues on Outta Sight which must be aimed at new Northern Soul collectors as anyone who's been into NS for any length of time must surely have these in their collections already in some format?

A stalwart tune from the very early days of The Twisted Wheel is this evergreen from Garnet Mimms with "Looking For You" paired with another track off the 1966 "Warm And Soulful" album on United Artists, "As Long As I Have You". Both were also released as singles before the album release in 1966 (Discogs is a year out as 45Cat lists "Looking For You" as Oct 1965) and neither charted not even on the R&B chart.

I nearly spat out my coffee when I looked up the value of "As Long As I Have You" as they have sold on Discogs for 4 figures with a top price of nearly £1,300, with "Looking For You" weighing in with a top price of a 'measly' £200. The former was only ever released as a single in France which would explain why it never charted in US.

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Northern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	7"
Label:	Outta Sight
Cat No:	SEV009
Date:	03/2022
Key/BPM:	6B/119 / 7A/88
Value:	£12

Family Brown [2022] - Never Had A Love / Listen [Expansion #EXS031]

There really is very little new of any consequence or quality around this week so it looks like today is likely to be a retro day.

To kick off then is another vinyl reissue from Expansion by Family Brown with two in-demand rare groove tracks ("Never Had A Love" / "Listen") taken from their only album "Imaginary World" released in 1978 by United Artists which are due for release on 25 Mar 2022. 

Before being named Family Brown they recorded two sweet soul/lowrider singles as The Compacts "Call Her" / "You've Got To Get It" (BunBea 1972) and "Why Can't It Be" / "That's How My World Began" (Carla 1973).

Both songs on the Expansion release were written by Gary Brown (bass) who along with siblings Renee (vocals), Anthony (sax) and Joseph (bass) made up the group along with Donny Lewis (guitar). Prior to Family Brown, Joseph Brown was bassist with Side Effect (billed as Joe 'Bunch' Brown) and, according to Discogs, was a long time collaborator on Wayne Henderson (The Crusaders) productions. Also, the same year the Family Brown album was released he featured on Starguard's self-titled debut album which included their hit "Theme From 'Which Way Is Up'".

Other new releases from Expansion include:

EXS026 - Thelma Houston - Nothing Left To Give / Baby Mine

EXS027 - Brief Encounter - What About Love / Got A Good Feeling

EXS028 - Corey Blake - How Can I Go On Without / Your Love Is Like A Boomerang

EXS029 - Chuck Jackson - Waiting In Vain / No Tricks

EXS030 - Freda Payne - Tell Me Please / I Get High (On Your Memory)

EXS031 - Family Brown - Never Had A Love / Listen

Details

Rating:	8.7
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul / Rare Groove
Format:	Single
Media:	7"
Label:	Expansion
Cat No:	EXS031
Date:	25/03/2022
Key/BPM:	N/A
Value:	£1

Ciyo Brown [2022] - Borderline (from Can We Pretend) [Ciyo Groove Music]

Ciyo Brown is a London based, Jamaican-born, internationally acclaimed guitarist, singer, composer and musical director but may not be a name that trips off the tongue but when you discover the vast array of big name artists that he has worked with you may begin to wonder why.

Ciyo describes his forthcoming seventh album, "Can We Pretend", as a "Vocal Excursions with a Tinge of Guitar!" and represents his vocal exploration of original material and songs taken from the soul, jazz, reggae, and pop genres.  

He will be launching the album at Pizza Express Jazz Club (Soho, London) on 22 Mar 2022 and  Toulouse Lautrec Jazz Club on 24 Apr 2022.

Here's a little teaser from the album, a sample of "Borderline".

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NOTE no full sound clips for album tracks as Ciyo would prefer you visit his website to listen to samples as it is only available there to download.

Details

Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Jazz
Format:	Album Track
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	24/04/2022
Value:	£8.99