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Monday 10 October 2022

Mary Wells [2022] - Love Letters / Hands Off My Baby [Soul4Real #S4R24]


The second vinyl release today from Soul4Real is a pairing of mid 60s unreleased Atco recordings from Mary Wells.

Wells left Motown in 1965 unhappy with her contract and joined 20th Century Fox where she released two albums and around six singles. The albums failed and the singles didn't do particularly well (although a few have had plays on the UK rare soul scene "Use Your Head" and "Never Never Leave Me" in particular). Later that year she moved on to Atlantic subsidiary Atco where she didn't fare much better with only one single, "Dear Lover", charting which has the storming Northern Soul tune "Can't You See (You're Losing Me)" on the flip. She released only three further singles for the label before she was off again, this time to Jubilee for the remainder of the 60s and early 70s.

Ironically, she never emulated the success she had at Motown between 1960-64 where she had three R&B chart #1 hits ("You Beat Me To The Punch", "Two Lovers" and of course "My Guy").

The two sides of the Soul4Real release are "Love Letters" (written by Gerald Sims not the Ketty Lester song) and "Hands Off My Baby" written by Richard 'Popcorn' Wylie and Tony Hester and produced by Carl Davis. I believe that these first featured on a 1995 Ichiban CD compilation "Dear Lover - The Atco Sessions" which consisted of 15 tracks but there is now a digital version with 35 tracks "Dear Lover: The Atco, Jubilee & Reprise Years 1965-1974" which looks like it's streaming only (i.e. no download available).

Going by the fifteen tracks on the 1995 compilation there are at least another five unreleased Atco recordings: "Satisfaction", "Love Makes The World Go Round", "In The Midnight Hour", "My World Is Empty Without You Babe" and "Good Lovin'" which all look like covers versions.

It's the first time on vinyl for both sides which are available now from Soul4Real or your vinyl retailer.

Details
Rating: 8.5
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Soul4Real
Cat No: S4R24
Date: 10/10/2022
Key/BPM: 7B/119 / 6B/113
Price: €‎15
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Barbara Lynn [2022] - Unloved, Unwanted Me / Soul Deep [Soul4Real #S4R23]


Following the pair of Jai Alai releases at the back end of August from Pete Belasco and Willie Walker, Soul4Reall have another pair out on the main imprint.

Both releases are 60s recordings not previously available on vinyl. 

The first is a pair of unreleased songs by Barbara Lynn recorded in Memphis in 1968. She recorded six songs in the summer of 1968 produced by Spooner Oldham spread over a couple of sessions which were shelved.

The two songs chosen for this vinyl release are "Unloved, Unwanted Me" and "Soul Deep". "Unloved, Unwanted Me" first featured on a Kent compilation "The Girls Got Soul"  in 2000 and both appeared on a 25 track Barbara Lynn compilation "The Complete Atlantic Recordings" in 2014 which was released digitally as "The Atlantic Collection" in 2018.

Available now to order from Soul4Real or you favourite vinyl stockist.
Details
Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: 60s Soul
Format: Single
Media: 7" Vinyl
Label: Soul4Real
Cat No: S4R23
Date: 10/10/2022
Key/BPM: 3B/85 / 8B/118
Price: €‎15
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Madison McFerrin [2022] - Stay Away From Me [Self Released]


Madison McFerrin is from a musical family, daughter of Bobby McFerrin ("Don't Worry Be Happy"!), who in turn is the son of opera singer Robert McFerrin, and she is the sister of Taylor McFerrin.

Since emerging in 2018 she's released around ten singles and four EPs. The latest single is "Stay Away From Me" which came out on 28 Sep 2022.

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Details
Rating: 8.2
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 28/09/2022
Key/BPM: 2B/108
Price: £1
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Ari Lennox [2022] - POF [Dreamville/Interscope Records] VIDEO


Ari Lennox released her sophomore album "sex/age/location" last month (9 Sep) and one of the tracks that has been getting a lot of attention is "POV" which she has just released a video for on 5 Oct.

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Details
Rating: 8.4
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Dreamville/Interscope Records
Cat No: None
Date: 05/10/2022
Key/BPM: 3A/83
Price: £1
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Sophie Faith [2022] - Pinky Blues [TLD Records]


London based (Brighton born) singer/songwriter Sophie Faith released her ninth solo single, "Pinky Blues", on Friday (7 Oct 2022). It's only her second single this year and, since 2019, she has only featured on Reuben James' "Closer" in June 2021.

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Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: TLD Records
Cat No: None
Date: 07/10/2022
Key/BPM: 9B/85
Price: £1
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Kim Keys - Love Makings Of Me [DISTRKCT] (Full Album)


A debut album from Kim Keys from Kansas City. It includes her only two singles "Someone Like You" (Oct 2021) and "All Good" (Feb 2022) along with an intro, outro and interlude leaving five new songs. The standout tracks are "Real Thang" and "My Love".

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Details
Rating: 7.9
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: New Soul
Format: Album
Media: Digital
Label: DISTRKCT
Cat No: None
Date: 30/09/2022
Price: £7.99
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Angels Of Libra & Maiiah [2022] - No No No (I'm so Broke) [Waterfall Records] (Full EP)


Angels of Libra is a retro soul group from Hamburg formed in 2020 from a number of groups. They released their seventh single since 2021 on Friday which is a three tracker which features Maiiah.

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Details
Rating: 7.7
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Retro Soul / Blue-Eyed
Format: EP
Media: Digital
Label: Waterfall Records
Cat No: None
Date: 07/10/2022
Price: £2.97
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