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Saturday 25 February 2023

Philly Devotions [2023] - The Philadelphia Re-edit Sessions [Simpson Uniquity]


It's almost two weeks since Paul Simpson's last set of Philadelphia Re-edits for Revelation and he back already with the next set for Philly Devotions.

The Philly Devotions were a short-lived quartet from Philadelphia consisting of Marc Covington, Ellis Hill, Ernest Gibson and Morris Taylor. They released only eight singles between 1973-76. The first two were for a small Philly label  Bry-Wek label before releasing, what is now regarded a dance classic, "Just Can't Say Goodbye" on Don De which was a one-off release for the label associated with Bey-Wek and had the same address. It was written, arranged and produced by the recently departed John Davis and recorded at Sigma Sound Studio in 1974. I guess it must have made some local noise as it was then picked up by Columbia and released with an instrumental flip  in Dec 1974. It scraped into the R&B chart at #81 in Feb 1975 and actually got a UK release and remember picking up a UK demo of it for the princely sum of 25p in the summer of 1975.

Their next single was "We're Gonna Make It" / "I Was A Lonely Man" in 1975 (#67 R&B) followed by "I Just Can't Make It (Without You)" (long & short versions), "Hurt So Bad" (Pt 1 & Pt 2) (#94 R&B) and finally "It's Gotta Be This Way" / "Isn't It A Dream Come True" all in 1976.

Track Listing:

01 - I just can't say goodbye (Paul Simpson Re-edit) 5:17
02 - I just can't make it (Without you) (Paul Simpson Re-edit) 5:21
03 - I was a lonely man (Paul Simpson Re-edit) 4:12
04 - Hurt so bad (Paul Simpson Re-edit) 6:40
05 - I just can't say goodbye Vs. Touch Of Class (Paul Simpson Single Re-edit) 3:06

Full tracks are available to listen to on Paul's dedicated website available for two weeks until around 11 Mar 2023. 

Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.

Details
Rating: 8.6
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Philly Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Simpson Uniquity
Cat No: None
Date: 25/02/2023
Price: $7.99
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1 comment:

USMAN47 said...

All their production is there in this beautiful compilation of a group well in line with the Philly Sound of the 70s.
(CD Essential Media Group 942 314 742-2)

Yves