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Monday 13 March 2023

The Newday [2023] - Wait A Minute Girl b/w Just Another Reason [Numero Group #NUM 5819]


Numero Group has reissued a one-off single by The Newday which was originally released in 1970 on the Chicago On Top Records logo. The label was owned by Calvin Carter (who was previously the A&R man at Vee-Jay owned by his sister Vivian Carter and her husband James Bracken) which released only a handful of singles, two by Bobby Rush, one from Shades Of Brown and this one by The Newday.

Both sides are credited to group member Roosevelt Christmas with Browley Guy "Wait A Minute Girl" and the B side "Just Another Reason" with Guy and Maurice Simpkins. However, "Just Another Reason" is a Curtis Mayfield song which was recorded by The Passions a year earlier, who Christmas was a member of with El Anthony, Doyle Cole and John Coleman. I believe that The Newday evolved from The Passions who recorded around five singles (but only four different songs as they rotated between releases) on Tower as they didn't release anything after 1969.

The song "Just Another Reason" was originally recorded by The Fascinations in Dec 1967 on Mayfield and later by Donny Hathaway and June Conquest on Curtom in 1972 with Hathaway's name added to writer's credits. 

Curiously all four versions are different lengths with The Fascinations clocking in at only 1:50 yet Hathaway/Conquest's version is 2:38, The Passions 2:15 and The Newday 2:25.

Both sweet soul tunes, the A side "Wait A Minute Girl" also fits in the crossover soul category.

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Details
Rating: 8.4
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Crossover / Sweet Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Numero Group
Cat No: Nnum 5819
Date: 13/03/2023
Key/BPM: 10A/88 / 2B/65
Price: £1.79
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1 comment:

DJ Kool Keith said...

Absolutely sensational double-sider ! REAL soul and then some!