Available to pre-order now for release on is a vinyl 7" from Super Discos Edits new imprint Pass The Baton by Tunnie Smith consisting of two previously unreleased songs, "Join Together" NS "U And Me Together". A release date of mid Apr '23 has been given.
In the early 70s Smith was a member of a group named The 13th Amendments who performed throughout Louisiana. He gained a recording deal with Rick Hall's Fame label and released his only single "Finders Aren't Always Keepers" / "Do That To Me" in 1973 which won national distribution on United Artists.
He left Fame to join Stax and recorded an album with David Porter scheduled for release around 1973/74 but through an unfortunate twist of fate Stax was beginning to have financial difficulties after it's distribution deal with CBS ending and the album was never released. The flip side of the new single "U And Me Together" is a song intended for that album.
Tunnie returned to Louisiana and performed with a new band Sweet Music Orchestra. In 1983 he met Chicago producer and arranger George 'Paco' Patterson, a musical director who had worked with The Isley Brothers Wilson Pickett and many other well known artists. They formed a partnership and along with some top session musicians recorded some new songs. One of the songs was "Join Together" is from the same session as a previous Super Disco Edits release, "Dancing On Da Clouds"
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| Rating: | 8.5 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Modern Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | 7" Vinyl |
| Label: | Pass the Baton |
| Cat No: | SDE67 |
| Date: | TBC 2023 |
| Key/BPM: | N/A |
| Price: | £12 |
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