MD Records have unearthed two previously unreleased tracks by Alfreda
Brockington for their forthcoming 7" vinyl release.
They first saw the light of day on a 2009 30 track compilation "The Best Of Lash Records - Rare R&B & Soul Productions
1961-1975"
Lash was a Philadelphia label formed by brothers Howard and Al Ravitsky
and Gil Lipschitz. It released just four singles by four different
artists between 1962-63.
The two sides by
Alfreda Brockington "Give Me What You're Givin' Her" / "Waitin' For Your Touch" were left in the can until 2009 when the compilation was released.
Both sides were written by Howard Ravitsky and Benny Sigler, the older
brother of Walter 'Bunny' Sigler. There is no indication when they were
recorded and sound more like 70s than 60s recordings but given that by 1969 she was signed to Phil L.A. of Soul then perhaps they are late 60s?
Brockington only had two singles released, both on Phil L.A. of Soul
"Your Love Has Got Me Chained And Bound" / "I'll Wait For You" (1969)
and "Crushing Me" / "You Made Me A Woman" (1970). All are deep soul
songs except for "Your Love Has Got Me Chained And Bound" which was
sufficiently popular on the Northern Soul scene to get reissued in the
mid 70s (c 1976), even these sell for up to three figures now, possibly
owing to the superb deep soul flip? On both singles the top side was
written by Willie John Ellison of The Soul Brothers Six (he wrote their
biggest hit "Some Kind Of Wonderful") with Brockington herself writing
the flip.
Around the turn of the century another unreleased track was uncovered by
Goldmine Soul Supply called "Spilt Milk" which is a cracking Northern Soul tune. I believe that it first
appeared on a compilation "The Northern Soul Of Philadelphia Vol.3" and then a promo 45 was pressed. It was reissued by Record Shack in
2015 along with an alternate version by Elegant Shades from the same
compilation above.
The single is available to pre-order from
MD Records
for release early May.
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
| Rating: | 8.2 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Northern Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | 7" Vinyl |
| Label: | MD Records |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 05/2023 |
| Key/BPM: | N/A |
| Price: | £15 |
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