There has been a lot of vinyl reissues this week which we tried to mop
up yesterday but another two landed this morning from Alex Subina's Jai
Alai imprint. The label is reissuing four songs by four different
artists over two 45s.
The first pairing consists of tracks taken from two self titled Malaco
albums. The A side, "Love Has Come", from Ruby Wilson's 1981 self-titled album along with "Throw Away Me" from Queen Emily's only album in 2010.
Ruby Wilson was born in Fort Worth, TX, but was based and
performed in Memphis becoming known as "The Queen of Beale Street". She
released a couple of singles on T.K.'s Glades imprint in the 70s and
signed to Malaco in 1981 releasing her debut, eponymous, album A further
three albums followed in the late 80s with three more appearing in the
noughties. Ruby died in 2016.
Queen Emily David is another Texan, from Houston, and her
solitary album was released as a result of being a semi-finalist of
America’s Got Talent in 2008 at the age of 40. In 1999 she won a Sammy
Davis Jr award but, as a single-mother, put her singing career on hold to
bring up her two daughters.
A year after America’s Got Talent, Malaco boss Tommy Couch Jr. called
her out of the blue and offered her a contract without even meeting her.
A digital 4-track EP titled "Sings" was released in the US, but her
album was released by Malaco on CD in the UK in 2010 before the US which
was eventually released in 2014. It includes a version of Frederick
Knight's "I Betcha Didn’t Know That" and Bill Withers' "Use Me" but it
is the George Jackson ballad "Throw Away Me" that has been chosen for
release on 45. Note: she sings "Throw Away Me" but the album 'incorrectly' labels the track "Throw Me Away".
Available to pre-order now from Jai Alai for release on 14 May '23, but be quick as their recent releases
sold out on pre-order within 24 hours!
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
1 comment:
Very good old southern soul!!!
Yves
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