As we are scratching around trying to find new releases that we feel are
good enough to share, an underrated, and perhaps lesser know except in rare soul circles, recording by
The Dynamic Superiors for some reason popped into consciousness.
That song being "One-Nighter" written by Ashford & Simpson and tucked away on the B side of both US
and UK singles which both had different A sides "Leave It Alone" in US (their biggest hit #13 R&B) and "Deception" in UK.
Rather than just post the single we had a re-listen to their debut,
self-titled, album on which it featured and it's a pleasant album. It
contains their version of Ace Spectrum's "Don't Send Nobody Else" which has had serious spins on the modern soul scene for many years and
was first recorded by Millie Jackson on "Hurts So Good" in 1973 and is
another Ashford & Simpson composition. In The Netherlands it was released as a single with "One-Nighter" with a picture sleeve which, needless to say, commands quite a high price.
The album opens with the sweet soul tune "Show Shoe Shine" which, whilst it was their second highest R&B chart entry at #16,
was their only Hot 100 hit reaching #68. We found some rather grainy old footage of them performing it on Soul Train (see below).
All tracks were written by Ashford & Simpson except "I Got Away" which was written by Valerie Simpson's younger brother
Ray who later replaced Victor Willis in Village People in 1979.
The group were formed in 1963 in Washington D.C. as The Superiors and
released just one single "I'd Rather Die" on Sue in 1969 before being signed
to Motown in 1972. There first Motown single "Shoe Shoe Shine" arrived 1974.
They released four albums for Motown in just two years between 1975-77. The
first two alums produced two R&B hits each, their third none and the
fourth their last R&B chart success.
Just one more album materialised, "The Sky's the Limit" on Venture in 1980,
which features Tony Camilo replacing former lead singer Tony Washington.
It's a very rare record and not even listed on Discogs but was reissued on
CD in 2003 by P-Vine.
Only more recently (last ten years or so) has their material been
reissued and available on CD.
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
| Rating: | 8.5 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Sweet Soul |
| Format: | Album |
| Media: | Digital / CD / Vinyl |
| Label: | Motown |
| Cat No: | M6-822S1 |
| Date: | 1975 |
| Price: | £5.99 / £28.89 / £various |
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