VA [2023] - Soul 1 [FirstCom Music / MasterSource] (Full Album)

We stumbled across this compilation "Soul 1" during our searches over the weekend releases which was originally released in Aug 2001. We tried to find the original release but all that it turned up was a subscription service for Universal Records. So it's a strange one as it seems like it's library music that is licensed. All the tracks feature either Jamie Dunlap or Paul Taylor.

A Jamie Dunplap is listed on Discogs but only for appearances on half a dozen compilations, four of which are from the same source i.e. MasterSource, so it's more than likely the same artist. It gives his full name as James Ronald Dunlap who was a member of a group/duo named Lazarus Heart who released an album  "Open The Sky" in 2002. All songs were written by Dunlap and Molly Pasutti who also only otherwise features on MasterSource or Killer Tracks compilations.

We gave up on Paul Taylor as there are literally dozens of artists with the name, but suspect the result will be the same i.e. a session singer who featured on MasterSource compilations.

Whilst many of the MasterSource compilations are listed on Discogs we could not find this one listed.

It seems a bit 'random' that it has been reissued all of a sudden and out of the blue and it wasn't available on Spotify until today.

It's a mixed bag with a lot of pop/blue-eyed soul and many of the tracks sound older than 2001. However, there is one 'jewel in the crown' credited to Jamie Dunlap, Scott Nickoley & Stephen Lang "Take A Little Time" (track 14) along the with perhaps the last track "More Than I Can Say" which reminded us of something and think it may be Heatwave's "Always And Forever" in parts).

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Details

Rating:	N/A
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	FirstCom Music / MasterSource
Cat No:	None
Date:	21/07/2023
Price:	£9.99

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