A good compilation, made even sweeter by the ridiculously cheap price of
£2.99 on Amazon, was released on Friday (4 Aug).
As the title implies, it consists of souldies/lowriders from the
60s/70s and contains one of our favourites Little Royal & The
Swingmasters who we did a
Discography
for several years ago.
Most tracks are from relatively little know artists (with perhaps the
exclusion of Donnie Elbert and Barbara Mason) who didn't release a lot of
music and even fewer made any impact at the time but have been unearthed
by various underground rare soul scenes over the years.
If you have a penchant for sweet n' deep then these will be right up your
street.
The comp opens with "All For You" by The Admirations which was the flip side of their
last of only four recordings on One-derful! in 1967.
Donnie Elbert's "Baby Let Me Love You Tonite" was an early recording on Vee Jay in 1960 reissued on Jayboy in UK in
1970, presumably to 'cash in' on his UK success with his All Platinum
album "Where Did Our Love Go" which had several tracks picked up on by
the Northern Soul scene.
The Barbara Mason track, "Just You And Me", is an unissued Arctic recording from the 'Oh How It Hurts' sessions
that seems to have been first released on a Bear Family CD reissue of
the album with additional unreleased recordings in 1997.
The last of only three records on L.A. based Venus and the second of two
singles by Karen Small is another flipside, "That's Why I Cry", written by Don Julian (& The Larks). It even got a UK release on
Vocalion in 1966.
The debut single on Markay in 1962 "I Wanna Chance" by The Vows which included Morris Chestnut (know in NS
circles for several recordings both solo and in groups such as The Vows
and The Attractions). This one has more of a doo-wop sound.
Although Little Royal & The Swingmasters "Jealous" is credited to Little Royal Torrence, it is more or less the same
song, with a few changes, as Garland Green's "Jealous Kind Of Fella"
written by Green with Jo Armstead, Morris Dollinson and Rudolph Browner.
It was released on Tri Us in 1971. Green's song was 1969.
Yet another B side, to his NS spin "Have Love Will Travel" is "Think About It Baby" by Roosevelt 'Rosey' Jones on Patrick Adams run Today
Records. John 'Monster' Davis arranged and Frank Fioravanti produced
both songs. It was his only solo single although he released another
with The Superiors.
Although sounding very 60s, "I'm So In Love With You" is a 70s recording by Californian Chicano group
Thee Dupremes who formed in 1975. They released another
single on their own label Depreme Productions .
Walter Webb & The Highlighters is a completely
new name to us, not surprisingly when they released just one single on
Chess in 1970 "Your Time Is Gonna Come". The single on both Discogs and 45 Cat is associated with James Bell
& The Highlighters (Band) from Indianapolis which seems plausible as
they released a single on Lulu (which is also the title of the flipside)
written by the same song writers Herman & Brantley (misspelt?
Bradly).
The Sequins song, "What Makes Me Love You" is a Phillip Mitchell song recorded on Denise LaSalle's Crajon
Records in 1971. They were a girl group trio from Chicago and not,
perhaps the better know group, from L.A. which included Brenda & Patrice Holloway.
Click on image below for link to where you can buy from.
| Rating: | 8.4 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Lowrider, Sweet Soul, Deep Soul, Souldies |
| Format: | Album / Compilation |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Psychomania |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 04/08/2023 |
| Price: | £2.99 |
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