The second of two vinyl releases from Hit And Run contains three tracks
from Spencer Winnins' Fame period. It covers several bases, a southern soul deep cut, a crossover soul and one for
the Northern Soulies.
"Let's Talk It Over" is an unreleased Goldwax recording which gained a release in 2009
on Kent Select having been released on Torch and Soul Series around
1996. The song first saw the light of day on a 1991 Japanese
compilation CD "Goldwax Collection" released by Vivid Sound who had
licensed Goldwax recordings for release. It transpires that this song
(as well as others) had been sold to Fame but were inadvertently
included. The Kent Select one is the only one 'properly'
licensed. In addition the Torch release is a different mix with
an organ (listen @ 0:13 and again @ 1:26 below).
The crossover track "I'm At The Breaking Point" is
another unreleased recording from 1969 (not the Brad Lundy song of the
same name also recorded by Deena Johnson). It was also first released
on Kent Select as a single in 2011 having been included on Kent's
Spencer Wiggins compilation "Feed The Flame - The Fame And XL
Recordings" CD. The flip is a cover of Bettye Swann's "Make Me Yours".
Finally the A side, "Holding On To A Dying Love", was previously unreleased until it featured on Kent's "Feed The
Flame - The Fame And XL Recordings" in 2010 which also includes both
of the B side songs. It was also recorded by Otis Clay, an album only
track from on "Trying To Live My Life Without You" in 1972 on
Hi.
Wiggins left secular music in 1973 leaving his birth town Memphis for
Miami and became a deacon and choir director at the New Birth Baptist
Church. He died in Feb '23 aged 81
It's available now paypal hitandrunsoul45@gmail.com (as 'friends and
family').
£15 each + £3 UK postage (good for 1-3 records) OVERSEAS - please pm for
current postage rates.
| Rating: | 8.4 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Southern Soul / Crossover / Northern Soul |
| Format: | Single |
| Media: | 7" Vinyl |
| Label: | Hit And Run |
| Cat No: | HR 1555 |
| Date: | 17/09/2023 |
| Key/BPM: | N/A |
| Price: | £15 |
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