Little Tommy [2024] - Baby Can't You See [Sound Of Soul]

A hugely in-demand record on the Northern Soul scene, which commands over four figures if you manage to track one, down as only one has ever sold on Discogs but there are plenty of sales listed on Popsike, has been reissued digitally today.

The song in question is "Baby Can't You See", the B side of Little Tommy's second, and last, release on August Moon's (aka Alexander Randolph) Richmond, VA, based Sound Of Soul label in 1965. 

The song also featured on the "Free Angela" compilation released by Golden Triangle in 1971. The compilation was produced by Moon under another alias, Dickie Diamond, along with Larry Saunders (the estranged father of Ledisi) and was released to raise money for political activist Angela Davis' legal defence.

Little Tommy is William Tyrone Thomas, also from Richmond, VA, who later recorded a self-titled album, and two singles from it, as Wolfmoon on Fungus in the early 70s produced by Jerry Williams Jr. aka Swamp Dogg.  We've always had a bit of a soft spot for "God Bless" which was written by Jerry Williams Jr.

He then went on to become the band leader of another Richmond, VA, group, The Whole Darn Family, who recorded an album and four singles all on Moon's Sound International label in 1976. The group released a version of his first single, a deep soul song, "I'm Hurt" as a flip side on two of the singles. The group also recorded a 12" instrumental, "Seven Minutes Of Funk", which has been sampled by many (no fewer than 50+) hip-hop artists including Grandmaster Flash on "Superappin'". More recently by Busta Rhymes on "Luxury Life" on "Blockbusta" in Nov last year.

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Northern Soul
Format:	Single / Reissue
Media:	Digital
Label:	Sound Of Soul
Cat No:	None
Date:	29/02/2024
Key/BPM:	7A/129
Price:	£1

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