Wee [2024] - Trying To Tell You How I Feel / We Could Get It Together [Soul Direction #SDR022]

The latest vinyl release from Soul Direction comprises two tracks from Columbus, OH, group Wee who were active between 1974-78.

The group's solitary, highly sought after, "You Can Fly On My Aeroplane" LP was released on Owl in 1977. Original vinyl copies now sell for up to £1,000 or more. They only released  three singles and only two tracks from the album featured on singles. All the groups original recordings were released on an in-house label for Owl Recording studios in Columbus operated by Tom Murphy, Sterling Smith and Robin Jenney. 

In 2008 Numero Group reissued the album digitally on CD  and vinyl, with the addition of some of the songs from singles not on the original album along with previously unreleased tracks. 

Soul Direction has licensed two tracks, "Trying To Tell You How I Feel" and "We Could Get It Together" (similar sounding to probably their best known song "Try Me" but slowed down). Numero Group remixed the tracks slightly for their release but Soul Direction has obtained the original mixes for release for the first time. We've also included the Numero versions from Spotify below to give you an idea.

Norman Whiteside was the mastermind behind the group, he wrote, sang and arranged all songs on the album. He had also written songs for a few artists, (e.g. The Four Mints and Kool Blues) at Columbus label Capsoul since 1972. However, his music career was cut short by a 14-50 year sentence in prison, eventually being released, on parole, in Sep 2016 after serving 31 years. He was convicted of conspiracy to murder following the shooting of an 18 year old student who was killed by a stray bullet in a gangland shooting in 1982. The evidence was controversial as he claims all he was guilty of was taking a phone call from one of the assailants and there was no evidence that he was ever at the scene nor of firing a weapon

Since the album's reissue many artists, including Kanye West, Talib Kwele and Frank Ocean, have sampled songs from it.

The single was released on Monday (5 Feb ) and should be available Soul Direction website. as well as the usual vinyl retailers.

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	70s Soul / Reissue
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Soul Direction
Cat No:	SD022
Date:	05/02/2024
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	£15

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