Lee Tracy & Issac Manning [2024] - Is It What You Want? / Saving All My Love For You [Athens Of The North]

An obscurity from 1989 by Lee Tracy (Johnson) & Isaac Manning has been reissued digitally and on vinyl by Athens Of The North. The songs were originally released on Nashville label One Chance Records in 1989 and again in 1991 as promos only and are pretty hard to come by. The last one listed on Popsike sold for almost £900 in Dec '22 and was only VG/VG-. 

Athens Of The North issued a full album by the pair in 2022 digitally and on vinyl which included both songs.

The sides have been flipped leading with the original B side "Is It What You Want?" with an unrecognisable rendition of Whitney Houston's hit, "Saving All My Love For You" (written by Gerry Goffin and Michael Masser) on the flip.

A very lo-fi production which seems to add charm to these sort of obscurities which is an acquired taste. (Posted more out of curiosity and interest rather than any musical merit!)

It's also available digitally on Amazon for only £1.38 but we've posted it from Bandcamp as the vinyl is available from there.

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Rating:	N/A
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Rare Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital / 7" Vinyl
Label:	Athens Of The North
Cat No:	None
Date:	26/04/2024
Key/BPM:	8A/100 / 11B/102
Price:	£2 / £9.99

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Future Davis [2024] - Crazy In Love [Self Released] (Full Album)

A new name to us is Future Davis originally from Toledo, OH, but now living in Atlanta, GA. She released her fourth album since June '22 today called "Crazy In Love" which has a bit of a Leela James feel to it to our ears.

She is holding an album launch party at 20:00 (EDT) in her home town Toledo, OH.

The track that drew us to the album is "Mishandled" feat. Jay Rush Jennings, who's the brother of singer Lyfe Jennings, who's also from Toledo.

Future Davis seems to have emerged in 2021 and has been quite prolific since, releasing 30 singles and 4 albums since Aug '21. All twelve tracks on the latest album are new songs i.e. no previously released singles.

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	28/04/2024
Price:	£7.99

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Erica Falls & Vintage Soul [2024] - Up / Makings Of Love [Izipho Soul #ZP105]

Most certainly one of the highlights of 2023 was the excellent single, "Up", from Erica Falls which  which we championed from release last July and is included on her recent album "Emotions". 

Not one to miss an opportunity, Izipho Soul's Pat Biggerstaff has done a deal to release it on a 45 along with "Makings Of Love" from her 2017 "HomeGrown" album.

Two absolutely superb sides on one 45, what's not to like? Snap this up before it's gone if you need it on vinyl as these will definitely sell out quickly. 

Available to pre-order now from Izipho Soul for release on 10 May.

NOTE The video below for "Makings of Love" is an alternate acoustic version and not the recorded version.

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Rating:	9
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul / Reissue
Format:	Single
Media:	7" Vinyl
Label:	Izipho Soul
Cat No:	ZP105
Date:	10/05/2024
Key/BPM:	9B/68 / 11A/94
Price:	£14

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Hari [2024] - Mixed Reviews on Love [SO Records] (Full EP)

We got a preview of the the forthcoming debut EP "Mixed Reviews on Love" by Haripriya Ngalete last Sep with "Say U Love Me" (Jul '23) and  "More Than A Woman" (Sep '23) bundled together.

In the interim she's released a few collaborations along with two singles "Good Things" (Oct '23) and "Lady" (Feb '24).  The last song, "Craving", was actually released as a single in March '21.

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Rating:	8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	EP
Media:	Digital
Label:	SO Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	26/04/2024
Price:	£1.79

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Tiffany Paige feat. Misha [2024] - 2ThaLimit [Self Released]

The omnipresent Helsinki based producer Misha crops up once again featuring on the new single from Washington D.C.'s  Tiffany Paige (aka Tiffany Walker) "2ThaLimit".

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Neo Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	19/04/2024
Key/BPM:	6A/115
Price:	£1

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MAX&JOY [2024] - Alles Liebe [Lesedi]

A new single from MAX&JOY who are Max Herre and Joy Denalane, titled "Alles Liebe" which translates to "All Love".

From a purely parochial perspective, it's a shame that the vocal is sung in German as the melody and harmonies are lush and we'd love to hear Ms Denalane take the lead in English.  It's 'probably' unlikely to get much airplay in the UK but we post it for consideration as we like it. Perhaps there will be an English version forthcoming?

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Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Lesedi
Cat No:	None
Date:	26/04/2024
Key/BPM:	10B/72
Price:	£1

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