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Showing posts with label 1969. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1969. Show all posts

Tuesday, 23 April 2024

Sharisma [2024] - Trouble Trouble // Something Wonderful / Love Is The Way [Soul Direction #SD021]


The latest vinyl release from Soul Direction consists of three songs by Sharisma that were released digitally for the first time in Aug '22 on a compilation "Emandolynn Music Presents: Rare Soul, Vol. 3".

The compilation had nine tracks with three of them from Sharisma who were a 2 male, 2 female quartet from Wilmington, Delaware. They met Emandolynn's Manny Campbell (Soulville Productions) at a show in 1969 and then travelled to Philadelphia to record with him in the hope of completing an album. They started recording an album in 1969-70 at the famed Sigma Sounds studios but before it was completed the group disbanded because some members were drafted for the Vietnam War. 

The first two songs, “Love Is The Way" and "Something Wonderful” , were recorded as demos at Upper Darby Studios in 1969 with the last "My Son Trouble Trouble" recorded at Sigma Sound Studios in 1970 and was intended to be the group's debut single. It was engineered by Sigma's Joe Tarsia and included musicians who would later become members of The Trammps.

The single will be available to pre-order from Soul Direction on 29 Apr for release on 7 May.

The lead side, "Trouble Trouble" is a mid tempo Northern Soul / Crossover sound with "Something Wonderful" sounding like something that The 5th Dimension / Friends Of Distinction may have recorded at the turn of the decade. The ballad "Love Is The Way" having more appeal to the Lowriders and sweet soul lovers.

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Details
Rating: 8.4
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Northern Soul / Sweet Soul
Format: Single
Media: 7" Vinyl
Label: Soul Direction
Cat No: None
Date: 07/05/2024
Key/BPM: 8B/123 / 4A/88 / 9B/86
Price: £15
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Tuesday, 23 January 2024

Harvey Scales & The 7 Sounds [2024] - Don't You Ever Let It End / The Sound Of Soul [Numero Group #NUM4419]


Numero Group reissue another single from Harvey Scales & The 7 Sounds (last May they reissued "Welcome Home" / "Trackdown"). Both singles were originally released in 1969 on Milwaukee based Magic Touch label owned by Lennie LaCour.

The group was from Milwaukee founded in 1961. The reissue is of the superb deep soul cut "Don't You Ever Let It End" written by Scales and LaCour flipped with a Northern Soul style instrumental "The Sound Of Soul" penned by Scales and band co-founder Albert Vance.

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Details
Rating: 8.2
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Deep Soul / Northern Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Self Released
Cat No: None
Date: 22/01/2024
Key/BPM: 6B/808B/143 
Price: £1.79
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Monday, 18 September 2023

The Royal Esquires [2023] - Ain't Gonna Run b/w Our Love Used To Be [Numero Group #NUM4592]


A big in-demander on the UK rare soul scene from The Royal Esquires has been reissued digitally by Numero Group. A copy on original vinyl will cost up to £600.

It was originally played covered-up as The Embers "Playing the Part of a Fool" by Richard Searling at the tail end of Wigan Casino around 1980.

Formed in Columbus, OH, in the 60s as Soul Partners who recorded two singles before renaming themselves to The Royal Esquires who released just "Ain't Gonna Run" b/w "Our Love Used To Be" in 1969 on Prix. They were drafted into the Vietnam war and disbanded after this single. Two of the original four members went on to form Segments Of Time who recorded an album and two singles on Sussex in 1972-73. One of the other members, Donny Squires, was previously a member of Enchanted Five who released two singles on CVS in 1970 including the crossover gem "Have I Ever". To add a little more intrigue, the flip "Try A Little Love" was also recorded in 1972 by The Topics (Heavy Duty) which sounds almost identical, so who actually recorded it? 

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Details
Rating: 8.6
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Northern Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Numero Group
Cat No: NUM4592
Date: 01/01/2023
Key/BPM: 8B/158 / 4A/101
Price: £1.79
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Sunday, 3 September 2023

Robert Tanner [2023] - Tell Me Your Name b/w How I Feel [Numero Group #NUM4588]


In June Numero Group digitally reissued Robert Tanner's 1970 in-demander "Sweet Memories" (vinyl originals on Megatone command £3.5 or more). 

He was lead singer of the song originally recorded by The New Sounds on their 1970 Turbo album "The New Sound"

Tanner released just one other single, "Tell Me Your Name" / "How I Feel", also on Megatone, in 1969. Both sides of which have been reissued digitally by Numero Group and were also recorded by The New Sounds on their solitary album.

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Details
Rating: 7.9
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: 60s Soul / Reissue
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Numero Group
Cat No: None
Date: 30/08/2023
Key/BPM: 1A/111 / 8A/89
Price: £1.79
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Tuesday, 25 July 2023

Tommy Rodgers [2023] - Give Me My Freedom / Tell It To The Wind // United Hearts Of America / Pass The Word [MD Records #MD122/MD123]


MD Records has obtained two unreleased songs plus two alternate mixes of the only released record by Detroit's Tommy Rodgers.

His single on jazz pianist Ahmad Jamal's, NYC based, AJP in 1969 found it's way into our collection via one of the, now legendary, Soul Bowl soul packs in the mid 70s and we always felt that  both sides had potential but weren't picked up on by the Northern Soul fraternity until much later. It was a big in-demander circa 2015.

The official A side "I'll Tell It To The Wind" is mid-tempo, crossover tune whilst the flip, "Pass The Word", is a driving Motownesque dancer.

The single doesn't seem to be particularly easy to find and consistently sells for between £200-£300 with only two currently listed on Discogs at the higher end. 

MD Records has split the released single over two releases pairing "Tell It To The Wind" with the unreleased "Give Me My Freedom" and "Pass The World" with "United Hearts Of America" but with a twist as they are alternate takes of both released songs.

The label's Jordan Wilson researched Mr Rodgers who was born Thomas Gilbert Rodgers in Dec 1942, his family migrating from Georgia to Detroit near the renowned Brewster-Douglass housing project. The same development where Diana Ross & The Supremes emerged from. In fact Diana Ross was Rodgers teenage sweetheart who he sang with! 

Jordan discovered that Tommy had been invited by Otis Williams to audition with his group (who would of course become The Temptations) for Motown's Gordy imprint in 1961. Unfortunately Rodgers had to decline as he was drafted for the Vietnam war. A sad twist of fate as who knows what the outcome for Tommy would have been?

In Oct 1969 Rodgers cut five songs at Detroit's Pioneer Studio: "Summer Love", "Tell It to The Wind", "United Hearts of America", "Give Me Freedom (Or Give Me Love)" and "Pass the Word". These came to the attention of James Shaw who was A&R man at AJP who had connections to Detroit having previously worked at Golden World Studios and remaining in contact with Funk Brother's trombonist Don White. "Tell It to The Wind" and  "Pass the Word" were released as the inaugural single on the AJP label on 11 Oct 1969.

The single failed to register and Tommy returned to normal life until 1974 when he made a comeback forming a group called The Brewster Crew. He wrote two songs with Doris Williams and James Nyx Jr, "Outta My Life" and "I'm One Who Know" released on Lifeline Records in 1974.

Rather than repeat the story over two post we have chosen to post both singles here. We've also posted the original AJP recordings as well.

Both singles are available now from MD Records.

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Details
Rating: 8.4
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Northern Soul
Format: Single / Previously Unreleased
Media: 7" Vinyl
Label: MD Records
Cat No: MD122 // MD123
Date: 15/07/2023
Key/BPM: N/A
Price: £15 each
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Tuesday, 18 July 2023

Don Gardner [1969] - Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy / There Ain't Gonna Be No Loving [Mr. G Records #G 824]


We're not sure when, but this gem from Don Gardner has been reissued digitally. It was originally released in 1969, the same year that his hyper rarity "Cheatin Kind" was issued on Sedgrick. We've read that Gardner sent the tape to Sedgrick owner James Vanleer and heard no more about it, so even he was unaware that it had been released.

Only one original of the Sedgrick record is listed on Popsike (sold for £7,626 in Apr 2014) and legend has it that rare soul dealer John Manship sold a copy for  around £8k to an Australian buyer which was run over by a truck when being delivered and smashed. He had it sent back and framed it, presumably, he was covered by insurance to take it so lightly?

This one is peanuts in comparison and can be found on original vinyl for £30-£40 unless you want a minter.

We did a feature on Don Gardner in 2020 if you want more info on him. This track was included then.

The B side "There Ain't Gonna Be No Loving" is a funky affair. The killer A side "Your Love Is Driving Me Crazy" was written by Morris Bailey who was a member of Crystal Clear who we posted a few weeks ago as their "Stay With Me" has been reissued by Soul Brother.

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Details
Rating: 8.6
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Modern Soul / Crossover
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Mr. G Records
Cat No: G 824
Date: 1969
Key/BPM: 2A/80 / 4A/95
Price: £1
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Thursday, 25 May 2023

Harvey Scales & The Seven Sounds [2023] - Welcome Home b/w Trackdown [Numero Group #NUM4408]


More digital reissues today from Numero Group. We have actually featured Harvey Scales and both these songs ("Welcome Home" / "Trackdown") previously as we did a "Harvey Scales - Best Of" in Apr 2020, although it appears that many of the YouTube videos we used at the time have now been removed, so will have to revisit.

"Welcome Home" was recorded by late great Walter Jackson on Okeh in 1965 (and again with a longer version in 1976 on "Feeling Good") credited to C. (Chip) Taylor (real name James Wesley Voight, son of actor Jon Voight, who, if you didn't already know is the father of Angelina Jolie), yet the Scales single credits it to Jackson. A few others have covered the song including Garnet Mimms, Frank Dell, P.P. Arnold (one time member of the Ikettes), Dusty Springfield and Taylor recorded it himself on "Hit Man" in 1996. 

Scales stamps his own mark on the song which starts off as a deep soul ballad and then towards the end at 4:10 turns into a frantic funky dancer, so don't be lulled into thinking that as you've heard other versions that it will be more or less the same.

The flip, "Trackdown", is a thumping Northern Soul dancer written by Scales and Magic Touch label owner Lenny LaCour. The record was originally released on LaCour's Magic Touch in 1969 and now fetches high prices (c£300).

Scales' finest moment, commercially at least, was writing Johnnie Taylor's #1 hit "Disco Lady" in 1976. He was from Milwaukee and began working with the Moorer's who later formed The Esquires. He died in 2019 aged 78, although his given birthdate is 1940 on Discogs and 1942 on Wiki.

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NOTE there is a longer version HERE but the uploader has not enabled embedding
Details
Rating: 8.5
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Northern Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Numero Group
Cat No: NUM4408
Date: 25/05/2023
Key/BPM: 6B/77 / 3B/118
Price: £1.79
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Thursday, 23 March 2023

Sharon McMahan [2023] - Do I Deserve It Baby / When Will Love Come To Me [Hit and Run #HR 1548]


The name Sharan McMahan may not be familiar to many other than die hard rare soul followers. She is possibly best known to them for her 1973 Columbia single "Get Out Of My Life" which was a modern soul spin and reissued by Expansion in 2011. However, prior to that she released two singles for Ollie McLaughlin's Karen label in the 60s and wrote several songs recorded by others. 

A side from each of her Karen singles were reissued together on 7" single by Mark Bicknell's Big Man Records in Dec. last year. The A side was her 1966 single "Got To Find Another Guy" which was originally flipped with a version of Barbara Lewis' "Hello Stranger 66". The B side being her earlier 1964 single "Love Is Wonderful". She wrote both songs.

Garry J. Cape's Hit and Run label has another pair of recordings from her as one of two new singles from the label. The top side is her 1969, probably songwriter's demo, version of "Do I Deserve It Baby" later recorded by Barbara Lewis on her 1970 album "The Many Grooves Of Barbara Lewis". The flip side is an early recording of "When Will Love Come To Me" recorded in 1973 for a planned album for Columbia that never materialised, but the song was re-recorded for her 2007 CD only album "Somebody Else".

As always, the single is available to pre-order  from Garry via PayPal hitandrunsoul45@gmail.com with a release date of 31 Mar '23 (£15.00 each + £3.00 UK postage (good for 1-3 records), US postage £6.00 per order)

Sharon began writing songs from the age of 12 and auditioned for Ollie McLaughlin who, as well as Karen, owned a number of Detroit labels in the 60s and early 70s, Ruth named after his wife and Karen, Carla and Moira named after his daughters.

Only three singles are listed for the Ruth label released between 1959-62 and the last consisted of two songs written by McMahan recorded by Gracie Darnell which I believe may have been her first recorded song. 

Other McMahon songs have been recorded by Barbara LewisDeon JacksonJohnnie Mae Matthews and even a song posted in The Three Degrees playlist a while back, "You're The Fool", which was on their 1970 Roulette album and the B side of the single "I'd Take You" and was also recorded by Etta James and Mavis Staples the same year and Madeline Bell in 1971.

Popular Mersey Beat group, The Searchers, had a UK #11 pop hit with one of her songs  "Someday We're Gonna Love Again" in 1966, also recorded, and was a big Northern Soul tune, by Barbara Lewis.

The song recorded by Johnnie Mae Matthews is a rare record, "I Have No Choice", that is huge on the UK rare soul scene (reissued by Hit And Run in 2020). It was also later recorded on an album, "Talking To The People", by Matthews son's band Black Nasty in 1973. An unreleased recording of the song turned up, which was thought at the time to be her daughter Audrey Matthews. A 1967 demo version recorded by Sharon McMahan has subsequently been released on 7" by Hayley Records around 2015/16. Audrey claims that it is not her singing on the first version, rather Sharon, and Sharon also claims it is not her either on the first version, and both version are different so it's still a mystery who recorded the one attributed to Audrey. You can listen to all four versions HERE.

In the 70s one of her songs, 'Love Is  The Key", was recorded by Benny Golson on his "I'm Always Dancin' To The Music", and Northern Soul followers may be interested to know that one Jodi Mathis was the female vocalist on this track under the name Mortonette Jenkins (she also went by Mortonette Stephens). We did an article about Ms Mathis HERE.

More recently McMahon had a song, "Do Over", included on a Preston Glass CD "Soul In The Rear View Mirror" in 2014.

Details
Rating: 8.4
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: 7" Vinyl
Label: Hit and Run
Cat No: HR 1548
Date: 31/03/2023
Key/BPM: N/A
Price: £15
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Sunday, 12 March 2023

X-Ray Ted [2023] - Talkin' / So Much [Bombstrikes Records]


Bristol (UK) based DJ/producer X-Ray Ted (Andreas Niklas) states that his mission is to bring smiles to faces and he certainly has done that with a pair of mashups put out yesterday on Bandcamp.  They're also available on other platforms.

The lead track "Talkin'" uses Bottom & Co's 1974 Motown rarity "Gonna Find A True Love" which I'm amazed to see now fetches up to £460 with only one currently for sale at £485.64 on Discogs. I'm so glad I managed to snag one way back in the day for a fraction of that price! The song was also recorded by The Patterson Twins in 1978 at a more frantic pace. It is even more expensive and only available on 7" as a promo but was released on their first album  "Let Me Be Your Lover" which is also a very expensive item but has been reissued a couple of times on both LP and CD.

The flip uses another Motown song, Diana Ross & The Supremes' "He's My Sunny Boy" which was originally the flip to "Someday We'll Be Together" in 1969 which actually surprised me as I thought it was earlier than that.

Thanks on this one to Gary Van Den Bussche who sent it over this morning.

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Details
Rating: 8.8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Modern Soul / Mash-up
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Bombstrikes Records
Cat No: None
Date: 10/03/2023
Key/BPM: 12A/104 / 10A/105
Price: £1.38
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Sunday, 5 March 2023

Chuck Cockerham [1969] - Have I Got A Right / Hey There [Mala #12,036]


After abandoning a six part series after the first episode we went looking for something else to watch last night and settled on a 2022 film starring Mel Gibson called "Bandit". It is based on a true story of a Canadian bank robber Gilbert Galvan Jr (aka The Flying Bandit) in the 80s.

All well and good, you say, but I nearly fell out of my seat when an extremely rare and highly regarded and sought after soul record by Chuck Cockerham "Have I Got A Right" was played around the twenty minute mark.

The song has been posted on the blog previously and featured in Richard Searling's Crossover Hot 100  at #3 recently. When last posted in Apr 2020 the going rate was around £2k but, having just checked Popsike, the last one listed for sale in Mar '22 went for $6k (£5,565). Not surprisingly, none have ever sold on Discogs. There are only around ten originals listed but there are also many same-sided 'carvers' listed and even these are beginning to fetch three figures now.

What surprised me further is that it 'Shazamed', as I needed to double check that I wasn't imagining it. As far as I can discover, it has featured on only one compilation, a UK 4 CD comp. "Keeping The Faith: 40 Years Of Northern Soul Memories & Souvenirs" released by Castle in 2007. So it's quite bemusing how this was featured in a movie in 2022 and was identified by Shazam.

Not long later in the film a previously unreleased song "With My Love" by Jimmy Radcliffe was also played. It was released in Oct '22 along with two other tracks.

We don't need any excuse to repost this classic and fortunately, since posting it several years ago, the flip side has now also been posted on YouTube (only a month ago). Which, having never heard it before, is also pretty good.

Details
Rating: 9
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Crossover
Format: Single
Media: 7" Vinyl
Label: Mala
Cat No: 12,036
Date: 1969
Key/BPM: N/A
Price: c. £5k
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Sunday, 12 February 2023

Belita Woods [2023] - That's When I'll Stop Loving You / You Do Your Thing And I'll Do Mine // Magic Corner [Hit And Run #HR 1546]


A superb release from Hit and Run with three tracks from Belita Woods  One of the sides in particular ("Magic Corner") somehow escaped Richard Searling's recent Crossover Hot 100. I demand a recount!

The three sides on this release are from two singles from 1969 on Ollie McLaughlin's Moira label which only released eight singles: two from Woods, three from The Fabulous Counts (who were mentioned the other day as they were Spyder Turner's backing group), two from Jimmy Soul Clark and one from The Firestones (who were formerly known as The Falcons who at some point had members such as Wilson Pickett, Eddie Floyd and Levi Stubbs brother Joe Stubbs (Contours, Originals, 100 Proof aged in Soul). 

Although relegated to the B side on the Hit and Run reissue, "Magic Corner" was the first on Moira (106) which has a sister funk tune of the flip, "Grounded", recorded by Gloria Taylor on Silver Fox in 1970. The record was also mistakenly pressed on a blue Karen label, the label had been misprinted. Needless to say these sell for bigger bucks than the Moira issues and none have sold on Discogs and I could only find two listed on Popsike.

The A side was the next Moira release (107) leading with "That's When I'll Stop Loving You" (later recorded by Betty Wright on her "Danger High Voltage" album in 1974) paired with "You Do Your Thing And I'll Do Mine" written by Richard 'Popcorn' Wylie and Tony Hester which is quite a raw funky number.

Belita Karen Woods was born on 23 Oct 1948 and released another single "I Just Love You" / "Who's Fooling Who" on Epic in 1973, both songs arranged and produced  by the recently departed Barrett Strong (who was also signed to Epic at the time) with Strong writing the A side (a lovely modern soul tune) and assisted by Motown Funk Brother Paul Riser on arrangement.  She released a couple of others in the 80s, one with Ron Banks (The Dramatics) and another with Dennis Rowland, and in 2003 cut "The Best Of Me" with Leroy Burgess.

In the late 70s she was a lead singer with Brainstorm. The group consisted of nine males and two female members, Belita and Trenita 'Bongo Lady Way' Womack, the niece of Bobby Womack. After a minor hit with "Wake Up and Be Somebody", they had a disco smash with "Lovin' Is Really My Game" in 1977. They had three more R&B chart hits and released three albums. A few other top Brainstorm tracks to listen to which feature Belita, if you're not already familiar with them, are "This Must Be Heaven" (backing Lamont Johnson), "We're On Our Way" and "If You Ever Need To Cry".

Around 1989 she joined George Clinton in Parliament-Funkadelic and toured with P-Funk All-Stars. She also sang with Enemy Squad which also had Kyle Jason (who's just released a very good album "The Right Place") providing backing vocals.

In 1990 Ian Levine reformed The Undisputed Truth and drafted in Belita along with original members Joe Harris (The Fabulous Peps / Ohio Untouchables (later Ohio Players)) and Brenda Joyce Evans (The Delicates) to sing on a version of "Law of the Land" which was released on 12" on Levine's Motorcity label.

Sadly Belita died on 14 May 2012 of heart failure and only a day before an interview with on TV33 WHPR, Detroit, host Barry Ross was filmed and is available to watch on YouTube Part1 Part 2. A very sweet lady.

Available now from Paypal hitandrunsoul45@gmail.com
£15.00 each + £3.00 UK postage (good for 1-3 records) , US postage £6.00 per order. 

Big thanks to Garry J. Cape (Hit And Run Records) for servicing us with this release.
 
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You Do Your Thing And I'll Do Mine
Details
Rating: 8.8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Crossover Soul
Format: Single
Media:7" Vinyl
Label: Hit And Run
Cat No: HR 1546
Date: 10/02/2023
Key/BPM: N/A
Price: £15 + postage
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Sunday, 16 October 2022

Gloria Scott - There's No Cure For Me v Frankie Vance - Can't Break The Habit (Of Your Love)


The recent album release "So Wonderful" by Gloria Scott contained a few tracks recorded back in the 70s when she was signed to Casablanca and was produced by Barry White. One of those songs "There's No Cure For Me" is a cover of a 1969 single on Revue by Frankie Vance "Can't Break The Habit (Of Your Love)".

It is claimed that Frankie Vance is an alias for Frank Wilson (not 'that' Frank Wilson) but wonder if it could be a duo of Frank and his brother Vance, who jointly wrote the song? Only one other single is listed for the artist name, the same year and label and also co-written by the brothers. They also sang together with another brother Henry and David Lee Cason as The Remarkables who released three singles on Audio Arts in 1965-66 with the third coming later in 1974.


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Thursday, 18 August 2022

Spanky Wilson [2022] - Doin’ It [Now-Again Records] (Full Album)


A classic album is reissued today by Now-Again Records. It's Spanky Wilson's sophomore album on Mothers Records & The Snarf Company "Doin' It" from 1969 which commands quite a high price on original vinyl. (Note it may be a digital reissue from previously but has come up on Amazon today).

It includes a long time favourite, "Loveland", which confusingly she recorded on the follow up album "Let It Be" which is a different song credited to Charles Wright and Don Trotter that drummer James Gadson claims to have written and later recorded his own version with a different title and lyrics  "Got To Find My Baby" in 1972 in 'protest'. The song on this album was written by Ed Townsend who co-wrote "Let's Get It On" with Marvin Gaye and was also released as a single but spelt as "Love Land" to confuse matters even further.

Another highlight is "That Love That A Woman Should Give To A Man" first recorded by Patti Drew in 1969 (which has a very similar feel to Nancy Wilson's "Face It Girl It's Over"), but I think I prefer Spanky's version.

The album includes a few well known covers including The Marvelettes', Smokey penned, 1965 hit "Don't Mess With Bill", Cream's "Sunshine Of Your Love" and The Doors' "Light My Fire". One the Northern Soulies will appreciate "Then I'll Be Happy".

I don't know if it's the mastering or just the copy uploaded to Spotify, but the sound levels seem to be very low.

If you're a vinyl hound, I noticed that P-Vine have a vinyl reissue, which has been remastered, due on 16 Nov 2022.

Details
Rating: 8.4
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Soul Jazz
Format: Album / Reissue
Media: Digital
Label: Now-Again Records
Cat No: None
Date: 18/08/2022
Price: £7.99
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