Eon [2024] We'll Go On / Children Of The Night [Octave #OTS353]

Record Store Day 2024 has come and gone in April but one that you may not have been aware of for Record Store Day Japan 2024 is a modern soul favourite from Eon. It consists of two album cuts only from their first of two self-titled albums in 1975 (Scepter), the second album is from 1978 (Ariola America).

Eon was a four piece group from New York who released just the two albums and three singles between 1975-78, two from first and one from the second album. Group members were Daniel Anderson, Jay Borrerro, Raymond Orta and Robert Remming. Although all members were African-Americans, the album is quite pop, folk and rock oriented.

The two tracks paired from the first album are "We'll Go On" and "Children Of The Night". They are both 7" edits from the album, 4:31 v 7:12 and 4:49 v  5:45 respectively. The YouTube clips below are the full album cuts.

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	7" Vinyl
Label:	Octave
Cat No:	None
Date:	20/04/2024 / 1975
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	£17.99

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Willie Hutch [2024] - Ode To My Lady [Motown] (Full Album)

Following the digital reissue of two 1976 Willie Hutch albums a few weeks ago ("Concert In Blues" and "Color Her Sunshine") Motown/Universal reissue another gem, "Ode To My Lady", from 1975.  It was first reissued on CD by London's Soul Brother Records in 2011 but we believe this is the first digital release of the album.

Only two singles materialised from the album with "Love Power" being his highest charting single reaching #41 Hot 100 and #8 R&B (his only solo top 10 career hit) and the other,  "Party Down", containing his modern soul gem, "Just Another Day", on the B side.

Apart from "Just Another Day", the real diamond on the album is hands down the best performance of a classic song "The Way We Were" made famous by Barbara Streisand in 1974 (via title track of the movie she starred in with Robert Redford) and then Gladys Knight & The Pips. Many others such as Freda Payne, The Dells, The Manhattans, 21st Century and so many more have all covered the song faithfully in the MOR style but Hutch's version ups the tempo and changes the arrangement and is sung in his distinctive soulful style. A SS favourite for far too many years to remember and, if it's a new one on you then, you're in for a real treat.

Other highlights (and there are several) include the powerful deep soul ballad "Since I Found You", the mid-tempo "Talk To Me" (B side to "Love Power") and "(I'm Gonna) Hold On", a superb modern soul dancer that we don't recall ever hearing 'played out' but no doubt someone will tell us that Jack The Lad played it in the back room at Itchy Bottom Working Man's Club in 1977! The instrumental title track is no slouch either and very much in his earlier Blaxploitation movie theme mode of Foxy Brown and The Mack!

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Details

Rating:	9
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul
Format:	Album / Reissue
Media:	Digital
Label:	Motown/Universal
Cat No:	None
Date:	13/04/2024
Price:	£9.90

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Dee Dee Warwick [2024] - This Time May Be The Last Time / Funny How We Change Places [Private Stock Records]

A digital reissue of two songs by Dee Dee Warwick from 1975 on Private Stock. The B side, "Funny How We Change Places",  was released under various artist names first as Dee Dee Warwick in Jan '75 with a different A side, then Dede Warwick in Aug 1975 and finally as Dede Schwartz by RCA in Apr '76 (with the A side "This Time May Be The Last Time"). Reportedly she adopted the name Schwartz (German for black) to fight off the Warwick syndrome of living in the shadow of her elder sister Dionne.

It got a UK release as Dee Dee Warwick in late Mar '76 with the original A side "Get Out Of My Life".  This pairing has also been reissued digitally but we don't know exactly when.

Stargard's Debra Anderson originally recorded "Funny How We Change Places" in Jun 1974 with a slightly different title "Funny How We've Changed Places" and a faster pace (126 BPM vs 119 BPM). As is often the case because Anderson's version it is harder to find, it's perhaps more 'respected' in rare soul circles and commands a significantly higher price tag by a factor of around 20x. Outta Sight reissued it on 45 in 2019 on a Real Side logo..

It was Anderson's first of only two solo recordings before joining Stargard who had a big disco hit with "Theme From Which Way Is Up" in 1977. The second "Where Do We Go From Here" on Henry Stone's Drive label in 1976 which also got a UK issue on Seville.

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Details

Rating:	8.2
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital / Reissue
Label:	Private Stock Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	??/03/2024
Key/BPM:	8B/119
Price:	£1.98

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Winston Francis [2024] - Extra Careful [Cobra Records]

A digital reissue of a 1975 recording by Jamaican reggae singer Winston Francis which was originally released under an alias Billy Cole.

"Extra Careful" was released on Jamaican label Recreational And Educational but also gained a release in the UK on Power Exchange and got spins on the rare soul scene. Always had a bit of a soft spot for this nice little 'floater'.

Power Exchange was a short-lived label that ran for just over two years from Nov 1974 to Jan 1977. A few other interesting releases include Ann Byers "This Man Is Rated -X" and "Call The FBI (My Baby's Missing)" by Gene Faith as well as Eddie Spencer's version of The Precisions "If This Is Love (I'd Rather Be Lonely)". The label owners recruited the services of H.B Barnum to draw in talent, and Barnum released the second single on the label "Having A Party". 

For Francis' follow up in 1976 he reverted to his real name in the UK (and used Young Billy Cole in the US on Audio Connection)  and released a reggae/soul version of Billy Stewart's "Sitting In The Park".

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul / 70s Soul
Format:	Single / Reissue
Media:	Digital
Label:	Cobra Records
Cat No:	None
Date:	12/02/2024
Key/BPM:	8B/104
Price:	£1

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Wilton Crump [2023] - Give Your Love To Me b/w Think It Through [Numero Group #NUM4566]

A one-off private press single in 1975 on Olive Grove by Wilton Crump is the focus of the latest digital reissue from Numero Group.

They lead with the official B side, a falsetto led sweet soul ballad, "Give Your Love To Me". The other song, "Think It Through" is another ballad but without the falsetto vocals. Both songs were recorded at Chess and Curtom in Chicago.

Both songs have featured on CD compilations, "Give Your Love To Me" on Soul Junction's "We Got A Sweet Thing Going On (Volume Two)" in 2016 and again on "Sweet Soul Rolas Vol. 3" and "Think It Through" featured on "Sweet Soul Rolas Vol. 3" both from around 2010, but we're not sure how legit the last two comps are as they contain many rare songs, 'probably' ripped from vinyl?

Wilton Emanuel Crump was born in in 1949 in Gary, IN, he was in the Roosevelt High School band from the 7th grade and formed a trio the Mellowtones (which included his cousin John Hilson and future jazz sideman Ervin Bates) a year after acquiring a guitar when he was 11 years old. They were a teen hit in their native town until a certain Jackson 5 arrived on the scene!

The Mellowtones recorded one single which was to include a cover of The Impressions "For Your Precious Love" on the flip, which they got clearance for, but unfortunately let the clearance lapse so the recording went unreleased.

He left Gary in 1967 to study music at Lincoln University in Jefferson City, MO. Upon returning to Gary he wrote songs and hawked them around with little success. He also supported recording projects and played in covers bands and word got around that he was a good arranger. Steeltown's Gordon Keith got wind of it and having released just one single by The Jackson Five before they went to Motown, he had another song in the can "We Don't Have To Be Over 21 (To Fall In Love)"  and Crump was commissioned to arrange it which released in 1970, although he was only credited on one of the label variants.

His sole single on Olive Branch in 1975 did nothing at the time but was discovered years later by the lowrider scene in L.A.  In 1979 he formed a covers band called The Ravens who performed up to the 90s. By 1997 he became music director of another Gary, IN, legendary group The Spaniels led by Pookie Hudson who were still doing the nostalgia circuit. After Hudson's death in Jan 2007 he took over as lead vocalist. As of 2014 (when the article we have referenced from Belt magazine was written) he was still performing, and as far as we are aware may still be doing so as he would be 73/74 now.

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Details

Rating:	7.8
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Sweet Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Numero Group
Cat No:	NUM4566
Date:	08/08/2023
Key/BPM:	5A/73 / 4A/66
Price:	£1.79

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Doris Duke [2023] - Woman of the Ghetto (Original Mix) / Rhyze - Free (Extended 12" Remix) [Sam Records]

Another Demon Music Group reissue pairs Doris Duke's "Woman of the Ghetto" with Rhyze "Free"

Marlena Shaw first recorded the sister funk anthem "Woman of the Ghetto" on Cadet in 1969 with Doris Duke's version appearing on Sam in 1975. Duke made her recording debut as Doris Willingham (her married name, as she married Gus Willingham of The Cadillacs, she was born Doris Curry)  in 1968, She died in 2019 either aged either 77 or 73 depending on which birth year is correct, as Discogs states 1945 and Wikipedia 1941.

Rhyze were a Jersey City soul/disco band who started out as Soul Unlimited, who met at college, changing their name to Nu-Sound Express Ltd. after meeting Paul Kyser. They released two singles on Silver Dollar Records run by Kyser in 1970. Northern soulies will know Ksyer's name from writing songs like The Superlatives "I Still Love You" and Robbie Lawson "Burning Sensation" (both NS Top 500 tunes).

He also co-wrote Rhyze's second single "Free" in 1980 from their first of only two albums. Their only chart success was the title track of the first album "Just How Sweet Is Your Love" but "Bizzaar", from their second album "Rhyze To the Top", has graced modern soul dancefloors over the years which would have been a better bet for reissue, as it's never been issued as a single, but was released on 20th Century Fox not Sam.

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Sister Funk / Disco Boogie / Reissue
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Sam Records / Demon Music Group
Cat No:	None
Date:	28/07/2023
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	£1

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Sandra Wright [2023] - I Come Running Back / I'm Not Strong Enough (Wounded Woman LP) [Shotgun Records #SHOT 118] (Full Album)

Following their last release of Randolph Brown & Company (i.e. Randy Brown) in March '22, Paul Mooney's Selrec has just announced four forthcoming releases on the Shotgun imprint due in Aug to Oct.

The first, SHOT 117 due on 18 Aug, is billed as Herb Rooney "Curse The Brother" c/w Brenda Rooney "Moving Day" (sampled by Brand Nubian on Love Vs Hate in 1998). We've not received sound clips so don't know for sure whether these are alternate versions of both songs released by The Exciters on their self-titled album on an obscure New York tax scam label Tomorrow in 1977. Needless to say it's a hard one to find with only one currently for sale on Discogs priced at £120. It was also released on Sylvia Robinson's Vibration label.

Therefore, we'll skip to the next release which is actually a reissue on the label for Sandra Wright's modern soul anthem "I Come Running Back" as they released it in 2011 (it was also reissued by Outta Sight in 2019). This time though it has a different flip "I'm Not Strong Enough To Love You Again", the 2011 release had "Please Don't Say Good-bye".

There is an unfortunate back story to Sandra Wright. She released two singles on Stax imprint Truth in 1974 and recorded a full album "Wounded Woman" but as Stax was in financial difficulty around the time the album never saw the light of day until many years later when UK's Demon released it in 1989. Both sides are taken from this album.

Prior to her two singles on Truth in 1974-75, she released two singles on Coral in 1968. In 1985 she released a version of a blues song written by Ted Jarrett '(It's Love Baby) 24 Hours A Day', recorded by many other artists. Apart from these singles and the 'Wounded Woman' album the only other release, apart from reissues, was an album of jazz standards in 2003 'After Hours featuring Big Joe Burrell'

The release is a way off yet, scheduled for 15 Sep, therefore, we have decided to post the full "Wounded Woman" album as it's a superb album and was reissued digitally in Apr 2015 by Passion Music and is still available. You'd expect to pay around £100 or more for a near mint vinyl copy on Demon.

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Details

Rating:	9
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul / Southern Soul
Format:	Single / Album
Media:	7" Vinyl / Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	15/09/2023 / 20/04/2015
Price:	£TBC / £7.99

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The Dynamic Superiors [1975] - The Dynamic Superiors [Motown #M6-822S1] (Full Album)

As we are scratching around trying to find new releases that we feel are good enough to share, an underrated, and perhaps lesser know except in rare soul circles, recording by The Dynamic Superiors for some reason popped into consciousness.

That song being "One-Nighter" written by Ashford & Simpson and tucked away on the B side of both US and UK singles which both had different A sides "Leave It Alone" in US (their biggest hit #13 R&B) and "Deception" in UK.

Rather than just post the single we had a re-listen to their debut, self-titled, album on which it featured and it's a pleasant album. It contains their version of Ace Spectrum's "Don't Send Nobody Else" which has had serious spins on the modern soul scene for many years and was first recorded by Millie Jackson on "Hurts So Good" in 1973 and is another Ashford & Simpson composition. In The Netherlands it was released as a single with "One-Nighter" with a picture sleeve which, needless to say, commands quite a high price.

The album opens with the sweet soul tune "Show Shoe Shine" which, whilst it was their second highest R&B chart entry at #16, was their only Hot 100 hit reaching #68. We found some rather grainy old footage of them performing it on Soul Train (see below).

All tracks were written by Ashford & Simpson except "I Got Away" which was written by Valerie Simpson's younger brother Ray who later replaced Victor Willis in Village People in 1979. 

The group were formed in 1963 in Washington D.C. as The Superiors and released just one single "I'd Rather Die" on Sue in 1969 before being signed to Motown in 1972. There first Motown single "Shoe Shoe Shine" arrived 1974. They released four albums for Motown in just two years between 1975-77. The first two alums produced two R&B hits each, their third none and the fourth their last R&B chart success.

Just one more album materialised, "The Sky's the Limit" on Venture in 1980, which features Tony Camilo replacing former lead singer Tony Washington. It's a very rare record and not even listed on Discogs but was reissued on CD in 2003 by P-Vine.

Only more recently (last ten years or so) has their material been reissued and available on CD.

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Details

Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Sweet Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital / CD / Vinyl
Label:	Motown
Cat No:	M6-822S1
Date:	1975
Price:	£5.99 / £28.89 / £various

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Clydene Jackson [2023] - I Need Your Love / We're In Love [Kent #CITY-091]

Having released just one single in 1972, a bit of a twee jazzy stepper ("Honest To Pete") written by Richard 'Dimples' Fields, Clydene Jackson was signed to Ray Charles' Crossover label and released an album, "Fresh", in 1975. 

A couple of tracks from it have been played over the years on the UK modern soul scene. One of them, "I Need Your Love", gained a reissue as a one sided single on Glenn Gunton's short-lived Joe Boy Records around 2001. The other track, "We're In Love", has only been available as an album track until now as Kent is reissuing both sides as a 7" single on 28 Aug.

Both songs were written by Jackson and the, predominantly jazz, album produced by Ray Charles.

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Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	7" Vinyl
Label:	Kent
Cat No:	CITY-091
Date:	28/08/2023
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	£10

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Tunnie Smith [2023] - Join Together / U And Me Together [Pass the Baton #SDE67]

Available to pre-order  now for release on is a vinyl 7" from Super Discos Edits new imprint Pass The Baton by Tunnie Smith consisting of two previously unreleased songs, "Join Together" NS "U And Me Together". A release date of mid Apr '23 has been given. 

In the early 70s Smith was a member of a group named The 13th Amendments who performed throughout Louisiana. He gained a recording deal with Rick Hall's Fame label and released his only single "Finders Aren't Always Keepers" / "Do That To Me" in 1973 which won national distribution on United Artists.

He left Fame to join Stax and recorded an album with David Porter scheduled for release around 1973/74 but through an unfortunate twist of fate Stax was beginning to have financial difficulties after it's distribution deal with CBS ending and the album was never released. The flip side of the new single  "U And Me Together" is a song intended for that album.

Tunnie returned to Louisiana and performed with a new band Sweet Music Orchestra. In 1983 he met Chicago producer and arranger George 'Paco' Patterson, a musical director who had worked with The Isley Brothers Wilson Pickett and many other well known artists. They formed a partnership and along with some top session musicians recorded some new songs. One of the songs was "Join Together" is from the same session as a previous Super Disco Edits release, "Dancing On Da Clouds"

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SUPER DISCO EDITS · Tunnie Smith Join Together previously unissued 1984 soul

SUPER DISCO EDITS · Tunnie Smith U And Me Together unissued 1975 Soul

Details

Rating:	8.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	7" Vinyl
Label:	Pass the Baton
Cat No:	SDE67
Date:	TBC 2023
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	£12

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Ronfo & Kindred Spirits Orchestra Feat. Sandi Everett / Lee McDonald [2023] - Don't Let Him Get The Best Of You / Let's Play Luck [Izipho Soul #ZP-86]

The second Izipho Soul 7" vinyl release scheduled for 1 Mar 2023 (along with Norman Hutchins) consists of two sides, written, arranged and produced by Ron Foster.  A third will be announced shortly.

The top side is a new and extended version of Whirlwind's 1975 single "Don't Let Him Get The Best Of You" which was a meagre 2:42 when initially released on 7" in 1975 (flipped with "Something, I Can Feel Something") It was released again as the flip to "Full Time Thing (Between Dusk And Dawn)" but unfortunately wasn't released on the 12" version of it as it was the A side that saw most of the action back in the day.  These were the only two releases from the group.

Izipho released an instrumental version (from 1985 I believe) in 2019 which is a completely different arrangement and interpretation using a 21 Piece orchestra. The new version presented here has a new vocal by Sandi Everett who was an original Whirlwind with her brothers Charles and Edward (Eddie) Ancrum ... who went on to become Charles & Eddie ... only joking!

On the flip is a new extended version of "Let's Play Luck", a track from Lee McDonald's "Sweet Magic" album from 1981 on Debbie .

McDonald was also known as Cleveland Parker and was a member of The Village Soul Choir. In 2019 Izipho Soul released a single by Parker, "How Long", which was a gospel interpretation of "Sweet Magic" the title track of his 1981 album recorded in 1989 which took the song to another level.

The label also released a double-sider of killer cuts from The Village Soul choir's catalogue in Oct 2021. The album only "All Purpose Love" (from "Street Opera With A Blues Waltz") and the 12" version of "Sweet Hot Lips" (1976).

The single is available to pre-order now from Izipho Soul for release on 1 Mar 2023.

NOTE, original shorter versions of both songs also included below for comparison.

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Details

Rating:	8.7
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	7" Vinyl
Label:	Izipho Soul
Cat No:	ZP86
Date:	01/03/2023
Key/BPM:	N/A
Price:	£12

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The Modulations [1975] - It's Rough Out There (Expanded Edition) [Buddah #BDS-5638] (Full Album)

A classic modern soul album by The Modulations "It's Rough Out Here" which features key members of MFSB Baker/Young/Harris and was arranged by Vince Montana.

The group were from Durham, NC, and were previously known as The Pimps. They released just three singles in the US between 1973-75, but strangely the album title track was only released as a single in Greece and Peru with different B sides.

The video of them performing below on Soul Train is a different song over which "Hopelessly In Love" has been dubbed, but nice to see some vintage footage of a relatively obscure group.

The edition of the album posted here from Spotify is a reissued 2012 expanded edition which includes two B sides not on the original album along with an unreleased track, "Somebody's Been Messin'", and 7" versions of two singles.

Details

Rating:	8.6
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Vinyl / CD
Label:	Buddah / Funkytowngrooves
Cat No:	BDS-5638 / FTGUK-008
Date:	1975 / 2012
Price:	£15-£20

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Both Worlds [1975] - Lost In The Shuffle Of Love / I Want The World To Know [Calla #LPS 5003]

Staying in a 70s mellow mood, as new releases are very thin on the ground as we approach the festive period, here's another killer tune from Both Worlds "Lost In The Shuffle Of Love".

It's an album only song from their one and only album "I Want The World To Know" billed as The Best Of Both Worlds on Calla from 1975. Also included is the title track, the other killer from the album, which is their only single.

In the fickle music world it's criminal that a group of this calibre released just one single and one album! Not much appears to be known about them but I believe they were from the Baltimore area and were formed by Winfield Parker who we did a feature on when he died in Jan 2021. A little anecdote from which is that he was the singer originally booked to record "Sweet Soul Music" which went on to became a world-wide hit for Arthur Conley!

UPDATE: They did actually release another album in 1977 "Don'tcha Hide It" (which is listed separately on Discogs) and looks like the group's line-up changed considerably between albums and their sound also changed to more jazz-funk.

Details

Rating:	9
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul / Deep Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Calla
Cat No:	LPS 5003
Date:	1975
Price:	£30-£70 approx. (based on Discogs prices)

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94 East [2022] - If We Don't / I'll Always Love You [Charly #6335]

Northern Soul followers of the blog will have noticed a couple of "Mountain of Soul" compilations from Charly Records posted in the last few weeks. The latest, "Mountain Of Soul Episode 2", on Sunday where we mentioned that the tracks were to be made available on vinyl.

Charly Records announced the opening of their store today and a few of the tracks are now available on 7". 

One that is pretty sure to sell out is the 94 East single, which includes the track featured on the compilation "If We Don't"  along with "I'll Always Love You", as neither side has been available on 7" vinyl previously, although they did feature on a vinyl LP in 2016 "94East Featuring Prince". 

The songs were recorded circa 1975-79 but, for whatever reason, were never released  at the time but have surfaced on a number of 94 East compilations subsequently. 

The lead voice is that of Colonel Abrams with Prince on guitar and André Cymone was also a member. The group was based in Minneapolis, formed by Pepe Miller who was married to Prince's cousin and named after the Interstate 94. They disbanded when Prince rose to fame which is perhaps why the songs weren't released.

The single is available to pre-order from Charly for release on 9 Dec 2022. Watch these fly out and be up on Discogs for multiple times the face value within days! You have been warned, so if you want one get your order in now!

Charly states that there is a upcoming house mix of "I'll Always Love You". 

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Details

Rating:	9
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	7" Vinyl
Label:	Charly
Cat No:	6335
Date:	09/12/2022
Key/BPM:	9B/98 / 11B/99
Price:	£14.99

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Donald Byrd [1975] - Places And Spaces [Blue Note #BN-LA549-G] (Full Album)

As I as putting together the Roy Ayers birthday profile playlist up pops Donald Byrd and "Dominoes", so I refreshed my memory on his "Places And Spaces" album from 1975. Is there a better jazz funk album?

As well as "Dominoes" it contains, of course, the title track "Places And Spaces" along with "Change (Makes You Want To Hustle)" (video below). There is also a cover of The Temptation's classic "Just My Imagination".

Most songs were written by the Mizell brothers Larry and Alphonso aka 'Fonce' who was a member of 'The Corporation' i.e. Motown's hit-making factory. They joined Byrd when Motown relocated to L.A. in 1972.

Details

Rating:	9
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Jazz Funk
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Blue Note
Cat No:	BN-LA549-G
Date:	1975
Price:	£7.99

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Timeless Legend [2022] - I Was Born To Love You (12" Version) [Expansion / Dawn-Light] (Full Album)

A 1980 modern soul classic by Columbus, OH, group Timeless Legend has been digitally reissued today by Expansion, although they did issue "I Was Born To Love You" on 12" vinyl in 2019.

The original 7" on Dawn-Light is now into four figures and was written by group member Jackie Hogg. The label was owned by their producer/manager Carl Fagain on which only Timeless Legend songs were released. 

The group released an album "Synchronized" in 1976 on Pendulum which also now sells for large sums but doesn't contain this track.

They released their first single in 1975 on Black Forest followed by two on Dawn-Light with their last single in 1985 billed as Timeless on Pendulum. The first two labels were both owned by Carl Fagain and I suspect Pendulum was too as the only releases are by this group.

Expansion also reissued an extended edition of the "Synchronised" album in 2020 on vinyl (it had originally been released by Escrow in 2003 on CD) which contains five additional tracks. It is essentially their full discography with the exception of "Everybody Disco" which I suspect was deliberately left out, although Expansion did reissue it in 2018!

I've included both the full expanded album and their 1985 single so this is the complete discography for Timeless Legend. NOTE: the expanded album is still available digitally (£7.99) on CD (£34.04) and vinyl (£24.99) on Amazon.

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Details

Rating:	8.7
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul
Format:	Single / Album
Media:	Digital
Label:	Expansion
Cat No:	None
Date:	10/09/2022 / 1980
Key/BPM:	7A/118
Price:	£1.50

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