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Showing posts with label 60s Soul. Show all posts

Thursday, 16 May 2024

LaTasha Lee [2024] - He's So Easy To Love [Industry Music Group]


LaTasha Lee's latest offering released today digs up another dusty by Roddie Joy (real name Rita Coleman aka Rita Fortune) from 1965.

The Mike Lewis and Earline Phillips written song is "He's So Easy To Love" that was tucked away on the B side to "The La La Song" on Leiber & Stoller's Red Bird label. 

Joy released three singles for the label before switching to Parkway in 1966 where she released another four before the label went bust in 1967. Nothing was recorded afterwards (in that name) so perhaps she settled down and had a family. However, Discogs states that she was also known as Rita Fortune who released a disco single "Sisters And Brothers" (Columbia 1974), which we're not sure sounds like her, but the connection with Mike Lewis and Stuart Weiner (who produced all her Red Bird singles) are there, so perhaps it is?

Joy's first single in 1965, "Come Back Baby" (also co-written by Lewis with Ricki Lisi), has had exposure on the rare soul scene and was covered the year after by The Stoppers on Jubilee along with a cover of "The La La Song". It was their only release.

We posted a couple of albums by Lee earlier this year, "Compositions of LaTasha Lee & Salih Williams" consisting of material that she only appears to have released via YouTube. The other was a reissue of her first album "LaTasha Lee & The Black Ties" in 2014. Both are no longer available as they seem to have been withdrawn from digital platforms.

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Rating: 7.8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: 60s Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Industry Music Group
Cat No: None
Date: 16/05/2024
Key/BPM: 1B/103
Price: £1
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Saturday, 4 May 2024

VA [2024] - Holland-Dozier-Holland 'Detroit': 1969 - 1977 [Demon Music Group] (Full Album)


We hope you're sitting comfortably, as this new compilation of 68 tracks has a running time of 3 hrs and 30 mins. As it states in the title, it covers the music of "Holland-Dozier-Holland 'Detroit': 1969 - 1977", Most will need no introduction kicking off with Freda Payne's UK #1 pop hit "Band Of Gold" (which stayed at #1 for six consecutive weeks from Sep-Oct 1970 and was 'probably' instrumental in our own baptism to soul music at an influential age but is now regarded as an overplayed wedding song!) and closing with Chairmen Of The Board's "Skin I'm In".

Although we haven't checked rigorously, it will undoubtedly include all the hits released on their Invictus, Hot Wax and Music Merchant labels over an eight year period after they split from Motown. 

The compilation is also available on vinyl (but with only 55 tracks) and CD with comprehensive sleeve notes from Stuart Cosgrove, the author of a trilogy of soul history books "Detroit 67: the Year That Changed Soul" (2015), "Memphis 68: The Tragedy of Southern Soul" (2018) and "Harlem 69: the Future of Soul" (2019).

Some songs worth highlighting include a few modern soul favourites: the sublime Satisfaction Unlimited "Let's Change The Subject", Silent Majority "Something New About You", H-D-H "Why Can't We Be Lovers" and "New Breed Kinda Woman", New York Port Authority "I Got It", Tyrone Edwards "Can't Get Enough of You". A couple of popular Northern Soul tunes, Eloise Laws "Love Factory" and Just Brothers "Sliced Tomatoes" as well as Freda Payne "Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right" and "We've Got to Find a Way Back to Love" along with Brian Holland "I'm So Glad" and so many others.

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Rating: 8.5
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: 60s/70s Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Demon Music Group
Cat No: None
Date: 03/05/2024
Price: £31.96
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Wednesday, 16 August 2023

Aretha Franklin (25 Mar 1942 - 16 Aug 2018) - A Tribute


Today is the fifth anniversary of the passing of the undisputed 'Queen of Soul', the one and only, never to be replaced, Aretha Franklin.
We would have loved to post a playlist but with Spotify now restricting music outside their web player to 30 second samples it somewhat hinders it. Rather than embedding the playlist (which is a bit pointless) we've provided a link to listen in full on Spotify. 

Playlist with tracks in (more or less) chronological order

NoTitle
1Soulville
2One Step Ahead
3I Can't Wait Until I See My Baby's Face
4Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It For The Door)    
5Cry Like A Baby
6Only the One You Love
7A Little Bit of Soul
8Walk On By
9My Guy
10Don't Let Me Lose This Dream
11Save Me
12A Change Is Gonna Come
13Satisfaction
1496 Tears
15Prove It
16So Soon (Aretha Arrives Outtake)
17Ain't No Way
18Niki Hoeky
19Come Back Baby
20Groovin'
21Chain of Fools (Alternate Version)
22(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
23The House That Jack Built
24I Can't See Myself Leaving You
25I Say a Little Prayer
26If You Gotta Make a Fool of Somebody
27Gentle on My Mind
28Elusive Butterfly
29This Girl's in Love With You
30Call Me (Alternate Version)
31Don't Play That Song
32Oh No Not My Baby
33Why I Sing the Blues
34Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)
35Day Dreaming
36Young, Gifted and Black (Alternate Longer Take)
37Brand New Me (Alternate Take 6)
38April Fools
39Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)
40You'll Never Walk Alone
41Angel - Work Tape
42Until You Come Back to Me (Demo)
43Sister From Texas
44Mister Spain
45That's the Way I Feel About Cha
46Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)
47I'm in Love (Alternate Vocal - Let Me in Your Life Outtake)
48Til It's Over - Demo
49Oh Baby (aka There's Something Magic About You Demo)
50A Song for You
51You
52I Get High 
53Sparkle
54Hooked on Your Love
55Look into Your Heart
56Rock with Me
57Break It to Me Gently
58The Wind

We've tried to avoid the blindingly obvious tracks (but have included alternate versions of some) and dug a little deeper to highlight lesser known B sides and album tracks and alternate takes. 

Aretha's big breakthrough came in 1967 with a cover version of Otis Redding's "Respect", now probably her signature song, which topped both Billboard's R&B chart and Hot 100 and made it to #10 on UK pop chart. That wasn't her first #1 though, as she had already topped the R&B chart with "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)" which also reached #9 Hot 100.

She had spent several years languishing at Columbia, releasing around nine albums between 1961-67 without a great deal of commercial success before being signed to Atlantic Records announcing her arrival with "I Never Loved A Man (The Way I Love You)" followed by "Aretha Arrives" in 1967. 

It's a bit of a sad indictment that in the UK her biggest selling single (and only #1 hit) was a duet with George Michael and another, of only five UK Top 10 hits, was with Annie Lennox! ("Respect", "I Say A Little Prayer" and "A Deeper Love" being the other three).

With just so much great music that she has left us with it's difficult knowing where to start, or more importantly where to stop, so we've limited this selection to tracks between 1964-76. 

The exception is her beautiful rendition of The Diablos feat, Nolan Strong "The Wind" (1954) which was unreleased until appearing on the 81 track compilation "Aretha" in 2021 (it may have previously featured on a compilation?). It was recorded in 1983 for the Luther Vandross produced "Get It Right" album but left off. The song was also recorded by Laura Nyro for her 1971 album "Gonna Take A Miracle" which had LaBelle on backing vocals (the album was actually credited as Laura Nyro & LaBelle).


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Sunday, 13 August 2023

Lydia Marcelle [2023] - I Want To Know / Where Has It Gone / This Time We're Really Through [Lo-Flo Records]


Lydia Marcelle is know to Northern Soul aficionados for her 1967 single "It's Not Like You" on Manhattan. It was sufficiently popular to warrant a bootlegging. The song was written by Harley Hatcher who had a track played off his 1973 album "The Soul Hustler", the pounding instrumental title track which was covered up as Al De Lory "Discotheque Alibi" by Richard Searling.

Marcelle released just five singles in total starting with a very Sonny & Cher / Mod sounding "Everybody Dance" for Atco in 1964 which was a NOLA production by Wardell Quezergue. Her next was on NOLA which included the flip of the previous single along with the Robert Parker written, Motownesque, "Another Kind Of Fellow" which got a UK release on Sue.

Her next two were on another New Orleans label, Manhattan, with all sides written, arranged and produced by Harley Hatcher, and all very pop oriented. The last single was one of her best "Easy Breezy" on Knight, the label for Traci Borges' Knight recording studio in New Orleans,  in 1972.

Marcelle moved to L.A. in the late 60s where she met songwriter Jane McNealy whilst at Hollywood's Studio Club. They recorded some unreleased songs with jazz producer/arranger Harold Battiste Jr.        

McNeally has set up a label called Lo-Flo Records and is releasing these previously unreleased songs. We believe there are five in total to be released with three already available.

The first "I Want To Know" on 30 Jun, followed by "Where Has It Gone" (28 Jul) and "This Time We're Really Through" (11 Aug).

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Rating:
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: 60s Soul / Blue-Eyed / Previously Unreleased
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Lo-Flo Records
Cat No: None
Date: 30/06/2023 / 28/07/2023 / 11/08/2023
Key/BPM: 9B/118 / 7B/115 /  9B/113 
Price: £1 / £1 / £1
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Sunday, 18 June 2023

Helene Smith [2023] - I Am Controlled By Your Love [Numero Group] (Full Album)


Helene Smith has been dubbed 'The First Lady of Miami Soul' and was married to Johnny Pearsall who co-owned two of the labels she recorded on, Lloyd and Deep City, with Willie Clarke. 45Cat lists fifteen singles for her starting in 1963 through to 1972. Her recordings were predominantly on Miami labels (Blue Star, Dade, Reid, Lloyd and Deep City) apart from an excursion of a few singles on Phil L.A. of Soul (45Cat lists 2 but Discogs lists 4) between 1967-69 finishing with a pair on Miami's Dash in the early 70s.

A compilation of twelve of her 60s recordings has been released by Numero Group titled "I Am Controlled By Your Love" which contains three tracks released in Jun '22 by Hit And Run on 45 "I Am Controlled By Your Love" / "You Got To Do Your Share" / "True Love Don’t Grow On Trees".

Helene Smith is still alive and well and released a single in 2019 "Let A New Day Begin", video included below (from 2022).

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Rating: 8.4
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: 60sSoul
Format: Album / Compilation
Media: Digital
Label: Numero Group
Cat No: None
Date: 02/06/2023
Price: £7.99
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Friday, 17 February 2023

Baby Bash, Cota & The Vibes [2023] - The Entertainer [Trejo’s Music Group]


Pleasantly surprised to see this crop up today. Baby Bash released a very good album "Souldies Nation" at the end of last year  which must have got lost in the festive mix as it was released on 23 Dec.

He's back, but instead of with The Bashtones, teams up with Cota and The Vibes on a cover of one of only two R&B hits achieved by Tony Clarke  who had an #10 R&B hit (#31 Hot 100) with "The Entertainer" in 1965. It has been a evergreen on the Northern Soul scene being reissued along with "Landslide" in the UK in 1974.

The supporting video is literally just hot of the press, being published an hour ago and, whilst Baby Bash takes lead billing, it appears to be Cota doing most of the lead vocals.

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Rating: 8.1
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Northern Soul / 60s Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Trejo’s Music Group
Cat No: None
Date: 17/02/2023
Key/BPM: 9B/102
Price: £1
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Friday, 23 December 2022

The Whispers [2022] - The Doré Singles [MTI] (Full Album)


A new compilation today "The Doré Singles" from The Whispers with a selection of their Doré singles A and B sides. Despite the title, it is not their whole Doré catalogue as many of the B sides were instrumentals with the only vocal song which is not included is "Needle In A Haystack" which is one of their best.

However, whilst checking the listing the track "Shake It, Shake It" is not "Shake It, Shake It" as it should be a vocal and the track included is an instrumental. I think all the others are correct.
 
Track Listing:

01 - As I Sit Here [Doré #740] 1965-07 A side
02 - Shake It, Shake It [Doré #740] 1965-07 B side
02 - ?
03 - I Was Born When You Kissed Me [Doré #758] 1966-02 A side
04 - You Can't Fight What's Right [Doré #792] 1967-07 B side
05 - You Got a Man on Your Hands [Doré #792] 1967-07 A side
06 - It Only Hurts for a Little While [Doré #724] 1964-11 A side
07 - Dr. Love [Doré #751] 1965-11 A side
Written by group member Nicholas Caldwell and covered by Bobby Sheen on Capitol in 1966 which was huge in NS circles at The Twisted Wheel.
08 - The Dip [Doré #735] 1965-06 A side
09 - Never Again [Doré #729] 1965-01 A side
10 - Take a Lesson from the Teacher [Doré #768] 1966-02 A side

By my reckoning they released nine singles on the label between 1964-67, so there are eight tracks missing, all but one though are instrumentals: 

The Happy One [Doré #724] B side inst.
(previously. released as by Billy Joe & The Checkmates titled as "Bossville")
Slow Jerk [Doré #729] B side inst.
Weirdo [Doré #735] B side inst.
Lonely Avenue [Doré #751] B side inst.
Walkin' The Fat Man [Doré #758] B side inst.
Claire DeLooney [Doré #768] B side inst.
Needle In A Haystack [Doré #972] A side
Shake It, Shake It [Doré #740] 1965-07 B side
Waltz For Young Lovers [Doré #994] B side inst.

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Rating: 8.4
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: 60s Soul
Format: Album / Compilation
Media: Digital
Label: MTI
Cat No: None
Date: 23/12/2022
Price: £5.49
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Saturday, 10 December 2022

Sharon McMahan [2022] - Got To Find Another Guy / Love Is Wonderful [Big Man Records #BMR 1011]


Sharan McMahan may not be a name 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. 

A side from each of them has been reissued together on the latest 7" release by Mark Bicknell's Big Man Records. The A side is 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.

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 McMahon recorded by Gracie Darnell which I believe may have been her first recorded song. 

Other McMahon songs have been recorded by Barbara Lewis, Deon Jackson, Johnnie Mae Matthews and even a song posted in The Three Degrees playlist last week, "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). I was also later recorded on an album "Talking To The People" by Matthew's son's band Black Nasty in 1973. An unreleased recording of the song turned up which was thought to be at the time 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, rather Sharon, and Sharon also claims it is not her on the first version, and both version are different so it's still a mystery who recored 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 Norhern 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

The single is available now from out friends at Simply Soul with picture sleeve.

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Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Northern Soul / 60s Soul
Format: Single / Reissue
Media: 7" Vinyl
Label: Big Man Records
Cat No: BMR 1011
Date: 12/2022
Key/BPM: N/A
Price: £20
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Sunday, 30 October 2022

VA [2022] - The Skippy White Story: Boston Soul 1961-1967 [Stony Pointe Records] (Full Album)


A little bit later than originally scheduled (28 Aug) a compilation of rare soul tracks from Boston, MA, "The Skippy White Story: Boston Soul 1961-1967" was released on 28 Oct 2022. 

Skippy White is the alias for Fred LeBlanc who was originally a radio presenter on WILD am1090 in the 60s. He opened a record shop in Boston in 1961 and also set up a label named WILD. 

I think many of the tracks are previously unreleased recordings from 60s Boston based artists. The compilation has been curated by Eli Paperboy Reed from his personal collection of rare singes and acetates and tapes made by Skippy White.

A pre-released track by local group The Precisions "Treason" was posted back in July. 

The opening track, "Skippy White Theme (Part 1)" is a storming Northern Soul tune which would have torn up the dancefloors back in the day but most of us are far too old to dance to something like this these days unless a defibrillator is close at hand! It's not all dance tunes thought it includes some group harmony and gospel and some bordering on doo-wop.

Another one that you'll have to click on cover image for the full track listing as the Spotify playlist is not showing the artists.

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Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: 60s Soul
Format: Album / Compilation
Media: Digital / Vinyl
Label: Stony Pointe Records
Cat No: None
Date: 28/10/2022
Price: £7.99 / £12.99
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Monday, 10 October 2022

Mary Wells [2022] - Love Letters / Hands Off My Baby [Soul4Real #S4R24]


The second vinyl release today from Soul4Real is a pairing of mid 60s unreleased Atco recordings from Mary Wells.

Wells left Motown in 1965 unhappy with her contract and joined 20th Century Fox where she released two albums and around six singles. The albums failed and the singles didn't do particularly well (although a few have had plays on the UK rare soul scene "Use Your Head" and "Never Never Leave Me" in particular). Later that year she moved on to Atlantic subsidiary Atco where she didn't fare much better with only one single, "Dear Lover", charting which has the storming Northern Soul tune "Can't You See (You're Losing Me)" on the flip. She released only three further singles for the label before she was off again, this time to Jubilee for the remainder of the 60s and early 70s.

Ironically, she never emulated the success she had at Motown between 1960-64 where she had three R&B chart #1 hits ("You Beat Me To The Punch", "Two Lovers" and of course "My Guy").

The two sides of the Soul4Real release are "Love Letters" (written by Gerald Sims not the Ketty Lester song) and "Hands Off My Baby" written by Richard 'Popcorn' Wylie and Tony Hester and produced by Carl Davis. I believe that these first featured on a 1995 Ichiban CD compilation "Dear Lover - The Atco Sessions" which consisted of 15 tracks but there is now a digital version with 35 tracks "Dear Lover: The Atco, Jubilee & Reprise Years 1965-1974" which looks like it's streaming only (i.e. no download available).

Going by the fifteen tracks on the 1995 compilation there are at least another five unreleased Atco recordings: "Satisfaction", "Love Makes The World Go Round", "In The Midnight Hour", "My World Is Empty Without You Babe" and "Good Lovin'" which all look like covers versions.

It's the first time on vinyl for both sides which are available now from Soul4Real or your vinyl retailer.

Details
Rating: 8.5
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Neo Soul
Format: Single
Media: Digital
Label: Soul4Real
Cat No: S4R24
Date: 10/10/2022
Key/BPM: 7B/119 / 6B/113
Price: €‎15
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Barbara Lynn [2022] - Unloved, Unwanted Me / Soul Deep [Soul4Real #S4R23]


Following the pair of Jai Alai releases at the back end of August from Pete Belasco and Willie Walker, Soul4Reall have another pair out on the main imprint.

Both releases are 60s recordings not previously available on vinyl. 

The first is a pair of unreleased songs by Barbara Lynn recorded in Memphis in 1968. She recorded six songs in the summer of 1968 produced by Spooner Oldham spread over a couple of sessions which were shelved.

The two songs chosen for this vinyl release are "Unloved, Unwanted Me" and "Soul Deep". "Unloved, Unwanted Me" first featured on a Kent compilation "The Girls Got Soul"  in 2000 and both appeared on a 25 track Barbara Lynn compilation "The Complete Atlantic Recordings" in 2014 which was released digitally as "The Atlantic Collection" in 2018.

Available now to order from Soul4Real or you favourite vinyl stockist.
Details
Rating: 8
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: 60s Soul
Format: Single
Media: 7" Vinyl
Label: Soul4Real
Cat No: S4R23
Date: 10/10/2022
Key/BPM: 3B/85 / 8B/118
Price: €‎15
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Tuesday, 27 September 2022

Bobby Hebb [2022] - Sunny / Bread [Phillips]


A bit of a random reissue has appeared today, both sides of Bobby Hebb's 1966 #2 Hot 100 hit "Sunny" / "Bread".

The song should be pretty well known and has been covered hundreds of times (SecondHandSongs lists 450 which includes dozens on instrumental versions) by many of the greats including Wilson Pickett, Chuck Jackson, Johnny Mathis, Nancy Wilson, Dusty Springfield, Frankie Valli, Four Tops, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Maxine Brown, Mary Wells, Shirley Bassey, James Brown, Melba Moore, Ella Fitzgerald to just scratch the surface. 

Although Hebb wrote the song, he was not first to record it, it was recorded first by Japanese singer Mieko Hirota in Oct 1965 on "Ah! Soul...Introducing Miko On Stage (Live)" but was only available via reel-to-reel tape.

Rather than just posting those two sides, to make it more interesting, I've posted the full album. However, for me, his best single is "You Want To Change Me" from 1968 which completely sank without trace except on Northern Soul dancefloors. In fact after "Sunny" he had only two more Hot 100 hits with "A Satisfied Mind" (#40 1966) and then "Sunny 76" (#94 1975). In the UK "Love Love Love" was a Top 40 hit in 1972 on the back on NS exposure.

One of the best songs on the album is the last track "For You" which I'm pretty sure has been recorded by someone else, but can't for the life of me think who it is.

UPDATE: Thanks to Yves for reminding me who did "For You". It was of course Chris Bartley (and I even have the single which is the B side to his brilliant "You Get Next To My Heart" from 1967 on Vando, a great little cheap double-sider). The Presidents then released it as a single on Sussex in 1970. With a bit more digging, it was first released by The Spellbinders as a single in 1965 and then on their only album "Magic Of" in 1966. It was also recorded by The Chants (the embryo group of The Real Thing) in 1967 on Page One and Superior Movement as a single in 1981 on Chycago International Music (C.I.M.) and also included on their album "The Key To Your Heart".

Details
Rating: 8.3
Explicit: N
Genre/Style: Northern Soul / 60s Soul
Format: Single / Reissue
Media: Digital
Label: Phillips
Cat No: None
Date: 27/09/2022 (1966)
Key/BPM: 9A/128 / 5B/129
Price: £1.98
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