The Cool-Notes [2022] - Make This a Special Night: The Lost PWL Album [BMG]

The Cool-Notes started out as a seven-piece reggae band from Brixton, South London, in the 70s. They rose to prominence in the mid 80s with eight UK pop chart entries, two of which made Top 20 "Spend The Night" and "In My Car" in 1985. 

Original band members Steve McIntosh and Heather Haywood (Austin/Austyn) still keeps the band alive.

On 25 Nov this twelve track digital album was released which is billed as "Make This a Special Night: The Lost PWL Album" so presumably it's an album produced by Pete Waterman from the 90s that never got released. 

The first couple of tracks are ok, a cover of The Funk Masters' "It's Over" (1983 featuring Juliet Roberts on lead and was a UK Top 10 pop hit) and Foster Sylvers' "Misdemeanour"  (1973). 

It then gets into the Stock/Waterman compositions with various mixes on their 1991 single "Make This a Special Night" along with three other Stock/Waterman songs of which the best is "Love Is A FreakyThing" and "Sweetness And Light" as "Turn Me Off" is an over-produced 90s new jack swing style song which now sounds very dated.

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 Details

Rating:	7.5
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Retro Soul
Format:	Album
Media:	Digital
Label:	BMG
Cat No:	None
Date:	25/11/2022
Price:	£8.99

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Cool-Notes [2021] - You're Never Too Young [Self Released]

The Cool-Notes released a reworking of their biggest hit "Spend The Night" (UK #11 in 1985) recently and hot on the heels of the success of that release they have another reworking, this time of their second single (as a soul group as previously they were a reggae/lovers rock band) and first hit from 1984 "You're Never Too Young" which just missed out on the top 40 (#42).

There are three mixes, George B Remix short (4:57) and extended (5:38) and my preferred mix the Steve Mac Mellow Mix, named 'mellow' as it uses the back beat from Lowrell's 1979 classic "Mellow Mellow Right On" (I bet he's making some royalties from the use of that song!).

Steve Mac is original band member Steve McIntosh who still keeps the band alive with another original member Heather Haywood (Austin/Austyn). The group was founded in Brixton, London in the late 70s,  they released their first reggae single in 1977. They were originally a seven-piece band which included Steve's wife, Lorraine McIntosh

The tracks only seem to be available currently on their official website, click image below to order.

I've also included some rare footage of them performing the original in 1984 from their YT channel.

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Steve Mac Mellow Mix

George B Remix Extended

Details

Rating:	8.2
Genre/Style:	80s Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Year:	09/07/2021
Key/BPM:	N/A
Value:	£1.99 each or £3.25 for all 3