Michael Dunston [2022] - Dunston 2.0 [D-Menace Music] (Full EP)

Michael Dunston is originally from Charlotte, NC, but has been resident in Toronto for many years. He has been performing since 1969 and has appeared in several movies and TV series (starting out in "Death Wish" (1994)) and sung with many groups including most recently Crack O Dawn and Soul Stew.

He featured on the blog back in April as a featured vocalist with Boomtang All-Stars on "Soul Revolution (Soul Cruisin' Edit)" along with Four80East. I believe that it was simply a reissue of a song he recorded on a 2010 EP "My Love", but may have been a new mix.

He has a new five track EP "Dunston 2.0" out which contains "So Sensitive", which was released as a single in August.

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Details

Rating:	8.1
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	EP
Media:	Digital
Label:	D-Menace Music
Cat No:	None
Date:	04/12/2022
Price:	£4.95

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Michael Dunston [2022] - So Sensitive [D-Menace Music]

A new single from Michael Dunston,"So Sensitive", has been out almost a month (since 15 Jul 2022) but has just appeared on Amazon (UK) Hot New Releases. He has also posted a live version on his YouTube channel on 3 Aug (see below).

Michael Dunston is originally from Charlotte, NC, but has been resident in Toronto for many years. He has been performing since 1969 and has appeared in several movies and TV series (starting out in "Death Wish" (1994)) and sung with many groups including most recently Crack O Dawn and Soul Stew.

He featured on the blog back in April as a featured vocalist with Boomtang All-Stars on "Soul Revolution (Soul Cruisin' Edit)" along with Four80East. I believe that it was simply a reissue of a song he recorded on a 2010 EP "My Love", but may have been a new mix.

I noticed that he featured on a 2016 single by Rhythm Express which is a cover of James Fountain's Northern Soul classic "Seven Day Lover" so have included it below. It's still available on Bandcamp if you're interested.

Fountain's version was originally released on William Bell's Peachtree label in 1970 and was one of the first 'most expensive' NS records, reportedly selling for £50 in the mid 70s (which was about a month's wages in those days), and is still as rare as hen's teeth commanding four figures these days, if you could find one. It was reissued in the UK on short-lived Manchester label Cream to meet demand in 1976.  

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Details

Rating:	8.6
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	New Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	D-Menace Music
Cat No:	None
Date:	15/07/2022
Key/BPM:	8A/82
Price:	£1

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Boomtang All-Stars Feat. Michael Dunston & Four80East [2022] - Soul Revolution (Soul Cruisin' Edit) [Boomtang]

A track played on the UK Soul Chart Breakers show by Andy Tee a couple of weeks ago which was due for release on 15 Apr but doesn't seem to have materialised on DSP's as yet.

I'll stick my neck out and assume that this is in fact a reissue from Michael Dunston's 2010 EP "My Love" as it is the same length and on first impressions sounds the same but I'll post both versions and you can decide as it may be a slightly different mix. 

This time around though it is billed as Boomtang All-Stars featuring Michael Dunston & Four80East and only the "Soul Revolution (Soul Cruisin' Edit)"  has been released which is slightly slower slower and a little more laid back than the main mix.

The modern soulies will know the Boomtang label for the Sean Oliver 1997 floorfiller "You And Me" which was re-issued on vinyl 7" for the first time last year on Paul Mooney's One World.  The full album / 12" version was also posted, so if you don't know it, then 'get to know', you won't be disappointed.

Michael Dunston has been performing since 1969 and has appeared in several movies and sung with many groups including most recently Crack O Dawn, Soul Stew.

Big thanks to Bill Buckley (soulandjazzandfunk) for passing on.

Details

Rating:	8.4
Explicit:	N
Genre/Style:	Modern Soul
Format:	Single
Media:	Digital
Label:	Self Released
Cat No:	None
Date:	15/04/2022
Key/BPM:	4B/96
Value:	£1