Manhattan Soul Volume 3 - A New Kent Records release

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Manhattan Soul Volume 3 - Various Artists (Scepter/ Wand)
 

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These New York labels were at the inception of soul music and continued to release excellent tracks until the disco era.

Scepter/Wand and Musicor/Dynamo were quintessential New York soul labels. Their common link was Luther Dixon, who set Scepter on the right path with the Shirelles and followed up with success for Tommy Hunt, Chuck Jackson, Dionne Warwick and Maxine Brown. He split for Musicor in 1966 where he got the Platters, Tommy Hunt and Inez and Charlie Foxx back into the charts.

Over the years, our privileged position of accessing the labels’ tapes has enabled us to make many previously unissued recordings available. This CD alone features an unheard Chips Moman song from Helen Henry, the Shirelles’ take on Luther Dixon’s superb ‘Two Stupid Feet’, songwriter Van McCoy’s own interpretation of the Shirelles’ ‘What’s The Matter Baby’ and an R&B group sound from the Tabs. Earlier vault discoveries from Junior Lewis and Big Maybelle are given their first CD outing.

Track Listing:

  1. Open Up Your Heart (And Let Me In) - Dan & Clean Cuts
  2. Now That You're Gone - Sonny Turner And Sound Unlimited
  3. Haven't I Been Good To You - Johnny Moore
  4. Fun City Woman - Ann Bailey
  5. Nobody Made You Love Me - The Charts
  6. Billy Boy - Billy Adams
  7. That Same Old Song - The Fabulous Dinos
  8. Every Little Bit Helps - Helen Henry
  9. Two Stupid Feet - The Shirelles
  10. Lover - Tommy Hunt
  11. Giving Up - Junior Lewis
  12. A Part Of Me - Earl King
  13. Never In My Life - Lee Moses
  14. Nobody Knows - Maurice Williams
  15. Doesn't It Ring A Bell - The Platters
  16. How Could It Be - The Esquires
  17. Mr Schemer - Brenton Wood
  18. Ooh Baby - Harold Hopkins
  19. What's The Matter Baby - Van Mccoy
  20. The Landlord - The Tabs
  21. You Picked Me - The Soldier Boys
  22. Remind My Baby Of Me - Billy Byers
  23. Does Love Believe In Me - Melba Moore
  24. If I Had You - Big Maybelle

Full release notes by @ady croasdell and purchase options via
http://www.acerecords.co.uk/manhattan-soul-volume-3