Streetsoul Records New Release 25 Feb 2011

Latest release news from Streetsoul

Jerline & Friends "The Best of Friends" is out now on vinyl 45!!!

b/w a previously unheard version of "Open up your Heart" Extended by Neil Thompson.

Both taken from the album.

Go to www.streetsoulrecords.com to listen & purchase

Chicago 70's Soul at it's best!

Added by site

This Vinyl 45 will be available from Friday 25th February 2011

Clip of bio from the streetsoulsite

Back in the mid-1990s when I was fortunate enough to be working at John Anderson's esteemed Soul Bowl Records, I came across an acetate album of tracks by Chicago's Jerline and Friends. I was really taken with it, and added it to my soul collection. A few years later, I dug out the acetate and played one of the tracks - 'Joy Trip pt1' - first on my Solar Radio shows in 2002 and then on Starpoint Radio. The record attracted a great deal of interest because of its urban Two Step sound.

Chicago-based Jerline and Friends was a premier local group, led by vocalist Jerline Shelton, who co-wrote the songs with Maurice 'Matavani' Commander, her long-term business partner. In the mid-1970s, they recorded under the group name of 'Royal Flush' and enjoyed considerable commercial success with their album 'Hot Spot'. It is those members of 'Royal Flush' who appear on this release: Jerline's twin sister Sherline who was not only the songbird of 'Royal Flush', but was also a talented writer and producer; Charles Beadle was an accomplished bassist and a veteran studio musician, who had worked with such musical giants as Curtis Mayfield and Lonnie Liston Smith in his long career....

full version http://www.streetsou...s.com/page7.htm

listen to clips - more on streetsoul site

Best of friends

http://www.streetsoulrecords.com/USERIMAGES/02-The%20Best%20Of%20Friends(1).mp3

Open Up Your Heart

http://www.streetsoulrecords.com/USERIMAGES/09-Open%20Up%20Your%20Heart(1).mp3