Tommy Hunt - The Complete Man - Kent Records

Word on a new release from Kent records...

Tommy Hunt - The Complete Man - 60s NYC Soul Songs CDKEND 480

Release Notes

Tommy Hunt’s classic 60s soul recordings for Scepter and Dynamo along with his elusive Atlantic and Capitol gems, plus five recent early 60s Scepter tape discoveries.

Tommy Hunt’s reputation as a major soul artist was built on his early 60s Scepter recordings; both the issued 45s and the master tapes Ace accessed in the 80s. Many of those were issued by us on “The Biggest Man” CDKEND 145 in 1997. Since then there have been more Scepter tape discoveries and increased demand for his superb mid-60s Atlantic and Capitol 45s – which are featured here.

There were several Scepter and Dynamo tracks that we could not fit onto “The Biggest Man”. We have included those so that all of Tommy’s 60s recordings are now available; including the rare alternate B-side ‘How Young Is Young’, his Hot 100 hit ‘The Door Is Open’ and the scarce Scepter LP-only ‘You’re So Fine’.

The unissued Scepter recordings include a great take on Van McCoy’s ‘What’s The Matter Baby’, originally cut by Van and Tommy but only issued by the Shirelles – Tommy’s version was recorded in 1963 with a different arrangement. ‘Lonely For You’ was written by Van McCoy with Tommy’s original producer Luther Dixon and, like ‘One Of These Days’, is a fine beat ballad. ‘Who You Gonna Thrill Tonight’ and ‘Girls Are Sentimental’ are the sort of romantic ballads typical of New York studios in 1962. All these newly found tracks are fully orchestrated.

Uptempo soul comes in the form of Oscar Brown Jr’s ‘The Work Song’, ‘Never Love A Robin’ and the 100 Club favourite ‘The Pretty Part Of You’...

ADY CROASDELL aka @ady croasdell

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Tracks
  1. I Don't Want to Lose You
  2. Hold on
  3. I'll Make You Happy
  4. The Clown
  5. I'm Lonely for You
  6. The Pretty Part of You
  7. Never Love a Robin
  8. The Work Song
  9. What's the Matter Baby
  10. One of These Days
  11. Who You Gonna Thrill Tonight
  12. And I Never Knew
  13. Human
  14. Searchin' for Love
  15. The Complete Man
  16. Searchin' for My Baby (Lookin' Everywhere)
  17. I Need a Woman of My Own
  18. You're So Fine
  19. I'm with You
  20. The Door Is Open
  21. How Young Is Young
  22. Girls Are Sentimental
  23. Son, My Son
  24. Born Free
  25. I Believe