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Two New Soul4Real Releases -Barbara Lynn & Mary Wells

Two New Soul4Real Releases -Barbara Lynn & Mary Wells magazine cover

๐—ฆ๐—ข๐—จ๐—Ÿ4๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ก๐—˜๐—ช ๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—˜๐—”๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ฆ

๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜-๐—ข๐—ฅ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ 1๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ฉ๐—˜๐— ๐—•๐—˜๐—ฅ

4 ๐—ข๐—ฅ๐—œ๐—š๐—œ๐—ก๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—Ÿ๐—ฌ ๐—จ๐—ก๐—œ๐—ฆ๐—ฆ๐—จ๐—˜๐—— ๐—ฆ๐—œ๐——๐—˜๐—ฆ

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๐˜ฝ๐˜ผ๐™๐˜ฝ๐˜ผ๐™๐˜ผ ๐™‡๐™”๐™‰๐™‰ - ๐™๐™‰๐™‡๐™Š๐™‘๐™€๐˜ฟ, ๐™๐™‰๐™’๐˜ผ๐™‰๐™๐™€๐˜ฟ ๐™ˆ๐™€ / ๐™Ž๐™Š๐™๐™‡ ๐˜ฟ๐™€๐™€๐™‹ (๐™Ž4๐™23)

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Spooner Oldham produced six recordings by Barbara Lynn for Atlantic in mid-1968, but session information had previously been scant. Spooner recently confirmed that these tracks were "recorded at American in Memphis" and when the late Red Kelly (Soul Detective) digitised guitarist Reggie Young's session diaries, his endeavours presented further clarity.

Reggie's 1968 diary indicates two American sessions on June 14th and 15th. Four songs were recorded, with "Unloved, Unwanted Me" being shelved. No songwriting credit was documented, but its sorrowful yearning is perfectly executed by Barbara.

A third session the following month yielded two more songs, including the first known recording of "Soul Deep" (its writer Wayne Carson and The Box Tops each recorded the song in 1969). Reggie's diary documents a fortnight's holiday in July, but the distinct lack of guitar and the audible presence of other American Studio musicians further suggests Barbara Lynn's version was possibly recorded in Memphis too.

Both songs make their 7" vinyl debut here. Enjoy!

๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐—ก๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป

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๐™ˆ๐˜ผ๐™๐™” ๐™’๐™€๐™‡๐™‡๐™Ž - ๐™‡๐™Š๐™‘๐™€ ๐™‡๐™€๐™๐™๐™€๐™๐™Ž / ๐™ƒ๐˜ผ๐™‰๐˜ฟ๐™Ž ๐™Š๐™๐™ ๐™ˆ๐™” ๐˜ฝ๐˜ผ๐˜ฝ๐™” (๐™Ž4๐™24)

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It was not until early 1965 that Mary Wells officially left Motown. After a brief stay at 20th Century Fox, she signed for the Atlantic subsidiary Atco Records, and was placed in the very capable hands of Gerald Sims and Carl Davis.

Some tapes of unissued material from this period have been unearthed over the years, and here for the first time on vinyl we have two real delights.

First up is the blatantly Chicago-esque lilting and catchy "Love Letters". Gerald Sims appears to have seen the potential in letter writing as a vehicle for Maryโ€™s talent, and just as with "Dear Lover" it works perfectly. With an introduction that may well have provided the template for that of The Soul Brothers Six, "Iโ€™ll Be Loving You", Mary drifts effortlessly through a magical Carl Davis midtempo production.

On the other side, "Hands Off My Baby" is far more reminiscent of her earlier Detroit days, which is unsurprising coming from the pens of Richard Popcorn Wylie and Tony Hester.

๐—–๐—ต๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜

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Label design by Jordi Durรณ.

๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—˜-๐—ข๐—ฅ๐——๐—˜๐—ฅ ๐—ก๐—ข๐—ช ๐—™๐—ข๐—ฅ 1st NOVEMBER

๐˜ผ๐™›๐™ฉ๐™š๐™ง ๐™จ๐™š๐™ซ๐™š๐™ง๐™–๐™ก ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š๐™จ ๐™ค๐™› ๐™—๐™ค๐™ฉ๐™ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™š๐™จ๐™จ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™–๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™œ ๐™˜๐™ค๐™จ๐™ฉ๐™จ ๐™ž๐™ฃ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™ก๐™–๐™จ๐™ฉ 12 ๐™ข๐™ค๐™ฃ๐™ฉ๐™๐™จ ๐™„ ๐™๐™–๐™ซ๐™š ๐™ฃ๐™ค ๐™ค๐™ฅ๐™ฉ๐™ž๐™ค๐™ฃ ๐™—๐™ช๐™ฉ ๐™ฉ๐™ค ๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™˜๐™ง๐™š๐™–๐™จ๐™š 1 ๐™š๐™ช๐™ง๐™ค ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐™›๐™ž๐™ฃ๐™–๐™ก ๐™ฅ๐™ง๐™ž๐™˜๐™š:

15 ๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€ + postage as it follows:

1 to 5 copies: 6,90 euros UK & Europe

1 to 5 copies: 2,70 euros Spain

1 to 5 copies: 10,55 euros USA & rest of the world

๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—ฌ๐—ฃ๐—”๐—Ÿ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐˜€ & ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜†:

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Check previous releases: www.soul4real.es

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On 24/10/2022 at 18:24, Mark Bicknell said:

Stunning.

Thanks Mark!

And thank you for putting out that Jimmy Radcliffe on Big Man Records, one of the best discoveries in recent years, love it!, just ordered a copy through a UK friend.ย 

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1 hour ago, Alexsubinas said:

Mary Wells itยดs sold out, Barbara Lynn still available. Sending all pre-ordered copies next week

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Mary Wells still available on Record Shack siteย 

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1 hour ago, Alexsubinas said:

Mary Wells itยดs sold out, Barbara Lynn still available. Sending all pre-ordered copies next week

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Looking forward to my copy arriving!!

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When the main man says sold out , does that include to suppliers ofย  good soul music this side of the channel , so if your quick there's got to be one or three available,,,, just a thoughtย 

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