Two New Soul4Real Releases -Barbara Lynn & Mary Wells
4 originally unissued sides
饾棪饾棦饾棬饾棢4饾棩饾棙饾棓饾棢 饾棥饾棙饾棯 饾棩饾棙饾棢饾棙饾棓饾棪饾棙饾棪
饾棧饾棩饾棙-饾棦饾棩饾棗饾棙饾棩 饾棥饾棦饾棯 饾棛饾棦饾棩 1饾榾饾榿 饾棥饾棦饾棭饾棙饾棤饾棔饾棙饾棩
4 饾棦饾棩饾棞饾棜饾棞饾棥饾棓饾棢饾棢饾棳 饾棬饾棥饾棞饾棪饾棪饾棬饾棙饾棗 饾棪饾棞饾棗饾棙饾棪
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饾樈饾樇饾檷饾樈饾樇饾檷饾樇 饾檱饾檾饾檳饾檳 - 饾檺饾檳饾檱饾檴饾檻饾檧饾樋, 饾檺饾檳饾檼饾樇饾檳饾檹饾檧饾樋 饾檲饾檧 / 饾檸饾檴饾檺饾檱 饾樋饾檧饾檧饾檵 (饾檸4饾檷23)
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!
饾棤饾棶饾椏饾椄 饾棥饾椂饾棸饾椀饾椉饾椆饾榾饾椉饾椈
饾檲饾樇饾檷饾檾 饾檼饾檧饾檱饾檱饾檸 - 饾檱饾檴饾檻饾檧 饾檱饾檧饾檹饾檹饾檧饾檷饾檸 / 饾檭饾樇饾檳饾樋饾檸 饾檴饾檨饾檨 饾檲饾檾 饾樈饾樇饾樈饾檾 (饾檸4饾檷24)
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 Mary鈥檚 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, "I鈥檒l 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.
饾棖饾椀饾椏饾椂饾榾 饾棛饾椉饾椏饾椏饾棽饾榾饾榿
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Label design by Jordi Dur贸.
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15 饾棽饾槀饾椏饾椉饾榾 + 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
饾棧饾棶饾槅饾椇饾棽饾椈饾榿 饾棷饾槅 饾棧饾棓饾棳饾棧饾棓饾棢 饾棶饾榾 饾棾饾椏饾椂饾棽饾椈饾棻饾榾 & 饾棾饾棶饾椇饾椂饾椆饾槅:
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