Black Bishop 'hard Times/all Cried Out' (S.o.d. Records)

[Derek Pearson]

Black Bishop “Hard Times” 3:24 / “All Cried Out” 3:17 (S.O.D. Records) previously unissued 1966 recording re-released on vinyl 45 in April 2008.

Listed and described as Heavy Funk which possibly explains why it’s slipped out under the radar by many members on here.

Well to my ears it falls squarely in the gritty deep soul category.

And as most rare soul collectors love a bit of intrigue with their records this was originally pressed in 1966 on a run of just 3 test pressings and never circulated. Turns out the singer Black Bishop was a Bronx gravedigger.

OK to be honest the singers no Eddie Parker and it probably won’t feature in many peoples Top 100 but overall it’s still a pretty good double sider — previously unissued mid sixties deep soul for less than a fiver, depending on where you buy it, what more do you want?

Flip side sounds less intense and uncluttered and maybe even shades the top side.

Check usual suspects Ebay and Discogs for copies.

Colin Dilnot’s blog: 'Hard Times' https://indangerousrhythm.blogspot.co.uk/2007/08/black-bishop.html

‘Hard Times’ full length sound clip:

Hear clips of both sides: https://www.deep.hu/catalog/SOD1996

derek

[Guest Dave Turner]

Derek, like it. As one who is into the slower and deeper side of things the flip "All Cried Out" is the side for me, that is really nice

[Platters 81]

yes i like "all cried out"........its got that basic low-fi feel to it ....