Leroy Hutson - Positive Force

[ajb]

"Hutson, long revered on the soul scene for his production, songwriting and perfromace skills, was Curtis Mayfield’s heir apparent chosen by the great man, to replace him in the Impressions, and then groomed for an extensive solo career on Curtis' own label, Curtom.

The Hutson catalogue has not been available on any format for nearly two decades. The label will be working with Leroy and his team to create the definitive sounding masters, and unearthing lost gems from his extensive archive.

First out of the traps is a double sided limited edition 45 containing two previously unreleased Hutson gems. The A-side is a previously unreleased 1977 recording, which is making its debut on this single. It is coupled with the unreleased full length instrumental of ‘All Because Of You’.

This will be given it debut on Gilles Peterson’s BBC Radio 6 show tomorrow. This single will be strictly limited and is sure to be the soul scene’s sound of the summer."

"Acid Jazz has pulled off something of a coup here by persuading legendary '70s soul man Leroy Huston to part with a couple of previously unreleased cuts. A-side "Positive Forces" was recorded by Hutson in 1977 and sits somewhere between the sweeping, orchestrated bliss of Philly soul, the soaring dancefloor celebration of disco and the loose-limbed instrumental goodness of jazz-funk. It's an absolute stunner, all told, and sounds like it was tailor-made for spins at sweltering summer festivals. On the B-side you'll find a previously unreleased instrumental version of 1975's "All Because of You". While a vocal-free version has previously been released, this particular mix includes a little more drum action at the beginning to assist with mixing."

https://www.juno.co.uk/products/leroy-hutson-positive-forces/653294-01/

[Sutty]

I assume everyone knows 'positive forces' is the other side to Tavares 'never had a love like this before', they're both great versions

[Mark R]

Is everyones press of this OK?

Got a couple of nasty pops in mine and you can see the flaw in the vinyl, so just wondered if it's typical or I'm just unlucky?

 

Cheers,

Mark R

[Roual Galloway]

the one's we've played in the shop play without pops Mark. Cosmetically it looks fine.

[Daved]

21 hours ago, Sutty said:

I assume everyone knows 'positive forces' is the other side to Tavares 'never had a love like this before', they're both great versions

Never flipped it over before 

[Rick Scott]

6 hours ago, Mark R said:

Is everyones press of this OK?

Got a couple of nasty pops in mine and you can see the flaw in the vinyl, so just wondered if it's typical or I'm just unlucky?

 

Cheers,

Mark R

Hi Mark, 

my copy's  got 2 clicks, one loud nearly 1/2 way through 1 not so loud about 3/4 the way through.

Cheers Rick.