Mainstream Modern Soul Vol 2 Video Trailer

[Mike]

looks like ace records have revamped their video trailers

works better from here, yep?

the below mainstream modern soul vol 2 comp is due out end of month

 

 

Published on 7 Jul 2017

https://acerecords.co.uk/mainstream-mo...

High quality 70s soul from a professional and inspired soul stable.

The Mainstream family of labels was a major source of black music through the early and mid-70s. Owner Bob Shad was primarily a jazz producer but had enough nous and appreciation of soul music to go with current trends. His in-house arrangers included veteran hit-maker Bert DeCoteaux, fellow jazzer Wade Marcus and the up-and-coming Patrick Adams.Adams’ production on Chapter Three’s ‘I’ll Never Be The Same’ is soul with an early disco beat, and Chocolate Syrup’s uptempo ‘You’ve Got A Lot To Give’ is of a similar ilk.

Mainstream had several great harmony vocal groups – Special Delivery, the Steptones and Eleventh Commandment all contribute excellent examples of the genre. ‘Oh My Love’, the rarely seen or heard flip of Almeta Lattimore’s ‘These Memories’, sounds equally haunting and is one of several great Detroit productions co-opted onto Mainstream. Others include McArthur’s very soulful ‘I’ll Never Trust Love Again’, Charles Beverly’s ‘Grass Ain’t Greener’ and the Steptones’ ‘Your Love Is Like The Rising Sun’. Charles Colbert is a mystery artist whose Mainstream tape of ‘Slow Down World’ debuts here, while Sugar Billy Garner recorded for the Fast Track subsidiary four years after his New Day recording of ‘I Got Some’.

Shad clearly dug southern soul and licensed in tracks from Lee Bates, Lenny McDaniel and Randolph Brown; he even issued a southern ballad by Count Willie & The Dukes. The jazz influence can be felt mainly from female singers Ellerine Harding, Nia Johnson and Alice Clark – all of whom benefited from Mainstream’s jazz track record. Jeany Reynolds made an impressive debut on Mainstream some years before her disco hits as Jeannie, while veteran New York balladeer Lenny Welch offers the neglected ‘When There’s No Such Thing As Love (It’s Over)’. Collectively, the 23 tracks here maintain Mainstream’s quality 70s soul reputation.

High quality 70s soul from a professional and inspired soul stable. The Mainstream family of labels was a major source of black music through the early and mid-70s. Owner Bob Shad was primarily a jazz producer but had enough nous and appreciation of soul music to go with current trends. His in-house arrangers included veteran hit-maker Bert DeCoteaux, fellow jazzer Wade Marcus and the up-and-coming Patrick Adams.Adams’ production on Chapter Three’s ‘I’ll Never Be The Same’ is soul with an early disco beat, and Chocolate Syrup’s uptempo ‘You’ve Got A Lot To Give’ is of a similar ilk. Mainstream had several great harmony vocal groups – Special Delivery, the Steptones and Eleventh Commandment all contribute excellent examples of the genre. ‘Oh My Love’, the rarely seen or heard flip of Almeta Lattimore’s ‘These Memories’, sounds equally haunting and is one of several great Detroit productions co-opted onto Mainstream. Others include McArthur’s very soulful ‘I’ll Never Trust Love Again’, Charles Beverly’s ‘Grass Ain’t Greener’ and the Steptones’ ‘Your Love Is Like The Rising Sun’. Charles Colbert is a mystery artist whose Mainstream tape of ‘Slow Down World’ debuts here, while Sugar Billy Garner recorded for the Fast Track subsidiary four years after his New Day recording of ‘I Got Some’. Shad clearly dug southern soul and licensed in tracks from Lee Bates, Lenny McDaniel and Randolph Brown; he even issued a southern ballad by Count Willie & The Dukes. The jazz influence can be felt mainly from female singers Ellerine Harding, Nia Johnson and Alice Clark – all of whom benefited from Mainstream’s jazz track record. Jeany Reynolds made an impressive debut on Mainstream some years before her disco hits as Jeannie, while veteran New York balladeer Lenny Welch offers the neglected ‘When There’s No Such Thing As Love (It’s Over)’. Collectively, the 23 tracks here maintain Mainstream’s quality 70s soul reputation.

Side 1

• 01 Preview  Grass Ain't Greener - Charles Beverly

   

• 02 Preview  You Can Be Cured - Randolph Brown & Company

   

• 03 Preview  Come Back With Your Love Pt 1 - Special Delivery

   

• 04 Preview  You've Got A Lot To Give - Chocolate Syrup

   

• 05 Preview  I'll Never Be The Same Pt 1 - Chapter Three

   

• 06 Preview  Oh My Love - Almeta Lattimore

   

• 07 Preview  I'll Never Trust Love Again - McArthur

   

• 08 Preview  When There's No Such Thing As Love (It's Over) - Lenny Welch

   

• 09 Preview  Your Love Is Slipping Away - Lee Bates

   

• 10 Preview  Please Don't Set Me Free - Jeany Reynolds

   

• 11 Preview  Never Did I Stop Loving You - Alice Clark

   

• 12 Preview  Let Her Know - Bobby Earl Williams

   

• 13 Preview  I Know Something You Don't Know - Ellerine Harding

   

• 14 Preview  You Are The Spice Of My Life - Nia Johnson

   

• 15 Preview  I've Got To Tell You - Count Willie with LRL & The Dukes

   

• 16 Preview  I've Been Trying To Love You - Lenny McDaniel & The Last Nikle

   

• 17 Preview  Love Bug - Sugar Billy

   

• 18 Preview  You'll Do It - Calvin Arnold

   

• 19 Preview  Today Or Never - Eleventh Commandment

   

• 20 Preview  Your Love Is Like The Rising Sun - Steptones

   

• 21 Preview  Where There's A Will (There's A Way) - Terry Huff

   

• 22 Preview  Slow Down World - Charles Colbert

   

• 23 Preview  Everyone Has Someone - Linda Perry

[Sunnysoul]

Charles Colbert is mentioned as "a mystery artist" ...  is he not the same Charles "Chuck" Colbert out of Chicago who was a member of the Daylighters in the early 60's and  later The American Breed ... and who with his father (also Charles) was involved in the Nike, Tip Top and Mellow labels ?

Edited July 12, 2017 by sunnysoul

[Daved]

Good vid. best track off the Alice Clark LP chosen

[Thinksmart]

Looking forward to this hugely.  Great that Kent (and Ace more widely) have embraced quality 1970's soul over recent years.  

[Chalky]

Another quality Kent/Ace release. 

[Mickey Finn]

Brilliant stuff ... Kent keeping us very busy this year  

and roll on more undiscovered/forgotten 70s gems