Washington DC Blinder

[Soulfulsolutions]

A peach from Washington DC’s impressive Mir-a-don label.

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Ascots – Another day / Love – Mir-a-don 1004 M- OFFERS

Archie Powell, along with brother Eddie, cousin Jerome and Irving ‘Scacy’ Heywood formed their own fab four at Donald Whaldon’s ‘House of Hits’ gifting the Northern fraternity with 8 released tracks of high quality Soul between 65 and 66.

‘Another Day’ and ‘Anytime’ secured a lasting place on the Northern club and collecting scenes, and very able back up came from the likes of ‘Miss heartbreaker’, the stunning lowrider ‘Love’ and the classy beat ballad ‘Yes it’s alright’, the picks for me. Each and every production though emphasises the high level of vocal quality and talent this quartet had, using these few opportunities to express their outstanding skill of group harmonies through dance paced and slower arrangements urged on by rasping horn fanfares or subtle strings.

Let’s not forget there’s also a couple of other fabulous outings on the label in, Pat Thompson & Archie Powell and Patty Stokes dance floor filler ‘Good girl’ making this a very short but highly sought after label catalogue that skipped from one print format to another release after release. Although there appears to be consecutive numbering system on releases, I do wonder if there’s anything else out there yet to be unearthed.

Mint minus playing surface on both sides, very minor ring wear on label, which is not surprising on such a soft pink label imprint. Even on the back of Manship’s very high auction sale in April, the minimum offer here is £1500, running until 8pm Thu 14 Sep 23.

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Edited September 11, 2023 by Soulfulsolutions