Soul4Real New 45 Releases - Candi Staton & The Valentinos
Pre-order now for 24th October
Two new exciting releases. Thanks so much to Friendly Womack for his help in licensing the Valentinos tracks
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2 of Candi StatonĀ“s best tracks finally available on 7"
CANDI STATON (S4R35)
I CANĀ“T STOP BEING YOUR FOOL / YOU BET YOUR SWEET, SWEET LOVE
Born in Hanceville (Alabama), Canzetta Maria āCandiā Staton possesses one of the most recognizable voices of southern soul due to its characteristic andĀ unmistakable tone.
Her musical journey began in the 50s as a teenager singing gospel with the Four Golden Echoes and the Jewell Gospel Trio. In 1967 she made the transition to secular music and two years later started an artistically and commercially successful recording career with Fame Records, under the umbrella of Rick Hall, recording a dozen singles and three outstanding albums. Candi was introduced to Hall by Fameās main artist Clarence Carter, who eventually married her in 1970.
A new chapter began in 1974 at Warner Bros, from which the two songs paired on this record originated. They are now available on 7ā for the first time. āCanāt Stop Being Your Foolā is a powerful composition by Phillip Mitchell perfectly suited for her; on the flip side we find āYou Bet Your Sweet, Sweet Loveā, a country soul masterpiece produced by Dave Crawford. Another essential release on Soul4Real.
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2 originally unreleased tracks finally available on 7"
THE VALENTINOS (S4R44)
IĀ“VE GOT LOVE FOR YOU / IĀ“VE GOT A GIRL
Despite their early success, The Valentinosā story was, like many other groups, a āwhat might have beenā story. But there could not have been a more hardworking group. Every night, Friendly Womack Sr. taught his boys all the gospel songs he knew before he kicked them out of the house because they wanted to switch to secular singing.
āBobby, youāre singing too church!ā shouted Sam Cooke across the recording desk at the United Recording Studios in L.A. to Bobby and his brothersā¦
Still torn here between gospel and secular singing, Friendly āJuneā Womack told me about both these two lost tracks from the group: āBetween you and I, we were looking hard to get another āLooking For A Loveā. We were desperate for that, as that was such a big seller for usā.
Ultimately these sides failed to be released, yet they were both great tracks. Wouldnāt it be great though if, this time around, Soul4Real Records were able to hang out the āsold outā banner that all the Womack brothers really deserved?
GRAHAME JOYCE
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