Would hate to hear the worst on the label if that's the best!
Pedestrian 60's soul sounding like a million other records.
Suppose it's rare though so that's alright.
Don't think it came out twice on Stateside in 66, doesn't make sense. London demo, Stateside r & w demo, repromoted issue in 69 with it's green & white demo, and it was still on catalogue in the early 70's.
It really is a stunning track, that note that she hits at the end is incredible. I had an alternate version on acetate and it was actually better than the released version.
Ian Levine asked me to pass on the following Would you please post on Soul Source that Liz lands passed away this morning in Atlanta. Added by site: Born Elizabeth Lands 1939 in The Georgia Sea Islands, grew up in New York City. Lands supposedly had a five octave vocal range started her Motown career before Gordy decided to make a name for her in the R&B/Pop market, sadly it wasn't to be. She had a brief career away from Motown before disappearing altogether until Ian Levine recorded her for his Motorcity label in the late 80's early 90's. No more details are known at this time. Discography (Thanks to Dave Rimmer's SoulfulKinda Music) Liz Lands (Born 1939 in The Georgia Sea Islands, grew up in New York City . Married Tommy Brown in the early 1950's) Divinity 99008 - Trouble In The Land / We Shall Overcome - 1963 (This Was Issued On Motown's Short Lived Gospel Label) Liz Lands / Rev. Martin Luther King Gordy 7023 - We Shall Overcome / I Have A Dream - 1963 Gordy 7026 - May What He Lived For Live - 1963 (One-Sided Promo - White Label) Gordy 7026 - May What He Lived For Live / He's Got The Whole World In His Hands — 1963 Liz Lands & The Temptations Gordy 7030 - Midnight Johnny* / Keep Me - 1964 *Originally Titled "Midnight Lover." A slightly faster version with different lyrics in some places does exist on a Motown Acetate. Liz Lands One-Derful 4847 - One Man's Poison / Don't Shut Me Out — 1967 T & L 50 - Come In The Room / Someone Bigger Than You And I - ? (the T & L label was named after Liz and her husbands initials) Liz Lands Paul Mitchell - Trio T & L 201 - Silent Night (Part 1) / Silent Night (Part 2) (Instrumental) - 1967 Liz Lands T & L 1001 - Echo In The Background (Of My Broken Heart) / Qualify For My Love - 1968 T & L 1002 - Cotton Fields / Let It Be Me — 1968 Ep's T & L 118-68 - Let It Be Me / Cotton Fields /// Echo In The Background / Since I Met You Baby* - 1968 *duet with un-named vocalist.
Just to say have added some new records to the blogsite, not had time to do reviews but most have soundclips, there should have been 20 or so but my camera battery ran out! new additions are:
PACESETTERS - ESCORT
PIONEERS - AMALGAMATED
ETHIOPIANS - CRAB
JOHNNY DIZZY MOORE - SKA BEAT
PRINCE BUSTER - BLUE BEAT
GAYLADS - DOCTOR BIRD
SWEET CONFUSION - ESCORT
ROSCO - TROJAN
KEN BOOTHE - CALTONE
DENNIS ALCAPONE - DUKE
DERRICK MORGAN - PYRAMID
GENE RONDO - DOWNTOWN
https://lostvinylgemsofthe60s.blogspot.co.uk/
Just as a p.s. to this topic, I didn't win the copy above as it went for £90 or £100.
I bid on another copy of the same record last night and won it for £21
I have no opinion of it, I just remembered someone posting this a few years ago so I was just re-posting it.
But of the actual record - just prefer the original version on the Dore single, don't like the versions with the extra verse.
Yes I've got two similar but hold 100 to 125 I think, and they open from the side not the front, someone else asked me this, I'll dig one out and photo it