Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities Volume 6 - VA - Kent Records CD

Northern Soul's Classiest Rarities Volume 6

High-quality dance records from across the Northern Soul spectrum – floor-fillers, chin-strokers, the esoteric and the sometimes obvious.

Various Artists 

CDKEND 471

Kent Records 

Format: Audio CD

Release Date 24th November 2017

The sixth volume of Kents long running quality Northern Soul Classiest Rarities series,.

A snip of the release notes from Ady Croasdell from the time of release follows below. 

It’s nearly three years since the last volume of this respected series. The eye-opener on this new collection will be the previously unissued version of ‘I Only Cry Once A Day Now’, a superb Gene Page arrangement treasured by the Puffs on Doré but performed here by the mighty Fidels. Fellow Los Angeles vocal group the Hyperions contribute the catchy and exciting ‘Why You Wanna Treat Me The Way You Do’, and the Lon-Genes’ rare single ‘Dream Girl’ gives further kudos to that city’s soul reputation. Difosco (aka Dee Ervin) recorded the ebullient ‘Sunshine Love’ for another Los Angeles imprint, Earthquake, and its standing among collector’s continues to grow, while we finally put out the correct brass-filled version of Peggy Woods’ great mid-80s discovery ‘Love Is Gonna Get You’ for the first time on CD.

Much-travelled soul ambassador Sidney Barnes has licensed us his super-rare production of ‘I Wanted To Tell You’ by Little Nicky Soul and later under-the-radar creations on Andre Scott and Jean Carter. He has also added substantially to the booklet notes in an illuminating and entertaining manner. Sid’s Detroit production partner, soon-to-be superstar George Clinton, offers up ‘You Won’t Say Nothing’ by Tamala Lewis, one of the earliest works from hisNew Jerseydays. That disc eventually became a Northern Soul classic, as did Jackie Day’s ‘Naughty Boy’, Johnnie Taylor’s ‘Friday Night’ and Betty Turner’s ‘The Winds Kept Laughing’. An even more established gem is given an interesting twist in a newly acquired early version of Maxine Brown’s ‘One In A Million’; the subtle differences make it an aural thrill....

Tracks

01 Love Is Gonna Get You - Peggy Woods
02 You Won't Say Nothing - Tamala Lewis
03 I Only Cry Once A Day Now - The Fidels
04 Friday Night - Johnnie Taylor
05 I Got To Tell Somebody - Betty Everett
06 I Can Fly - The Magnificents
07 Why You Wanna Treat Me The Way You Do (aka Why You Wanna Treat Me Like You Do) - The Hyperions
08 Sunshine Love - Difosco
09 I Wanted To Tell You - Little Nicky Soul
10 Young Boy Blues - Daniel A Stone
11 Nomad Woman - Jock Mitchell with The Fabulous Agents
12 Sad Tomorrows - Nooney Rickett
13 Wait A Minute (You're Getting Careless With My Heart) - The Kittens
14 One In A Million (Alt take) - Maxine Brown
15 Naughty Boy - Jackie Day
16 The Winds Kept Laughing - Betty Turner & The Chevelles
17 Lost In A City - The Vows
18 Poor - Unfortunate - Me (I Ain't Got Nobody) - J.J. Barnes
19 Cry In The Arms Of Another Love - Andre Scott with Jessie, Otis & Shotgun
20 Long Live The King - Detroit Emeralds
21 Love Hangover - Jean Carter
22 (Marriage Is Only) A State Of Mind - O.C. Tolbert
23 Dream Girl - The Lon-Genes
24 Little Boy - Carla Thomas

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