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Thursday, June 11, 2009

SWEET SOUL SHAKIN' - THE YOUNGHEARTS


Here's a very rare album provided for your listening enjoyment by my partner in crime...soul collector SCAVENJAH.
This is the Young Hearts first album, released on the heels of "I've Got Love for My Baby," a mid-tempo love song featuring Ronnie Preyer's falsetto, and James Moore's tenor/baritone swapping lead lines. Charles Ingersoll and Earl Carter rounded out the quartet. An earlier release, the lilting "Oh I'll Never Be the Same" received considerable R&B play, but didn't register Pop, it was co-written by Anita Poree who went on to greater things at Motown. "Sweet Soul Shakin'," led by Ingersoll, followed "I've Got Love . . .," and had a stampeding tempo but didn't generate much interest. Their first Minit release "A Little Togetherness" is a floater advocating peace that they recorded twice, another version credited to them, and popular among Northern Soul lovers, has a completely different arrangement than this one. They mellow down on "Misty," but explode on "Countdown (Here I Come)" an uptempo romper. Every member leads at least one song, that's Moore crooning "Girls." This LP is virtually impossible to find, with far less interesting stuff being reissued on CD, these tracks surely merits reissuing.

Track Listing:
1. SWEET SOUL SHAKIN'
2. GIRLS
3. GET YOURSELF TOGETHER
4. THE BEGINNING OF THE END
5. CAN'T GET ENOUGH
6. LITTLE TOGETHERNESS
7. I'VE GOT LOVE FOR MY BABY
8. MISTY
9. COUNT DOWN (HERE I COME)
10. OH I'LL NEVER BE THE SAME
11. I FOUND A NEW LOVE
12. TAKIN' CARE OF BUSINESS

10 comments:

  1. thanks for this gem i got the hit single on minit nad a minit comp but thats it thanks again

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  2. Sure thing ANONYMOUS....GLAD it hit ths spot 4 ya.

    G MAN

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  3. Thanx LOUIS.....& thanx 4 visiting my spot.

    G MAN

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  4. been looking for this one a while, thanks for the post

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  5. What up Rare---1....glad I could hook you up with this tight album...COURTESY of the homie SCAVENJAH.

    G MAN

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  6. Thanks for leaving the comment MAGICSOUL. Is this the MAGICSOUL of the famous and never forgotten MAGIC SOUL BODEGA?

    If it is send me a line at craig1205@gmail.com

    G MAN

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  7. Do you know how to get ahold of any of the members of the Younghearts?

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  8. SORRY DERRICK....I DON'T HAVE ANY IDEA ON THAT ONE.

    G MAN

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