I'm kicking off this time with some sweet reggae, but the inspiration for quite a few of the tracks here came from my fellow crew members. Billymac brought me back in mind of Ronnie Walker and here's the slightly longer single version of "Guess I'll Never Understand", under the name of Fletcher Walker III. I am so taken with Ronnie's voice, I'm bringing you another great track of his "Really, Really Love You". OED gave you some "Stax on Motown" on his "Love Me Again" comp, but long before Stax did it, we had "Goldwax on Motown" in the form of James Carr duetting on the Tops' "Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch". ScavenJah was blowing our minds with some "TnT", so here's their classic "Meditation". SOLOE put me on to the Jive Five & Chantels version of "Don't Believe Him Donna" (which I've now managed to pick up), but here's the song's writer, Lenny Miles, backed with the Shirelles. My closing rola is the original of "Got To Get Through To You" after the G MAN came through with the Lee Fields' version. There are a couple of familiar songs in here but in an international setting. We have the Italian stallion, Nino Tempo and sister April on an understated version of "Land of 1000 Dances", which Thee Midniters were first to record. And very probably listeners like Skiny and Max will recognise "The French James Brown", Moroccan-born Vigon, with his charming version of "Harlem Shuff-EL" from 1967. This cat is still strutting it to this day. I remember being in Paris in 1969, not long after the student riots, and the clubs were fantastic, with James Brown pumping out funky stuff all night long; gorgeous women - Ooh, La, La!, the French always loved their soul music. I've got a Drifters' retro classic from 1964 with Charlie Thomas, magnificent, on lead. And the most unusual of all, since it's not on any record or CD; a mighty a capella performance by the Persuasions of Dee Dee Gartrell's Hymn No.9 (which I brought you last time), live from a concert in the Empire Theatre, Liverpool, UK, in 1973. Just how good were these guys - simply awesome! As my man MELLO said, another mixed bag comp in the RossyBoy style - maybe a bit more A La Carte than usual - hope it's to your taste!
Track List
01 - Derrick Harriot - Eighteen With A Bullet
02 - Nino Tempo & April Stevens - Land Of 1000 Dances
03 - Harold Melvin & The Bluenotes - Get Out (And Let Me Cry)
04 - James Carr & Barbara Perry - I Can't Help Myself
05 - Fletcher Walker III - Guess I'll Never Understand
06 - Vigon - Harlem Shuffle
07 - The Trumains - Ripe For The Pickin'
08 - Lenny Miles - Don't Believe Him Donna
09 - Little Eva - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
10 - TnT Band - The Meditation
11 - Walter Rhodes - I Worship The Ground You Walk On
12 - The Volumes - One Way Lover
13 - Ronnie Walker - Really, Really Love You
14 - Billy Stewart - Strange Feeling
15 - Tammi Terrell - My Heart
16 - The Drifters - I Don't Want To Go On Without You
17 - Donnie Elbert - For Sentimental Reasons
18 - The Persuasions - See What You Done Done (Hymn No. 9)
19 - Marlina Mars - It's Love That Really Counts
20 - The T.S.U. Toronados - Got To Get Through To You
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