I HAVE DECIDED TO RE-NAME THIS SECTION IN MEMORY OF A DEAR FRIEND & MEMBER OF THIS SITE, A PLACE TO HEAR TUNES THAT COME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
I`ll start the ball rolling with the underplayed MARY WELLS-DEAR LOVER/CAN`T YOU SEE YOUR LOSING ME-ATCO 6392
Allthough the A side on this outing by the highly talented motown artist, is a sweet soul outing, the flip, can`t you see your losing me, is a 100mph northern stormer that has been recieving plays at many venues recently, After her massive success at motown in 1964 with the worldwide hit MY GUY, mary left the motown stable due mainly to the rising popularity of the supremes and other groups, after a disagreement with berry gordy over her not been given the amount of material she needed to further her career mary parted company with the detroit label, and was signed by the atlantic group, this 66 recording on the atlantic subsiduary label is taylor made for northern soul, and certainly will be in my playbox for the crescent
http://www.raresoulman.co.uk/searchartist.php?Powersearch=1&Artist=WELLS%2C+MARY&Format=%&pg=4 Follow the link to hear a clip
ANOTHER FORGOTTEN RECORD, THAT IN RECENT MONTHS HAS BEEN RECIEVING SOME WHAT OF AN ACTIVATION, GREAT GROUP UPTEMPO THAT HAS EVERYRHING, STARTING WITH A GUITAR INTRO, SETS OFF INTO A FURIOUS PACE NORTHERN SOUL DANCER, A NICE ONE TO WATCH OUT FOR THIS HOLLWOOD BASED LABEL WHO BEFORE 74 DISTRIBUTED THROUGH BUDDAH RECORDS, AFTER 74 SUSSEX WENT INDEPENDANT BEFOR FINALLY HAVING ITS DOORS PADLOCKED BY THE I.R.S FOR UNPAID STATE TAXES TO THE AMOUNT OF $62,000 DOLLARS, ALL THE LABELS ASSETS WERE THEN AUCTIONED OFF, TO PAY OFF THE DEBT, ALSO RELEASED ON THE BRITISH A&M LABEL. FOLLOW THE LINK TO LISTEN TO THE CLIP http://www.raresoulman.co.uk/searchartist.php?Powersearch=1&Artist=DECISIONS&Format=