Los Angeles Modern Kent Northern Soul *** Vinyl

Various Artists

Los Angeles Modern Kent Northern Soul *** Vinyl
Format
Audio
Publisher
Country
Published
28 June 2019
ISBN
0029667009010

Los Angeles Modern Kent Northern Soul *** Vinyl

Various Artists

UK black music collectors have revered the output of theModern and Kent labels from Los Angeles since the early daysof B.B. King, Ike & Tina Turner, and the Ikettes. Much of thesoul was crossed with R&B – witness the likes of Z.Z. Hill,Vernon Garrett and Johnny Copeland. Garrett’s ‘Shine It On’has become much in-demand in recent years along with Z.Z.Hill’s cover of ‘Make Me Yours’ which was a UK-only 45 in the60s. Larry Davis’ name was largely unknown until his ‘I’veBeen Hurt So Many Times’ got Northern Soul plays in the 80sand onwards.Mel Williams’ storming ‘Can It Be Me’ is also on the tough side– it has been a dancefloor-filler since its 'discovery' in theearly 70s; like Jimmy Bee’s manic ‘Wanting You’ it is takenfrom recently found master tapes for even better clarity.Access to the tapes revealed male duo Gene & Gary’s versionof the classic Danny Monday dancer ‘Baby Without You’ and‘Get To Steppin’’, a Jackie Day track recorded in a very similarvein to ‘Naughty Boy’, her Phelectron rarity. Johnny Copelandmade a great version of ‘No Puppy Love’ as released by JackiePaine on Jetstream, while the totally unknown Peggy Woodscontributed a classic soul-girl stomper on ‘Love Is Gonna GetYou’. The originally unreleased version of Wally Cox’s ‘ThisMan’ was recorded before his 1970 Wand release, althoughthat actually sounds earlier.Group soul comes from the Brilliant Korners’ rare andcollectable final Modern release ‘Three Lonely Guys’, whileTexas’ Other Brothers left ‘Nobody But Me’, their bestrecording, on the tape shelf – it has grown continuously inpopularity since its 1995 debut. There’s a Mary Love classicand a great Arthur Wright instrumental version of her ‘Lay ThisBurden Down’ to round off a compelling compilation.A vinyl-only release compiled and annotated by Ady Croasdell.

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