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| It's amazing that in
this day and age, some record companies keep faith with vinyl,
and I'm so glad that they do. Whilst I appreciate all the
advantages of CDs, there's nothing like holding a piece of vinyl
in your hands before you put it on the deck.
So here are the reviews of the
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Kent Select - Lilly Fields - Changes - / The Shaladons - We Can Do It - City 013 Another two unreleased tracks on show here. ‘Changes’ by Lily Fields has been getting plays off acetate / carvers for quite a while now, so most people should know it. Deservedly so as well, it’s a cracking piece of Soul music that was recorded back in the Sixties specifically for the dancefloor. It’s only just that it is now getting the plays to that dancefloor forty years later. The Shaladons I know nothing about, and it appears Kent don’t know much either, so just give it a listen and make your own mind up.
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Kent Select - Phillip & The Faithfuls - What'cha Gonna Do / The Additions - Until The End Of Time - Town 014 Two more unreleased tracks from the vaults. The first is an unreleased Goldwax track (And to be honest the track Phillip & The Faithfuls did release is almost as rare !) that just cruises along at midtempo pace. The Additions track I know nothing about other than it has Detroit origins.
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Kent Select - Barbara Perry - A Man Is A Mean Thing / Gladys Bruce - I've Got A Feeling For You Baby - City 015 Barbara Perry has been hammered on acetate by Roger Banks for a couple of years now, so should be well known to anyone who’s heard Roger DJing. The Gladys Bruce track is fairly unknown so far, but being in a very similar style I’m sure will get sufficient plays to make it an underground hit as well.
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Kent Select - Jesse Davis - Hang On In There Girl / Hang On In There Girl - City 016 An absolute monster rarity, gains it’s first UK release. Not only that, it’s a longer version taken directly from the master tapes, couple that with the instrumental version and it’s a sure fire winner.
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Kent - Towana & the Total Destruction - Wear Your Natural, Baby / Ty Karim You Really Made It Good To Me - Town 136 Ty Karim features on both these release of course. One aimed at the Crossover crowd and one being an established ‘60s rarity. I don’t need to say anymore really !
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Kent - The Hesitations - Is This The Way To Treat A Girl (You Bet It Is) / Mary Love Comer - Come Out Of The Sandbox - Town 137 Kent just about managed to get this release out in time for Prestatyn, in March, where not only were the Hesitations performing, but so was Mary Love. Both tracks are on the Modern side of things, with ‘Sandbox’ having had plays since the first time Mary Love appeared at Cleethorpes, whilst the Hesitations is a more recent discovery.
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Kent - Salt & Pepper - A Man Of My Word / The San Francisco TKOs - Make Up Your Mind - Town 138 Here’s a strange one, recorded by American GIs in Thailand in the Sixties it started to get plays around five years ago. Eventually several people managed to contact the remaining members of the group, which is how, I assume, Kent ended up with the rights to release one of the most indemand records around at the moment. Not only that, but the flip side is a re-release for one of the most indemand 100 Club Anniversary singles. Bound to be a top seller !
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Kent / Goldwax -
The Stars Of Goldwax EP A real one off this time. Apparently released, in support of the Record Store Day on 17th April, 2010, and allegedly only available on that day. It’s a cracker ofan EP as well with four tracks that really do highlight the stars of the Goldwax label. Southern Soul at it’s best, get your hands on one of these as soon as you can.
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