Just to give you the thumbs up regarding this just fabulous brand new double header that is now released and available at the  first light on Monday morning via "Soul Junction Records "

 

2 great sides for the Summer of 2014 .... "All my life" is a fantastic cool breezy uptempo Soulful dancer  that just builds and builds and builds - it blew me away when I first heard this side  !!   BW.  "Mamas baby boy "  being a just fab slab of hypnotic mid tempo soul a great song with a back to blow ya  !!!!

 Love both of these but canna stop playing MBB !!! enjoy  TFK 

 

Now available for purchase through Soul Junctions  Records website or your favourite Soul Music provider/supplier or stockists . 

 

SOUL JUNCTION RECORDS WEBSITE :- 

 

https://www.souljunctionrecords.co.uk/

 

 

Press Release: Elliot Macauley (Featuring Joe Leavy) “All My Life”/

                         Elliot Macauley (Featuring Cleveland Jones) “Mamas Baby Boy”   SJ529

 

Release Date: Monday August 18th 2014

 

Elliot Macauley is yet another independent musician and recording artist to emerge from the musical legacy of the UK City of Manchester.

With George Benson’s “Breezing” playing in the background of his parent’s home in the late 1970’s Elliot picked up his first bass guitar and began strumming along to the soul and jazz sounds that surrounded him. At the age of 18, Elliot moved to London to persue his musical career playing in various soul, funk and jazz bands. Although honing his skills playing live music there was little or no opportunity for him to record or produce his own material due to the expenses involved at the time, a situation later resolved with the dawn of the digital era. But in the interim, Elliot whilst working at London’s Jazz Caf’e was offered the chance to travel to Japan as a session musician in a jazz quartet. Through playing bookings in Nagoya, Osaka and Tokyo Elliot laid the foundations of the fan base he now enjoys in the Far East.

 

Later taking up residence in Barcelona, Spain he became a familiar sight playing acoustic guitar on the beach with the local gypsies, all the time gaining further valuable techniques and experience.

Upon his return to the UK in early 2000, Elliot set about the task of building his own recording studio.

Whilst still playing acoustic and bass guitar at intimate venues, he was able to fulfill his true potential and ambition to compose, arrange and produce his own material.

 

Through his work on Winston Warrior’s “Keep Moving” release which features Elliot on bass guitar and subsequent projects with Maggie Smile, Sian Evans and Kurt Austin (where Elliot assumes the roles of composer, writer and producer) his growing reputation brought him to the attention of American recording artist Cleveland Jones. Both Elliot’s and Cleveland’s mutual admiration of each other’s work eventually saw them collaborate on the sublime track “Mamas Baby Boy” which featured on Elliot’s debut EP entitled “Retro” in 2013.

 

Elliot’s next collaboration again sees him team up with another American vocalist and song writer, Joe Leavy. Joe a native of San Diego, California had in his earlier career honed his performing skills touring the club circuit in Japan and throughout the rest of the Far East. But following on from a nine year hiatus from the music business Joe made a welcome return with his debut cd album project “A Guy Named Joe Leavy” in 2013. Together, Elliot and Joe with fellow songwriter Andrew Mayo came up trumps with the wonderfully uplifting dance track “All My Life” which we at Soul Junction, have leased and placed back to back with the aforementioned “Mamas Baby Boy” for Elliot Macauley’s debut vinyl release. Although the majority of Soul Junction’s previous releases are licensed directly American based artists, upon hearing about Elliot Macauley’s growing reputation as a producer we thought it would be a wonderful opportunity for a UK based Soul Label to support some home grown talent.

 

Currently Elliot is working on a new project with a further American artist Marwan Akil recording the smooth midtempo outing “Future” which also features Dave Lee Andrews. “Future” has recently entered the UK soul charts in number28 position.

 

For further information please contact Soul Junction at:

Tel +44 (0) 121 602 8115 or E-mail sales@souljunctiorecords.co.uk

 

More info on  Mikes review:- 

 

https://www.soul-source.co.uk/articles/words/sj-45-preview-elliot-macauley-featuring-joe-leavy-all-my-life-45-r2931

Edited August 12, 201410 yr by tfk

Have a listen to both sides.....great 45.

 

Fabulous 45....essential for the collection

One more sleep !!! my alarm is already set for Monday morning nice and bright and early  then off to join the Queue standing outside our record store waiting for the launch of this  goodie  -canna wait !!! 

 

tfk

Edited August 17, 201410 yr by tfk

Hi Guys

Yep Elliot Macauley hits the streets offically tomorrow it's been sellling well across the border in bonnie Scotland and the far East. But as of yet not much of a response from Elliot's native city of Manchester ?

What has happened to this musical mecca of the northwest do they need Simon Cowell and his motley crew to tell them what Britons have talent ? When it's right under their noses !

Well Manchester's very own Elliot Macauley is currently the UK's hottest producer not just with this release but also with his "Future" project with Marwin Akil which is pushing hard for the Number one spot in the UK Soul charts. Oh well looks like another UK talent that needs to follow the Dreemtime guys stateside to gain the respect for his talent that he richly deserves.

Dave

Soul Junction

Edited August 17, 201410 yr by Louise

Link to Juno Records and review :- 

 

https://www.juno.co.uk/products/elliot-macauley-all-my-life/545084-01/?utm_source=feat_email&utm_medium=feat_email_14-08-18&utm_term=feat_email_all_none&utm_content=feat_email_ProductLargeReview&utm_campaign=feat_email_funk-reissues_jr

Edited August 21, 201410 yr by tfk