These New York labels were at the inception of soul music and continued to release excellent tracks until the disco era.
Release notes clip by Ady Croasdell follows
Scepter/Wand and Musicor/Dynamo were quintessential New York soul labels. Their common link was Luther Dixon, who set Scepter on the right path with the Shirelles and followed up with success for Tommy Hunt, Chuck Jackson, Dionne Warwick and Maxine Brown. He split for Musicor in 1966 where he got the Platters, Tommy Hunt and Inez and Charlie Foxx back into the charts.
Over the years, our privileged position of accessing the labels’ tapes has enabled us to make many previously unissued recordings available. This CD alone features an unheard Chips Moman song from Helen Henry, the Shirelles’ take on Luther Dixon’s superb ‘Two Stupid Feet’, songwriter Van McCoy’s own interpretation of the Shirelles’ ‘What’s The Matter Baby’ and an R&B group sound from the Tabs. Earlier vault discoveries from Junior Lewis and Big Maybelle are given their first CD outing.
Tracks
Side 1
01 Open Up Your Heart (And Let Me In) - Dan and The Cleancuts
02 Now That You're Gone - Sonny Turner and Sound Limited
03 Haven't I Been Good To You - Johnny Moore
04 Fun City Woman - Ann Bailey
05 Nobody Made You Love Me - The Charts
06 Billy Boy - Billy Adams
07 That Same Old Song - The Fabulous Dinos
08 Every Little Bit Helps - Helen Henry
09 Two Stupid Feet - The Shirelles
10 Lover - Tommy Hunt
11 Giving Up - Junior Lewis
12 A Part Of Me - Earl King
13 Never In My Life - Lee Moses
14 Nobody Knows - Maurice Williams
15 Doesn't It Ring A Bell - The Platters
16 How Could It Be - The Esquires
17 Mr Schemer - Brenton Wood
18 Ooh Baby - Harold Hopkins
19 What's The Matter Baby - Van McCoy
20 The Landlord - The Tabs
21 You Picked Me - The Soldier Boys
22 Remind My Baby Of Me - Billy Byers
23 Does Love Believe In Me - Melba Moore
24 If I Had You - Big Maybelle
Manhattan Soul Volume 3
Various Artists
CDKEND 459
Kent Records
Format: Audio CD
Release Date: 27th January 2017
These New York labels were at the inception of soul music and continued to release excellent tracks until the disco era.
Release notes clip by Ady Croasdell follows
Scepter/Wand and Musicor/Dynamo were quintessential New York soul labels. Their common link was Luther Dixon, who set Scepter on the right path with the Shirelles and followed up with success for Tommy Hunt, Chuck Jackson, Dionne Warwick and Maxine Brown. He split for Musicor in 1966 where he got the Platters, Tommy Hunt and Inez and Charlie Foxx back into the charts.
Over the years, our privileged position of accessing the labels’ tapes has enabled us to make many previously unissued recordings available. This CD alone features an unheard Chips Moman song from Helen Henry, the Shirelles’ take on Luther Dixon’s superb ‘Two Stupid Feet’, songwriter Van McCoy’s own interpretation of the Shirelles’ ‘What’s The Matter Baby’ and an R&B group sound from the Tabs. Earlier vault discoveries from Junior Lewis and Big Maybelle are given their first CD outing.
Tracks
Side 1
01 Open Up Your Heart (And Let Me In) - Dan and The Cleancuts
02 Now That You're Gone - Sonny Turner and Sound Limited
03 Haven't I Been Good To You - Johnny Moore
04 Fun City Woman - Ann Bailey
05 Nobody Made You Love Me - The Charts
06 Billy Boy - Billy Adams
07 That Same Old Song - The Fabulous Dinos
08 Every Little Bit Helps - Helen Henry
09 Two Stupid Feet - The Shirelles
10 Lover - Tommy Hunt
11 Giving Up - Junior Lewis
12 A Part Of Me - Earl King
13 Never In My Life - Lee Moses
14 Nobody Knows - Maurice Williams
15 Doesn't It Ring A Bell - The Platters
16 How Could It Be - The Esquires
17 Mr Schemer - Brenton Wood
18 Ooh Baby - Harold Hopkins
19 What's The Matter Baby - Van McCoy
20 The Landlord - The Tabs
21 You Picked Me - The Soldier Boys
22 Remind My Baby Of Me - Billy Byers
23 Does Love Believe In Me - Melba Moore
24 If I Had You - Big Maybelle
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