Having paid the pricely sum of £2.99 for this on Friday at a record shop in Dundee I really didn't think it would be up to much...WRONG!, what an outstanding album it is!

Any thoughts?

Lenny

Edited November 30, 200816 yr by BIGSOULMAN

Tremendous album this.

Fave is 'Suspicion'.

I'd say you got a bargain there.

Regards

Jim

My copies a demo - was it issued?

Mine's a demo as well, white label with no logo.

I'll have to check my Sharon Davis bible to see if it got a legit release?

Jim

This is indeed one awesome album!

Yes Joe & Jim - It was most certainly released!

I have the UK Motown copy.

No doubt Mr Hampsey will say his piece on this topic, as it was he who made me aware of it, not all that long after it's release.

Tell me a lie Mot 6000 (1982)

Right in the middle,

Either way we lose,

Suspicions,

You seen one you seen 'em all,

I heard it through the grapevine,

Tell me a lie, I like it I like that,

Before I even know your name,

I can't stop,

If I were your woman

Fave tracks for me include the title track, "Right in the middle" & "I can't stop"

Isn't it funny how these types of recordings never really got the acclaim they deserved when first released?

Edited November 30, 200816 yr by John Benson

"I Cant Stop" also got a UK 45 release with a picture sleeve.

Cheers Paul

This is indeed one awesome album!

Yes Joe & Jim - It was most certainly released!

I have the UK Motown copy.

No doubt Mr Hampsey will say his piece on this topic, as it was he who made me aware of it, not all that long after it's release.

Tell me a lie Mot 6000 (1982)

Right in the middle,

Either way we lose,

Suspicions,

You seen one you seen 'em all,

I heard it through the grapevine,

Tell me a lie, I like it I like that,

Before I even know your name,

I can't stop,

If I were your woman

Fave tracks for me include the title track, "Right in the middle" & "I can't stop"

Both of these tracks received uk releases on 45. Over the years i've had UK & PORTUGESE issues of the album

Derek

Isn't it funny how these types of recordings never really got the acclaim they deserved when first released?

What year is this 1964 65, before Calla and Atlantic I presume.

Oh and after Lu-Pine?

Edited December 1, 200816 yr by Prophonics 2029

What year is this 1964 65, before Calla and Atlantic I presume.

Oh and after Lu-Pine?

Nearer twenty years later... early 80s release.

Nearer twenty years later... early 80s release.

1982. My copy is white DJ, too. Are there US "normal" copies ?

Edited December 1, 200816 yr by Philippe

Copy I have is UK Motown STML 12166

A minter it is too

Lenny

Isn't it funny how these types of recordings never really got the acclaim they deserved when first released?

The US label Reel Music reissued this album on CD earlier this year:

https://www.myreelmusic.com/catalog/item/5370037/5335842.htm

They will reissue Gloria Jones Motown album "Share My Love" as well in March next year.

My copies a demo - was it issued?

I'm sure it was issued - I'll check when I get home. I got mine from a shop in Lincoln on its release - usually sold the odd Jazz / Funk things above a clothes shop, but often picked up the odd soul release (can remember picking up Womack, Jean Carn, Al Johnson et al there).

Isn't it funny how these types of recordings never really got the acclaim they deserved when first released?

Reason is, John , soul music effectively had become a dead music/art form within a couple of years of this release.

Not totally dead and buried of course, because the older artists and artists in the existing soul tradition have kept the flame burning (well ... flickering anyway) thankfully.

But as a living , breathing , evolving art form , as THE dominant black music form, soul music was dead by the mid 80's.

I've urged people many times on Soul Source to read US critic Nelson George's book "The Death of Rhythm and Blues" to see exactly how this slow death process had been in the making in the US music industry for over a decade.

The commercial failure of this very LP was almost an inevitable legacy of this process.

Also, I think the company's promotion for this record was pretty light

Edited December 1, 200816 yr by Philippe

1982. My copy is white DJ, too. Are there US "normal" copies ?

Mine's a bog standard blue US issue.

According to the sleeve notes, recorded in Nashville - Muscle Shoals Horns boys appear to drop in for the Sam Dees penned 'Right in the Middle'.

Thanks for bringing this up - forgot all about this album.