Reggieâs âLostâ Soul Soul Junction's latest release features two previously unissued late 60âs Chicago Soul finds from the Scott Brothers Capri Productions vaults: Press Release: Reggie Soul âSo Many Miles Away/Groovy Thangâ SJ560 Release Date: Monday 9th June 2025 Chicago recording artist Reggie Soul (real name Reginald Stone) recording career consisted of three 45singles spread over 3 separate labels. Firstly, the funk outing âI Got Jodyâ backed with the soulful âI Feel So Badâ for the Red Balloon label. âI Feel So Badâ was a Lee Sain composition which Lee himself recorded under the title of âBaby Donât Leave Meâ for the Broach label. Reggieâs âI Got Jodyâ also came out a second time on Nation Time Records as the flipside to âSoul Walkinââ a cover version of the James Brown song but mis-credited as the performing artist Reggie Smith? Reggieâs third release âMy World of Ecstasy/Mighty Good Lovingâ was released on the Scott Brothers owned Capri Records label in 1968. The fledgling Capri Records Company having been set up in premises at 409, East 47TH Street in Chicagoâs Southside, used the front of the building as a record store with the rehearsal studios situated at the rear, the final recording sessions took place initially at some of the smaller independent studios across the city before using the major Columbia and RCA Recording Studios as Capri Productions grew. Reggie co-wrote both sides of his Capri 45 with Charles and Walter Scott respectively. The arrangements were provided by John Jackson and Bill McFarland who alongside Claude Williams provided the horn section to many of the Scottâs future productions. The Scott Brothers were also the house band at one of the Southsideâs most popular night clubs âThe Bonanza Lounge on 7641, South Halsted. Besides performing, they used the club to scout for potential artists for their label and it is believed thatâs where their business relationship with Reggie Soul initially began. Surviving witness accounts always cite Reggie as a solo performer which begs the question who are the credited âThe Soul Swingersâ on the Capri 45? Well, it transpires that this was a pseudonym used by the Scott Brothers present on the recording, Charles (Chuck) drums, Tommy (bass guitar) and Walter (Rhythm guitar). At the beginning of Soul Junctionâs working relationship with Scot-Tees a further Reggie Soul unissued session was mentioned and sure enough two tape boxes arrived one containing âMy World Of Ecstasy/Mighty Good Lovingâ, great, but disappointingly the second named tape had been reused as a rehearsal tape of several recognizable riffs of later Scott-Tees productions, doh! Then months later lady luck intervened, a box containing two unmarked acetates held together with a nut and bolt was found. After considerable investigation, it transpires that they are the missing Reggie Soul tracks which we now present to you. Both songs are A.C Carson compositions, The A-side âSo Many Miles Awayâ is a wonderful crossover song that shares some lyrical similarities to fellow Capri stablemate Judson Mooreâs released Chicago Music Bag 45 âLisaâ while the flipside of our release features Reggieâs interpretation of Judsonâs âGroovy Thangâ. So, at long last Soul Junction are able to present to the lost Reggie Soul sessions that several veteran soul scribes who known their onions have likened to another great Chicago recording artist, the mighty, Tyrone Davis. For further information e-mail: sales@souljunctionrecords.co.uk or visit the website at Soul Junction Records