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Cannonball Records CBLL045 - The L.A. Propinquity "U Need Me" Previously unreleased 70s Soul out soon. Alberto has been pretty ill lately but thankfully he is bouncing back and his label hit the streets again with a previously unreleased 70s dancer by group The L.A. Propinquity entitled "U Need Me". Alberto says...... “U need me” by the LA Propinquity surfaces as part of a body of productions initially meant to be put out all together on an album. As often seen, for many reasons this didn’t happen and we are offered the privilege to release it on our flagship label first time ever. A modern soul dancer of the highest order out of a couple of premium recording studios in Los Angeles (included Hit City West with award winning engineer Avi Kipper at the controls) by the hands of Maestro Sanifu Hall and his Aljoni Music Co. featuring what could easily be defined the L.A. Dream Team of musicians, to include the infectious groove of drummer supreme James Gadson (previously featured also on our long sold outs with Mike James Kirkland) and many other stellar players from the area. I know I’m a weirdo so, to my taste, the flipside is as remarkable. Sanifu’s slick instrumental arrangement enriched by the flute of Todd Del Giudice, seamlessly in and out from the verses, makes it a sublime slice of original Soul Jazz from the late 70’s. Actually we really struggled to put this version on the back up side of this release as, with that hint of west coast fusion, it’d be worth a main side on its own. Just listen to both versions in this video, judge by your excellent selves and make your move accordingly. To pre-order or buy visit https://cannonballsoul.com/cannonballrecords/

Press Release: Shirley Diamond & Jesse James “You Don’t Know Who You Sleeping With” SJ1021 Release Date: Monday February 26th 2024 Diamond & James are none other than our old friend, the evergreen Jesse James in tandem with Southern soulstress Shirley Diamond. Jesse has known and worked with Shirley for some time following their introduction by Shirley’s former manager/producer the late Harvey Scales. Shirley a native of Atlanta, Georgia and is not only a performing artist and occasional Congo drummer but a trained educator who has taught first to fifth grade students in the past. She is currently working as a E.I.P also known as an Education Support Teacher working with students who are experiencing learning difficulties. Shirley has successfully managed her performing career around her academic career performing at weekends and school summer holidays which in the state of Georgia typically last from late May into the middle of August. Shirley’s career has either seen her open shows or work as a backing singer for some of black music’s greatest artists, Atlantic Starr, The Bar Kay’s, Bobby Bland, Tyrone Davis, Millie Jackson, Ann Nesby, Joe Simon, Johnnie Taylor (with whom she toured with for 7 months) as well as the aforementioned Jesse James amongst many others. Shirley’s previous recordings include the CD album project ‘Shirley Diamond With Magic Mushroom’ entitled “You Don’t Have To Be Sad, To Sing The Blues” which included credible cover versions of Tyrone Davis’s “Homewrecker” and Marvin Gaye’s “Inner City Blues” plus the heavily radio played “See And Don’t See”. The 2016 “Strong Woman” album on Phat Sak Records was followed by the Harvey Scales penned song “Are You Setting Me Up” in 2013 released as a download only. In 2021 Shirley recorded a song that she co-wrote with Terry Dukes “You Don’t Know Who You Sleeping With” which she has recently re-recorded as a duet with Jesse under the production supervision of Con Funk Shun main man Felton Pilate with additional instrumentation added to the arrangements. Both versions of this song have been united as a double A sided release by Soul Junction, with this being Shirley’s first ever vinyl release. A further Shirley & Jesse duet entitled “Another Love Lay Over” will soon be featured as part of a future Jesse James project, watch this space. For further information contact Soul Junction: E-mail: sales@souljunctionrecords.co.uk To pre-order/buy visit https://souljunctionrecords.co.uk/SJ1021.html