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CJ & Co - Rainmaker / Let Them Talk - Kent City 059 Two tremendous tracks from C J & Company found via Westbound tapes... First time out on vinyl for this take of the Moods 'Rainmaker'. Coupled with a 'glorious' mid-tempo number ‘Let Them Talk’ which was also unreleased till a recent limited vinyl Diggin' Deep release. View full store item

Joe Burrell / Pookie Hudson - There Was A Time / This Gets To Me - Kent City 056 Release for a track that was once better known as sung by Kae Williams ‘There Was A Time’ is known to rare soul fans as ‘Our Love Is Dying’ by Kae Williams, as which it appeared on a fake Treasure Island label for some YouTube clips, but the truth is it was an unissued tape find. Given the haunting quality of such a great soul song, various DJs had it cut to acetate. It was titled after a line in the lyrics and accredited to Kae Williams, who produced the track and owned the Junior label for which it was recorded. The real artist is Joe Burrell, as revealed on the master tape owned by Jamie Records, who ran many of the major soul labels in the Philadelphia area. We have coupled it with the all-time Northern classic ‘This Gets To Me’ by Pookie Hudson, which is in constant demand and has been unavailable for many years. View full store item

Obrey Wilson / Lee Brackett - Daddy Please Stay Home / You Get To Me - Kent City 052 Two previously unreleased on vinyl tracks from Kent 45... Modern soul fans have been singing the praises of ‘Daddy Please Stay Home’ by veteran soul singer Obrey Wilson, a 1975 recording previously available only on a Kent CD. Wilson’s sad vocal is perfect for this mid-tempo groove. Lee Brackett’s bouncy, more jazz-influenced ‘You Get To Me’ was recorded a couple of years earlier and also missed out on a release at the time. This infectious track is just waiting for an enterprising DJ to programme it into their set. View full store item

Tutti Hill - When The Going Gets Rough - Kent City 049 A first time out on 45 for these two sides in 2017, Kent Records release notes follow below Tutti Hill’s ‘When The Going Gets Rough’ was listed on the label of her Arock single in 1964 but the record actually played ‘Whoa Whoa, Baby Take It Slow’. At last this gorgeous mid-tempo dancer from Ron Miller and Lee Porter makes it to 45. The flip is a piano and voice demo from the same stable but Garrett Saunders’ magnificent baritone makes the song I Keep Comin' Back For More a must-have View full store item

Lorraine Johnson / Deep Velvet - Love Like Yours / Complain To The Clouds - Kent City 048 Lorraine Johnson verified that the sumptuous vocals on ‘A Love Like Yours’ were indeed hers, though again the author of the song is unknown. Deep Velvet give a much more harmonious take on Ripple’s ‘Complain To The Clouds’, transforming it from a funk growl into a true soul song View full store item

Ben E King / Marvellos - Getting' To Me / I Need You - Kent City 046 This 2016 Kent Records release has on one side the turn of the century 100 Club monster Gettin' To Me from Ben E King hooked up with the once unreleased Willie Hutch penned uptempo blast from the Marvellos titled 'I Need you' View full store item

Elaine Armstrong / Betty Moorer - Tears Begin To Fall / Speed Up - Kent City 043 Unissued gem backed with a crossover classic, what more do you want? The jazz-soul singing of Elaine Armstrong on ‘Tears Begin To Fall’ does just that. Its vinyl debut is sure to become a collector’s item as soon as this pressing inevitably sells out. Flip it over for the evergreen ‘Speed Up’ by Betty Moorer accompanied by her brother Gil and the rest of Chicago soul sensations the Esquires View full store item

Street People - Your Momma Had A Baby / Baby You Got It All - Kent City 042 Street People were a successful 70s harmony group on the Vigor label who, prior to that, had cut a superb single on Spring. ‘Baby You Got It All’ is the rarer side of the Spring 45, demo copies having featured mono and stereo version of the other deck. On the same multi-track mastertape we discovered ‘Mama Had A Baby’, another brilliant Ray Dahrouge song and production, which debuts here.. View full store item

Timmy Wilson - Long Ways To Go / Ansler Montel - Chained Am I - Kent City 040 The previously unknown Timmy Wilson recorded ‘Long Ways To Go’, a terrific R&B groove, in Columbus, Ohio in 1965. This first vinyl release following the track’s debut on our recent “Modernists” CD is assured club plays from eager mod and R&B DJs. The vocalist on ‘Chained Am I’ was unknown until some astute detective work revealed it to be Ansler Montell, who wrote the song with Johnny Northern and J.R. Bailey. Recorded for New York label Arock, this is its first issue. View full store item

Sam Dees - Touch Me With Your Love / Run To Me - Kent City 035 'A Kent Select soul 45 double sider outing, two great top of the tree Sam Dees tracks.' Sam Dees - Touch Me With Your Love / Run To Me - Kent Select 035 Release Date: 27th October 2014 A Kent Select soul 45 double sider outing, two great top of the tree Sam Dees tracks. The Kent release notes follow below On top of his just-released “Take One” vinyl LP and the forthcoming third volume of his 70s songwriter demos, we are releasing ‘Touch Me With Your Love’ and ‘Run To Me’ as a limited edition single.. Can listen to both sides above View full store item

Larry Banks / Bobby Penn - Ooh It Hurts Me / Without Your Love - Kent City 019 ‘Ooh It Hurts Me’, aka ‘Sweet Baby’ as released by Al Gardner, gained a huge following when the Metros RCA cover of it was discovered by Kent in the 90s. This is the original recording by the song’s creator; the musical genius Larry Banks. Flip it over for the best version of his own composition ‘Without Your Love’ which was released as an LP track by the Hesitations, covered exquisitely by the Shaladons but given extra added punch by the unknown Bobby Penn. View full store item

Jesse Davis - Hang On In There Girl (ext) / Instrumental Version - Kent City 016 2010 saw Kent Records release two versions of this 4 figure object of desire. On the a we have an elongated version of Hang On In There Girl taken from the multi-track tapes. Hooked up with a storming instrumental version mixed from the same master View full store item

Phillip & The Faithfuls - What'cha Gonna Do / The Additions- Kent City 014 Phillip & The Faithfuls / The Additions What'cha Gonna Do / Until The End Of Time Kent Select CITY 014 Release Date: 29th March 2000 A early Kent Select double sider 45 joins our store line up. Both sides previously un-released on vinyl. Release notes from that time follow below. Goldwax completists will be thrilled at having this unreleased mid tempo Phillip & the Faithfulls’ track on vinyl and coupled with the previous “CD only” mid 60s Detroit dancer from the Additions, it will be a crucial purchase for vocal group lovers as well as Northern Soulies. Can listen to both sides above View full store item