i still say its melba moore doin the lead on this.....sounds like her,,a girl looking like her called melba montgomery on the back cover of the canadian copy for sure.... sold it recently so i cant be 100% certain
didnt the les mcann lp also come out on uk mercury ...corey glover cd came out in 98 and was played from the cd as a new release.he was in a band called living colour who had a couple of top 40 uk hits late 80`s.i can recall les mcann being played at the wilton mid 90`s chris holmes i think maybe roger banks also
a few copies here
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_sacat=0&_nkw=les+mccann+plays+the+hits&_nkwusc=les+mcann+plays+the+hits&_rdc=1
i remember ron pedley telling me he bought his in 1976.. the guy selling had several copies in varying degres of condition between £5 for beat up and £12 for clean...ron paid £8 i think
the reo copy is obviously the canadian release. if they had been pressed in canada for export to the usa it would probably been on ric tic and not reo.......if indeed this is the case
a big seller in the usa and could easily have been pressed in another state maybe we`ll never know for certain... i cant recall ever seeing one until about 5 years ago tho.....not that that means anything
you mention simon soussan having the first copy of a gold /yellow proffessionals and now suddenly there is a bad smell in the air.i would love to get a look at one of these to compare with the black vinyl copy. i wonder if steve calloway remembers seeing a copy back then