STUNNING UNKNOWN PRIVATE PRESSING NORTHERN SOUL LP
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CHARLIE BLACKWELL HERE'S CHARLIE CHAFAY S4585(1975)
VOODOO MAN/MY SONG/BELIEVE ME GIRL/BABY COME TO ME/I WON'T CRY ANYMORE/YOU TAKE CARE OF HIM/STAGGER LEE/PACK SHE BACK/TOMORROW NIGHT/SAY HELLO TO THE SUN/SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD/I UNDERSTAND/MY SUNSHINE'S GONE AWAY/KANSAS CITY/99 YEARS
COVER:NEAR MINT RECORD:NEAR MINT
RARE AND GREAT NORTHERN SOUL! SEVERAL EXCELLENT CUTS! PRIVATE PRESSING FROM FOSTER CITY, CALIFORNIA (BAY AREA) GREAT UPTEMPO DANCERS WITH TERRIFIC UNKNOWN FEMME SOUL GROUP, FANTASTIC KEYBOARDS (mellotron, piano, moog?) AND A SCORCHING HOT ELECTRIC GUITAR COURTESY OF MR. BLACKWELL HIMSELF. GREAT, DEEP-VOICED VOCALS. "VOODOO MAN" MUST BE HEARD TO BE BELIEVED. IF THIS EXISTS ON 45 RPM, I HATE TO THINK WHAT IT WOULD GO FOR! EQUALLY STUNNING IS "BABY COME TO ME" POWERHOUSE VOCALS BY CHARLIE ON THIS ONE WITH A GREAT SHOUTING FEMME GROUP BACK-UP; THE DISTORTION-DRENCHED GUITAR SOLO ON THIS IS OUT OF THIS WORLD. "PACK SHE BACK" IS A TERRIFIC CALYPSO-INFLUENCED NOVELTY; HUMOROUS LYRICS, GREAT KEYBOARDS--A SUREFIRE CROWD PLEASER. AND "SAY HELLO TO THE SUN" IS WHAT NORTHERN SOUL IS ALL ABOUT--AN OPTIMISTIC MESSAGE, SMOOTH DELIVERY, BOUNCY BACK-UP--WOW! CHARLIE TRANSFORMS THE OLD COUNTRY AND WESTERN HIT "SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD" INTO A HAUL-ASS NORTHERN SOUL MONSTER.. SIMILARLY, HE TAKES THE OLD LONNIE JOHNSON BLUES STANDARD "TOMORROW NIGHT" AND CRANKS IT UP A NOTCH , TURNING IT INTO A MID-TEMPO MASTERPIECE! NOT ONE SINGLE FILLER TRACK ON THIS WHOLE ALBUM. THE CROWNING ACHIEVEMENT BY THIS ARTIST, WHO ALSO RECORDED FOR WARNER BROS. AMONG OTHER LABELS.
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