- Format: CD
- Label: Ace
- Genre: Blues, Soul, Funk
Kents follow-up volume to the well-received "Mirwood Story" (CDKEND 237) upholds the high quality of its predecessor, with more sublime Northern Soul dance favourites from one of the most famous uptempo, uptown soul labels ever.
Like the previous volume, it offers a potent mixture of the known, the semi-known and the previously unheard, including major US R&B hits from the Olympics and Jackie Lee, more girly group magic from Patrice Holloways Belles, the Darlettes and the Mirettes, and exceedingly good big ballads from Bobby Garrett, JW Alexander and Jimmy Conwell - whose Second Hand Happiness is a big "low rider" classic out in East LA right now.
Highlights among the proven Northern classics on show include Bobby Lee Timberlakes vinyl rarity You Hurt Me, the Belles originally-unissued Let Me Do It and Cigarette Ashes, the storming instrumental track to Jimmy "Richard Temple" Conwells That Beatin Rhythm that broke the record price for a soul 45 in the mid 70s.
A further highlight comes in the shape of the recently discovered and never-before-heard Jackie Lee crossover dancer Trust Me - written by Bobby Womack, and also recorded by both Jackie De Shannon and Womack himself.
Track listing:
The Duck - JACKIE LEE
Dancin Everywhere - BOB & EARL
Mine Exclusively - THE OLYMPICS
Hes Alright With Me - THE MIRETTES
Cigarette Ashes - JIMMY CONWELL
Would You Believe - JACKIE LEE
The Day When She Needed Me - THE PERFORMERS
Second Hand Happiness - JIMMY CONWELL
Big Brother - BOBBY GARRETT
Baby, Its Real - JW ALEXANDER
Sweet Kind Of Loneliness - THE DARLETTES
Jolly Joe - THE HIDEAWAYS
I Wanna Do Everything For You Baby - THE MIRETTES
Secret Agents - THE OLYMPICS
How Do You Like It - THE SHEPPARDS
Trust Me - JACKIE LEE
Could It Be - RICHARD TEMPLE
Baby, Im Satisfied - JACKIE LEE & DELORES HALL
You Hurt Me - BOBBIE LEE TIMBERLAKE
Cupids Got A Hold On Me - THE BELLES
L.A. Stomp - THE PERFORMERS
Boo - Ga - Loo - Party - JOE SWIFTS INTERNATIONALS
Your P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L-I-T-Y - JACKIE LEE
My Little Girl - BOB & EARL BAND
