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It's the first time on CD for most of these elusive rarities - several of which only exist as 45s in single figure quantities. The incredible story of the rarest UK-pressed vinyl soul single is revealed at last. Current monsters include Rudy Love & Co's tough 'Suffering Wrath', Jesse Davis' instrumental take on Sherlie Matthews' classic stomper 'Hang On In There', the Tiaras' 'Loves Made A Connection' and flavour of the year Darrow Fletcher with his Detroit-produced monster 'What Good Am I'. Super-rarities 'Love Slave' by the Antellects, Wendell Watts' 'Kiss A Good Thing Goodbye', Jesse James' 'Are You Gonna Leave', Jesse Davis' 'There's No Room For Me' and the Inconquerables' 'Wait For Me' all fetch a thousand or thousands of pounds when they very occasionally come up for sale. Salt & Pepper's late 60s funk masterpiece was only ever on sale in Bangkok, where the US GIs were stationed - there's a fascinating story about this in the sleevenotes. The UK's favourite Detroit soul singer Melvin Davis has licensed us his early Ke Ke recording, made with Dave Hamilton on a shoestring but with a great result. Miles Grayson's artist Eleanor Rigby gives a terrific alternate take on Brenda George's 'I Can't Stand It'. There are more funk flavours on a few tracks, reflecting the recent shift on the Northern scene: check out Bobbie Dee and Lord Luther. Northern staples from Troy Dodds, Brenton Wood, Jerry Ganey and the Hytones give the CD some recognisable quality among the relatively unknown titles that are going to be enjoyed for the first time by many collectors.
01 HANG ON IN THERE GIRL The Jesse Davis Band 02 LOVE SLAVE The Antellects 03 LOVE'S MADE A CONNECTION The Tiara's 04 TRY MY LOVE Troy Dodds 05 ARE YOU GONNA LEAVE ME? Jesse James 06 YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW MY NAME The HyTones 07 BLACK MOTHER GOOSE Sam Nesbit 08 A MAN OF MY WORD Salt & Pepper 09 QUEEN OF LOSERS Eleanor Rigby 10 MY MISTAKE Lord Luther 11 SUFFERING WRATH Rudy Love & The Company Soul 12 HOOK LINE AND SINKER Dan Greer 13 I DON'T LOVE YOU Bobbie Dee 14 A DREAM The Creations 15 KISS A GOOD THING GOODBYE Wendell Watts 16 WHAT GOOD AM I WITHOUT YOU Darrow Fletcher 17 I'VE BEEN DONE WRONG Jimmy Holiday 18 FOR YOUR LOVE The Inconquerables 19 DIAMONDS, RUBIES, GOLD AND FAME The Gypsies 20 DEEPER The Cheques 21 CROSS THE BRIDGE Brenton Wood 22 IT'S NO NEWS Melvin Davis 23 THERE'S ROOM FOR ME Jesse Davis 24 JUST A FOOL Jerry Ganey
