LOOSE ENDS - A Little Spice (Expanded Edition)

·         Considered the premier U.K. soul band of the ‘80s and on to the ‘90s, Loose Ends was formed in 1981 with an original line-up of Steve Nichol, Jane Eugene and Carl McIntosh.

·         Originally known as “Loose End,” the trio began recording s series of singles for Virgin Records in 1982.  A year later, the group started work on their first LP with renowned Philadelphia producer Nick Martinelli cutting an entire album of original material, penned by the group members.  In 1984, A LITTLE SPICE was issued in the UK and reached No. 46 on the UK album charts, spawning three charted singles, “Tell Me What You Want,” “(Emergency) Dial 999” and “Choose Me (Rescue Me).”  The US version of the album was issued by MCA Records in 1985 and reached the Top 5 on the R&B charts and No. 46 on Billboard’s Top 200 Album chart.

·         This original UK version of A LITTLE SPICE has been out of print on CD for many years.  This great expanded edition – co-produced by renowned US reissue producer Donald Cleveland and SoulMusic.com’s David Nathan - includes the group’s first three singles (as Loose End) and two additional Loose Ends non-album tracks as well as extended versions of the hit singles, “Tell Me What You Want” and “Choose Me (Rescue Me).”  

·         Notes by David Nathan include quotes from  2011 interviews with Steve, Jane, Carl and others.

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Track Listing

    

1.  Tell Me What You Want 

2.  Feel So Right Now 

3.  Let's Rock  

4.  So Much Love  

5.  (Emergency) Dial 999   

6.  Music Takes Me Higher 

7.  Choose Me  (Rescue Me)

8.  A Little Spice 

Bonus Tracks:

9.   In The Sky  (UK single) 

10. Only A Day Away (UK single) 

11. We've Arrived (UK single- U.S. Mix)

12. Don't Hold Back Your Love (UK single)    

13. No Stranger To Darkness  (UK single)

14. Tell Me What You Want (Extended Version)  

14. Choose Me (Rescue Me) (Extended Remix) 

TAVARES - Love Uprising (Expanded Edition)

·         From the start of their pacting with Capitol Records in 1974, the brothers Tavares were considered one of the flagship acts as the very first signing by black music department head Larkin Arnold.  Over the ensuring years, the New Bedford, Massachusetts family group had nine Top 10 R&B hits and seven Top 20 R&B best-selling albums.

·         Released at the end of 1980, LOVE UPRISING was the group’s ninth album for Capitol and was produced by Benjamin Wright (former musical director for Gladys Knight & The Pips and Barry White among others and arranger for Michael Jackson’s “Off The Wall” LP).  Wright had worked with Tavares on their previous album, “Supercharged,” contributing and producing three songs.  

·         Available for the first time ever on CD (in an expanded edition with the single version of the title track, a Top 20 R&B hit, penned by the team of Rene Moore & Angela Winbush), LOVE UPRISING featured top musicians including James Jamerson, Paul Jackson Jr. and Paulinho DaCosta and the Phenix Horns (formerly with Earth, Wind & Fire). 

·         LOVE UPRISING is part of the series of reissues by SoulMusic Records of great albums by Tavares including “In The City” (SMCR-5022), “Sky-High!” (SMCR-5023), “Supercharged” (SMCR-5045) and “Madam Butterfly” (SMCR-5064).

·         Notes by renowned U.S. writer Kevin Goins include quotes from 2012 interviews with Tiny and Chubby Tavares and producer Benjamin Wright for this reissue.

TRACK LISTING

1.  Only One I Need To Love 

2.  Break Down For Love

3.  Love Uprising

4.  Loneliness 

5.  Knock The Wall Down

6.  Hot Love    

7.  Don't Wanna Say Goodnight          

8.  Do You Believe In Love     

9.  She Can Wait Forever       

10. In This Lovely World        

11. Life Time Of Love 

           

Bonus Tracks:

12.  Love Uprising (US Capitol 7" single)

 

Marvin Gaye - Trouble Man (2CD expanded edition – with bonus tracks)

Around November 19, 2012

Marvin Marvin Marvin – just when we thought you couldn't impress us any more, you took it to the next level! Trouble Man is a heck of a wonderful surprise from an artist that most folks really only knew as a singer – a fantastically funky blacksploitation soundtrack, conceived and composed by Marvin himself, with some arranging help from Gene Page, JJ Johnson, Jack Hayes, and Leo Shuken. The album's filled with great cuts – including the landmark "T Plays It Cool", plus other gems like "Don't Mess With Mister T", "Main Theme From Trouble Man", "The Break In", and "T Stands For Trouble". Very funky, very sophisticated, and very soulful! This is the newly remastered 20-bit version, too!  © 1996-2012, Dusty Groove, Inc.

Oliver Cheatham Don’t Pop The Question

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Press Release: Oliver Cheatham   “Don’t Pop The Question (If You Can’t Take The Answer)/ Good Guys Don’t Make Good Lovers”   Soul Junction 518

Release Date: Monday October 15^th 2012

Oliver Cheatham will forever be remembered for his timeless 1983 R & B hit “Get Down Saturday Night” on MCA records, which he co-wrote with fellow Detroit musician Kevin McCord. But Oliver’s career began way back in the mid 1960’s when his future brother in law Allen Cocker invited Oliver to join his group The Young Sirs.

The Young Sirs eventually joined Ernest and Barbara Burt’s Magic City label where they recorded the mellifluous “There’s Something The Matter (With Your Heart)” with Oliver now being regarded as the groups lead singer.

 Into the 70’s the Young Sirs became The Gaslight who recorded several excellent 45’s for Marvin Higgins’ Grand Junction label. With their “Just Because Of You/It’s Just Like Magic” later being picked up for national distribution by Polydor Records.

Under the guidance of influential Detroit radio DJ and record producer Al Perkins, Oliver firstly became the lead singer of the group Sins Of Satin later re-named Roundtrip and then following a further re-naming just becoming known as Oliver.

Following on from “Get Down Saturday Night” Oliver continued to score chart success with “SOS”, “Celebrate Our Love” followed by two duets with Jocelyn Brown “Turn Out The Lights” and “Mind Buster”. Further chart success came in 2003 when Oliver featured as a guest vocalist on Room 5’s UK No1 hit “Make Luv” which incidentally sampled Oliver’s “Get Down Saturday Night”. Oliver at this juncture was residing in England and had previously recorded a garage version of the old standard “Our Day Will Come” with the London based band, Native Soul.

And so to the present, 2012 will see Oliver return to the fore with the eventual discovery of two great previously unissued 70’s soul tracks found on a once lost and forgotten acetate. The A-side is the joyous dance track “Don’t Pop The Question (If You Can’t Take The Answer)” which once heard leaves the song’s unforgettable hook line firmly in your head. While the B-side is the beautiful sweet soul ballad “Good Guys Don’t Make Good Lovers” which

showcases Oliver’s falsetto vocals and is so reminiscent of his earlier 1970’s Grand Junction and Polydor releases. 2012 will also see Oliver return on a vanity project of his own with the forthcoming “Enjoy” cd album.