HODGES,JAMES,SMITH AND OFTEN CAROLYN CRAWFORD WERE SO SOULFUL IN THEIR EARLY YEARS
THESE UNRELEASED GEMS WILL CEMENT THEIR FINE REPUTATION.
HODGES,JAMES,SMITH (& CRAWFORD) ARE ONE OF THE LAST GREAT 70S GIRL GROUPS TO BE
COMPILED.THE REASON FOR THE STRANGE BILLING IS THAT THEY WERE FORMED IN 1970,HAD A
RELEASE AS HODGES,JAMES & SMITH,THEN AS LOVE ‘N’ STUFF.EX-MOTOWN STARLET CAROLYN
CRAWFORD JOINED IN LATE 1971 FOR TWO SINGLES BEFORE DEPARTING AMICABLY IN LATE 1972,L
LEAVING PAT HODGES,DENITA JAMES AND JESSICA SMITH TO CONTINUE AS A TRIO.
THE EARLY 45S ARE EXCELLENT AND HAVE LONG BEEN ADMIRED,BUT THE TRACKS FOUND IN THE
VAULT ARE SUPERB AND MAKE THIS A MUST-BUY FOR LOVERS OF THE GIRL SOUL GROUP SOUND. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE THE TWO M’PINGO 45S WHEN THEY WERE A QUARTET AND THE UNISSUED DANCERS ‘WISHFUL THINKING’, ‘WHAT MADE YOU THINK’, ‘NOTHING SPECIAL IN YOU’ AND THE SEXY ‘IN MY FANTASY’. PRE-RELEASE PLAYS OF THESE AT THE 100 CLUB AND ON ON-LINERS HAVE BEEN VERY WELL RECEIVED INDEED.
THE GIRLS WERE ALSO GREAT PURVEYORS OF POWERFUL BALLADS SUCH AS IN ‘BABY MY LOVE IS
SHOWING’,‘I’M A WOMAN’AND ‘NEVER MEANT TO BE’.THE SONGS AND PRODUCTION ARE FROM
MICKEY STEVENSON,CLARENCE PAUL,RONNIE MCNEIR,LEON WARE, ERNIE SHELBY AND OTHER
TALENTED MUSICIANS FROM THE DETROIT AND LOS ANGELES SCENES OF THE EARLY 70S.
CAROLYN CRAWFORD HAS ALSO SUPPLIED THE ONLY KNOWN PHOTO OF THE GROUP AS A FOURSOME.
AMM
ALBUM REVIEW COURTESY OF MOXYSOULANDJAZZ
A TASTER BELOW!
Tracks(FLAC)
| 01 - Wishful Thinking |
| 02 - Let's Pick Up the Pieces |
| 03 - Somewhere a Valley |
| 04 - Write Me a Letter |
| 05 - What Made You Think |
| 06 - Nothing Special in You Boy |
| 07 - I'm in Love |
| 08 - Ain't That Right |
| 09 - Nobody |
| 10 - In My Fantasy |
| 11 - I'm a Woman (Who Loves You) |
| 12 - (It Was) Never Meant to Be |
| 13 - (I Wanna Be A) Hang Up to You |
| 14 - Let It Out, Let It In |
| 15 - Right On, Brothers, Right On |
| 16 - It Cracks Me Up |
| 17 - (Baby) Don't Leave Me |
| 18 - Baby My Love Is Showing |
| 19 - Again |
| 20 - I've Gotta Be Me |
| 21 - If You Wanna Love Me |
18 comments:
Yet another great Kent Soul !!!
Yves
A smashing review, cheers
I`ve always liked Carolyn Crawford and this is a real treat!
Thanks for the review. Kent comes up with quality again.
Another nice review about a nice collection (as usual) by Kent. I'd like a particular review or this one, please. Thank you.
man, these kent guys sure know how to make a good cover art. i'm almost not interested in music! thanks, AMM!
This Is a great album thank u
Thanks MoxySoulLandJazz for the pearls.
Kend or Kent always excellent, many thanks!
Many thanks MOXYSOULANDJAZZ and AMM for this curiosity...
thank you MOXYSOULANDJAZZ & AMM
for this very interesting cd
Reb
I think having Sundays off is good for you! The reviews came in no time!
Thanks!
Bill
Many thanks MOXYSOULANDJAZZ & MM for another great review. Is this the same Moxy who partnered the late Smegga?
cheers,ELtel
Thank You For Reviewing This Lost Gem !
Thanks All Music Man and Moxy soul and jazz for bringing this collection to the table for review of which a great one and as you say some great tracks here
Thanks Pedro
This group had a lot of life and some especially good sounds. looking forward for these good jammers.
Nice CD!
Reading the review ion the album makes one want to listen to it
can u please forward me the review
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