Kent 339 - Steppin' Stone - The XL & Sounds Of Memphis Story - Vol 3(2010)-Rare Soul

 ANOTHER GREAT ALBUM FROM MEMPHIS THAT FEATURES FROM THE LESSER-KNOWN ARTISTS.
THE TWO TRACKS BY WILLIE WALKER ANOTHER GREAT UNDER EXPOSED TALENT
(SANG ON THE GOLDWAX LABEL)WERE PRODUCED AS DEMOS BY GEORGE JACKSON.THE WONDERFUL ‘YOU’RE
GONNA MISS ME’ AND THE EQUALLY CLASSY ‘RUN AROUND’,COULD QUITE EASILY HAVE BEEN
RELEASED,SUCH IS THEIR QUALITY.I SUSPECT OTIS WHEAT’S ‘I’M YOUR SLAVE’ COMES FROM
THE SAME TIME AND MAKES YOU WISH THAT HE HAD RECORDED MORE.WILLIAM BOLLINGER RECORDED
FOR GENE LUCCHESI(LABEL OWNER)IN THE 60S AND TWO MORE TRACKS HAVE BEEN UNEARTHED THAT
COULD EASILY BECOME DANCEFLOOR WINNERS IN ‘PEOPLE ARE TALKING’ AND ‘I WON’T HAVE TO
CRY’.THE JACKSONIANS(FROM JACKSON,MISSISSIPPI) RECORDED SIX SIDES FOR SOM,OF WHICH
ONLY TWO WERE ISSUED.KENT HAVE DUG OUT TWO PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD TITLES.
MORE RECORDINGS FROM SOME OF OUR FAVOURITE SINGERS WHO HAVE GRACED EARLIER KENT
RELEASE,S SUCH AS ANOTHER UNRELEASED GEORGE JACKSON MASTER AND A WONDERFUL ALTERNATE
TAKE OF ‘HOW CAN I GET NEXT TO YOU’.THE MINITS HAVE THREE CUTS HERE,TWO OF WHICH ARE
UNRELEASED.AN UNISSUED OVATIONS GEM CALLED ‘THE PLUMBER’ AND THE TITLE TRACK,AN UNRELEASED
STEPPER FROM LOUIS WILLIAMS HAVE BEEN DISCOVERED.TWO OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FOR ME ARE THE
DAN GREER CUTS FROM THE PERIOD WHEN HE WAS IN-HOUSE PRODUCER FOR THE LABEL.THEY SHINE
A LIGHT ON NOT ONLY HIS SONGWRITING TALENTS,BUT ALSO HIS EXCEPTIONAL VOICE.INTO THE 80S
WHEN GENE LUCCHESI,S(OWNER)DAUGHTER LINDA HAD TAKEN OVER THE BUSINESS DETERMINED TO
PROVE THAT MEMPHIS WAS STILL A HOTBED OF TALENT.SHE RECORDED THE EXCEPTIONALLY TALENTED
ERMA SHAW AND TEKELIA KELLY,BOTH SHOWCASED HERE.SO ANOTHER CHAPTER WRITTEN IN THE
HISTORY OF MEMPHIS SOUL MUSIC...SUPERB STUFF!

AMM

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