COUSINS MEL HARDIN AND TIM MCPHERSON, BOTH FROM HOLLY SPRINGS,MISSISSIPPI,WERE
DISCOVERED BY GENE CHANDLER IN CHICAGO.
MEL'S MOTHER,YOLANDA HARDIN,SIGNED THEM TO HER LABEL BAMBOO RECORDS IN 1969.THEIR
FIRST SINGLE,"BACKFIELD IN MOTION",WENT GOLD IN 1969 WITH OVER ONE-MILLION SALES.
IN 1971 THEY WERE SIGNED BY BARRY BECKETT AT MUSCLE SHOALS SOUND STUDIO AND RECORDED
"STARTING ALL OVER AGAIN",WHICH THE MASTER WAS BOUGHT BY STAX RECORDS,STARTING A
STRING OF STAX HITS AND SORT OF FILLING THE GAP LEFT BY SAM & DAVE AFTER THE SPLIT
WITH ATLANTIC IN 1968.UNFORTUNATELY,TIM PASSED AWAY IN 1986.THIS WAS THEIR DEBUT ALBUM AND WHAT A CRACKER IT IS!!..3 NORTHERN SOUL CLASSICS INCLUDED!
THE LEGENDARY TASTER BELOW!
TRACKS LISTED ON BACK COVER BELOW
11 comments:
Hi there AllMusicMan, I just thought I'd wish you and your countrymen good luck in tonight's quarter final. Personally I support Denmark, now that my native country Sweden is out of the tournament.
/Jumpstart
thx jumpstart but we win or we dont..no big deal..the music never goes away!
You`re right it`s a cracker of an album! One that I`m ashamed to say I haven`t got anymore!
Everyone wins with this one. Thanks AMM
Thanks a lot Amm, England will finally face Denmark!
The taster selected is great !
Absolutely positive i have this but can't find it so thanks for the review MM.
cheers,ELtel
Very tasty... many thanks for the review
BigD
Amazing drop thank u
nice post AMM
thank you very much Reb
Thanks for the repost All Music Man more memories here on bus to a disco and this lad Mike his name was from Lymm said his brother had this new sound on Concord Backfield in Motion great track as they say the rest is history.
Cheers for rejiggling my memory's AMM Pedro
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