REPOST-REQUEST-The Swordsmen - The Swordsmen(1969)RCA-LP Only-Rare Soul

THIS ALBUM HAS LONG BEEN HUNTED OUT BY SOUL COLLECTORS & NORTHERN SOUL FANS FOR ITS
OBSCURITY & SHEER BRILLIANCE BY THIS UNKNOWN DUO.THE SWORDSMEN ARE EDDIE ANDERSON FROM CLEVELAND OHIO
& RAYMOND THOMPSON FROM WEST VIRGINIA,WHERE HE WAS BROUGHT UP NOT FAR FROM SOUL LEGEND
BILL WITHERS.RAYMOND MOVED TO CLEVELAND FOR WORK & MET EDDIE WHILST SINGING IN THE
CLEVELAND MALE VOCAL CHOIR IN 1962.WHEN PERFORMING IN A LOCAL CLUB NINA SIMONE POPED IN AND WAS BLOWN AWAY
BY THE TALENT OF THE DUO & ARRANGED A CONTRACT WITH RCA.THEY DID NOTHING COMMERCIALLY & VANISHED LIKE SO
MANY OTHER TALENTED UNKNOWNS TILL THIS DEBUT ALBUM SURFACED IN ENGLAND,WHERE YOURS TRULY SOLD 10 SPARE COPIES
TO COLLECTORS & DJ,S.IT REALLY IS A WONDERFUL WORK OF GREAT SOUL EXPOSED! 

AMM

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