Kent 328 - Luther Ingram - Let's Steal Away & Do You Love Somebody (2009) Rare Soul +++ Full Artwork

I,ve now reached the final instalment in the posting of Luther’s Ko Ko catalogue, his final two albums for the label on one CD. The songs were recorded between 1974 and 1976 and both albums were released at the height of the Disco Era. Happily they make little concession to what was occupying soul’s mainstream and instead give southern soul fans 2 great albums of what we like best. There are treats galore here, from mighty 45s like ‘Let’s Steal Away To The Hideaway’ and ‘Get To Me’ to cherised modern soul movers such as ‘Do You Think There’s A Chance’ and ‘Trying To Find My Love’. There’s also a bonus in the shape of the second version of ‘I’ll Love You Until The End’, which was omitted from the previous Luther Kent Album.
Luther Ingram is in the very best voice of his career, and with the polished backing of the Muscle Shoals rhythm section frames enhances his great singing and quality of his songs. There,s quite a few which are being reissued here for the first time. Even though disco was slowly exerting a stranglehold on southern soul as a chart force, Luther managed to hit with all the singles that were selected from these albums, a true  testament to their excellence.
It’s hard for me to pick a highlight from this set as i,m biased and love them all.Luther has always been one of my favourites, and it’s a shame that he has seldom received the kind of accolades from the mainstream that his talents as both a singer and a songwriter deserve. His recorded legacy may be relatively small compared to that some some of his peers, but almost all of it is first rate and none of it is less than very good.The music Luther left behind identifies him as one of the best and most important soul men of his time. These recordings – beautifully remastered from the best sound sources will sound as good decades from now as they did when they were first released more than 30 years ago.What A Legend !

AMM 

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