Lee McDonald - Sweet Magic (1981)LP Debbie (2012)CD Expanded Favorite Japan - Rare Soul (FLAC)

A Real Holy Grail Of Soul Music in this very rare release from Lee McDonald that yielded no less than 3 Great tracks that graced the floors of the Modern Rooms On the Northern Scene.Initially released on Debbie Records located in Paterson, New Jersey. This was an album everyone was clamouring to own!...It just oozes pure class with every track and still a rare album and so is the CD released 30 years later with an Expanded Edition that i,m reviewing here for those Xtra tracks!..McDonald's birth name, Cleveland Parker, was later changed to Lee McDonald. He later resumed using his birth name and went under that name till his death in 2018. He started singing at the age of 13 in his church choir, school talent shows and on street corners in Norfolk ,Virginia. Always admiring singers such as Smokey Robinson and Four Tops, his main influence was Cuba Gooding, lead singer of the R&B group Main Ingredient. Lee went to New York in 1969 and sang in nightclubs and hotels. He also sang with many local bands. Recording a demo with a group called August Heat when he met Ron Foster who would eventually produce, write and arrange his first Album.  Other titles on the LP include "Sweet Magic," "Slow Down," "Gotta Get Home," "Show Me," "Let's Play Luck," and an instrumental version of "Sweet Magic." With the renewed interest in his Sweet Magic LP, Lee had plans to tour behind this recording, especially in the UK, where it had become extremely popular with soul collectors and dance fans alike but sadly it never happened.

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