Various Artists - Contempo - The U.K. Singles Volume 1 - Rare Soul/Mod (MP3)

The start of a great 10 volume series concentrating on the old UK Contempo label. British soul, funk and disco+Mod tracks were issued by label owner john Abbey who was also the founder of Blues and Soul magazine. In 1970, Abbey opened a record shop called Contempo Records, located upstairs at 42 Hanway Street, London, W.1. that specialized in U.S. imports. In January 1973, he began licensing and releasing records via the label also based at the same premises. One of his first projects was recording oscar Toney Jnr in a cover of Bread's "Everything I Own," which was released in the US on Atco in 1974. In late 1975, John Abbey signed a US distribution agreement with  Scepter records, this lasted until Scepter's sale in 1976 after which Contempo was distributed in the US by  henry stones T K Productions. The label continued releasing product until mid-1978, with the record shop lasting around a year longer. They also had a sister label that issued the more rarer records called  Contempo-Raries. I reviewed these 4 volumes back on the old blog.

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                                             Entire Series Reviewed Courtesy Of UK Soul Brothers

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