Lyn Collins - Check Me Out If You Don't Know Me By Now (1991) Polydor P-Vine Japan CD Version - Rare Soul/Funk (FLAC)

Lyn recorded 3 studio albums & a live one plus 30 odd 45,s & a rare album as The Female Preacher to her credit....Following in the high heeled footsteps of Yvonne Fair, Sugar Pie DeSanto, Anna King, Vicki Anderson and Marva Whitney, throughout the first half of the seventies Lyn Collins - "Mama Feelgood, The Female Preacher"  was the principal female voice of the James Brown Revue. Lyn was born in Abilene, Texas in 1948. During her late teens she sang professionally locally but didn't get an outside break until, after seeing the James Brown show a time or three, she decided to home in on the Godfather, sending a demo to him c/o King Records. At first he didn't react but there must have been something memorable about the demo, for when Marva Whitney left his show in January 1970 he contacted Lyn and instructed, "Be ready". It still wasn't immediate acceptance because Vicki Anderson,Bobby Byrd,s wife, who had been with the revue in the mid sixties, rejoined the team for a further two years. During this period James first recorded five tracks on Lyn at Bobby Smith's Studio in Macon, Georgia, February 15th 1971. Two cuts from the session, Wheels Of Life and Just Won't Do Right, were twice scheduled for release on the King and People labels but only finally emerged on Polydor in December 1971, when it was clear that Vicki was packing up and shipping out again. (This is a recurring pattern with James, and an object lesson for all aspiring band/ revue leaders. Always have a replacement, whether a singer, an appropriate musician or an entire band on hold in the wings, ready to immediately step forward to fill a void.) When Vicki left again, Lyn Collins stepped into the spotlight to become Soul Sister No. 1.The most commercially successful of all of James Brown's funky femme fatales, Lyn's JB produced hits included Think (About It) and, in duet with James What My Baby Needs Now (both 1972); Mama Feelgood, How Long Can I Keep It Up, Take Me Just As I Am and We Want To Parrty, Parrty, Parrty, (1973). This album, her second, contains several of her other most popular recordings. A fine mix of funk and soul. If you don't know her by now, check it out. I have both the LP and this CD which has 8 Bonus tracks...Great version of the harold melvin & Teddy classic and she excels at some stunning ballads, not just the mama of Funk! ...So check her out, Superb stuff indeed!!!

AMM

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