Just landed in the post, a fabulous album from the great Helene Smith whom i,ve followed avidly over the years and collected her 45,s!....In the late 1960s, Helene Smith, dubbed the “Queen of Miami Soul” was destined for stardom but became disillusioned with the music business and walked away from recording and performing. She married her manager, had a child and was a Miami-Dade elementary school teacher before retiring in 2013. As a Teenager from the original Miami Sound Machine, backed by the infamous FAMU Marching 100 Band and Frank Williams’ crack shot players The Rocketeers, "I Am Controlled By Your Love" compiles sides from Helene Smith’s ’60s catalog with recordings from the Deep City, Lloyd, Reid, and Blue Star labels. A sweltering album true deeply soulful, alternate universe hits from the First Lady of Miami Soul, including those rare NORTHERN GEMS!...This really is a must have album, just superb!..More about her in this INTERVIEW and pop over HERE & THERE for more interesting facts on Helene & the Deep City label. On SUNDAY i will Review the FULL DOCUMENTARY which is a superb watch!
AMM
The Tasters!
34 comments:
Very much interested in this lady turn in some fine performances nice one AMM
Cheers Pedro
Oh yes please! A fantastic review!!!!!
I have an old, worn, scratched copy of Helen Smith Sings Sweet Soul which features most of these tracks so thank you very much AMM for reviewing this gem, love it
Great review , cheers Paul .
What a great Melodica voice, thank you very much for the review!!
Thanks AMM. Looking forward to the documentary too.
I also collected her 45's-thanks
I like your review...Good looking chick too!(How poetic!);-) Yes please!
Cheers!
Bill
Another soul treasure thanks for this review..
Thanks for this review AMM
Thanks for reviewing. Looking forward to hearing it
Thanks A Lot For Yet Another Great Goodie From The Numero Group!
I appreciate the review on Helene Smith. I think that her music would taken much higher. Thank you AMM.
C o o l ! Yes, totally dig! And thanks for the Interview and more-Links. The antique record cover "Helene Smith sings Sweet Soul", so cool :) Thx x 1000 ✌🏻☀️
Like you've said MM a must have album, cracking review.
cheers,ELtel
Thanks a lot for this review.
/Jumpstart
Looks great . . . and from the folks at Numero, to boot
I'm very interested in this album, my friend. Thanks again for sharing.
Pierre
Yes please, AMM. A fine looking album here.
Thanks AMM for the Helene Smith. The singles were rare and exceptional finds (when you could find them).
Nice one, many thanks for the review.
Great Review Thank you AMM
i also had it already but thanks for infos and looking forward to the videos!
2 tracks on there I don't have. Yes, please.
Your review is right on the money. A must have. Hialeah, Florida soul at its best.
Only from the cover I figure this would be great, thanks AMM!
great review AMM thanks for the links to the interview etc Reb
wonderful mate and another great review - thank you
Enjoying her 'Sings Sweet..' album, I am positive to like this comp. As usual, thank you AMM for this great review.
Sounds interesting 🎸🎸🎸
Many thanks for the audio in flac
Another great release by the Numero Group! Thanks for review, P.
Please resend-lost the file.
Good companion piece to the film documentary! Thanks as always!
Great album by a great singer.
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