Kent left out some of the best tracks which i found very surprising, so ive included them as bonus tracks.....The initial seeds of the project were sown when Dave Godin (R.I.P) with whom
Kent were just developing a working relationship through the “Treasures”
series, entrusted Ace with the safe keeping of the tapes that he had
accumulated in his capacity as label owner and record company adviser.
Among the boxes were several recordings that they suspected were previously
unreleased material. So they had those copied straight away and among them
were six finished Eddie & Ernie tracks, including some truly
excellent soul songs, crying out for release. But at that stage dealing
with the major record labels who controlled most of the duo’s other
output was particularly hard and expensive, so the idea of an individual
CD was put on the back burner. The next relevant discovery came
when they were researching WC Stone’s Loadstone tapes in San Francisco and
came across the master to ‘It’s A Beautiful World’, the track Stone had
leased to Jay Boy in the UK in 1969. On the tape with that song was
their version of ‘You Make My Life A Sunny Day’ which had previously
only been issued by Jacqueline Jones on Loadstone; another major find. Someone put kent in touch with Phoenix
musicologist John Dixon with whom he had been working on Duane
Eddy associated recordings for the Ace label. John dug all things
Phoenix and it turned out that that was the hometown of our two heroes.
John was at least as keen as Dave Godin & the boys at Kent to see their work showcased and
honoured. There then followed the most surreal episode of the CD’s
evolution, when John fortunately made contact with Ernie and armed with
the “Deep Soul Treasures” series, in all of which Dave waxes lyrically
about their brilliance, showed them to Ernie and read the booklet’s
notes to him. Ernie had been struggling through life, suffering many
hard times along the way and to find that his work, which as far as he
knew was largely forgotten, was appreciated so much by music fans across
the world was a very emotional moment for both him and John. That
meeting meant they had to complete the project, it was just a matter of
when. Being Phoenix’s #1 record collector meant that John had
copies of Eddie and Ernie’s ultra rare Artco singles and when he sent kent a cassette to listen to them, that convinced them that these sides too
needed to be included on the CD. That led to the next piece of good
fortune which came about when kent were scouring the Original Sound vaults
in LA. when they came across the Artco
master tapes including both of the duo’s solo singles. It turned out
that Original Sound had acquired the whole company when they took over
Dyke & The Blazers’ R&B smash ‘Funky Broadway’ (initially the
first release on Artco) and the tapes had lain dormant there for years. That
was just about the final piece to the jigsaw, though Kent did get lucky
again when they applied to Sony for the Columbia single and threw in an
extra request for a third unissued side that no one had ever heard.
Luckily ‘The Groove She Put Me In’ turned out to be a gem of an uptempo
number and instead of having to hide it away quietly, it,s included here.John Dixon excelled himself in getting the rights
and master tape to the duos’ first ever recording as the Drops, backing a
local Phoenix singer named Little Worley and a very good record it is
too. Ironically kent ended up with almost too much material and had
to make the decision to omit the tracks that feature on “Treasures” as
they have sold so phenomenally well that there can’t be a fan of the
group who does not already possess these. Also the final track selection
maximised the business they conducted directly with Ernie. This CD
then is not a “Best Of” but an appreciation and overview of the duo’s
fine music. Every label they were on and virtually every single they
issued are represented here. The pair’s fascinating and ever expanding
history is featured in the booklet along with Dave Godin’s critical
assessment of their soulful music, and a discography. The CD stands as a
great testament to two exceptionally talented singers. One of the greatestSoul Duo,s to never have made it. This album is filled with deep,sweeet, & northern dancers...BRILLIANT!....Bonus tracks listed under Back Cover.
AMM & Thanks to Ace Records
**********REQUEST**********
The Tasters!
Bonus Tracks (MP3)
01 Time Waits For No-One
02 I Believe She Will
03 I'm Goin' For Myself
04 Indication
05 You Give Me Love To Go On
06 I Can't Do It
07 Thanks For Yesterday
08 Turn Here (Demo Version)
09 Indication (Faster Version)
10 It's A Beautiful World
21 comments:
Great offer AMM many thanks for the extensive review!
Great review thanks AMM .
These lost friends are finally found. Thanks for review, P.
thanks for an excellent offer and review AMM
Thanks AMM (& Ace) and especially for the bonus
Great stuff
Great Review Thank you AMM Much Appreciated
Today I literally can't stop the pain. My head's been hurting all bleeding day. 👿
Thanks, AMM!
fantastic review and your right about the bonus tracks, kent should have included these AMM thank you
soo pleese thx!
of course they are my fave also have this silver but thanks much AMM
thank you AMM this fine kent comp and the bonus tracks
Reb
So super cool, looking for this a long time, thx x 1000 AMM & Ace Records ☮️☀️✌🏻
Thanks AMM for the review i think Kent might of been waiting see what else they could dig up with a second cd or just reissue later with extra tracks who knows
Cheers Pedro
Thanks for the review AMM
What a review!!! A tremendous amount of information on this duo. This is the kind of material that I enjoyed as a youngster. I always enjoyed reading the reviews on the back of the albums that I would buy. thank you AMM for providing good material that informs us about all these artist. THANK YOU.
You're unbelievable. Bonus tracks. Thank you, AMM.
Many thanks for the info & Bonus Tracks
Thanks for the bonus tracks MM.
cheers,ELtel
Thanks AMM for Eddie & Ernie, another great Soul duo.
THANKS AMM for this AND the bonus tracks!
Cheers!
Bill
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