Kent 252 - More Perfect Harmony - Sweet Soul Groups 1967-1975 + Booklet (2005) - Rare Soul (FLAC 441MB)

The general popularity of 60s and early 70s ‘Group Soul’ seems to continue to be on the rise, an increasingly collectable commodity in recent years. This is due in no small part to the swell of interest among doo wop collectors in the past 10-15 years. The line between the very best doo wop cuts and the very best soul harmony sides is not a very long one. Thus it was perhaps inevitable that those collectors who either have every important group record from the 1950s and early 60s, or can’t afford to invest in the ones they don’t have would eventually unite them with those of us who have long extended a similar level of appreciation in the other direction. Kent’s “In Perfect Harmony” series was introduced to cater to both camps, with a mixture of tried and trusted soul favourites by some of the genre’s most outstanding groups &  previously unissued gems from group soul’s golden decade. Its aims, as a series, are to show that these kind of records were both American and multi racial in their execution and that in this case, sweet soul is not really about where you’re from or what colour you are. This is especially true in this "Vol 2" of the series. Featured are blue-eyed soulsters from Nashville in the Magnificent 7, the mixed race Soulville All-Stars from Pittsburgh, (who also played their own instruments, as well as singing as pretty as you like) and the pride of New York’s latin soul community, brother Joe Bataan. We also have the best in African American vocal groups of both sexes from cities as far apart as Memphis and Detroit, Los Angeles and New York, New Jersey and Chicago. All i,m happy to say, fully dedicated to bringing you MORE PERFECT HARMONY in the sweetest and loveliest way. It highlights unreleased gems from the vaults of Stax, Twinight and Westbound Records, many have never previously been reissued, in any shape or form. Included is  sultry Island Soul of Foxy’s "I Like The Way You Love Me", the low budget cut from Lee Williams and The Cymbals’ Northern favourite "A Girl From A Country Town", also the relentless beauty of the Climates sublime Memphis masterpiece "No You For Me" or the intense Chi town classic "Someone Else’s Arms" by Channel 3.These are just a few of the many delights in store for you on this CD. Listen to Joe Bataan’s superb version of the Exits’ essential "Under The Streetlamp". Doo wop and group soul devotees alike can both agree that, where this kind of music’s concerned, the “Street”s the same, only the “Lamp” has been changed to protect the soulful heritage!

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