Maurice Williams’ 1967 New Orleans dancer “Being Without You” is currently enjoying a Northern Soul revival. Prices for this reactivated floor-packer have soared making our 2012 reissue all the more attractive. The flip side, “Return”, was recorded a year later for Marshall Sehorn’s New York based Sea-Horn Records… 2 hard-to-find rare soul classics for the price of one!
Saxie Russell’s Chicago dance track, the eerie “Psychedelic Soul”, has haunted the Northern Soul scene since it was first played at the legendary Catacombs Club in Wolverhampton in the early seventies, not long after it was recorded. Saxie’s real name is Vernon Taplin, a co-writer of the track along with John ‘Stormy’ Colley. Our ‘exclusive’ flip side features, for the first time, an unusual out-take that surfaced a few years ago on a studio acetate from Colley’s personal collection. Sonically, not the best recording, but historically fascinating and a unique opportunity to hear Saxie and the session players letting their hair down!
Keep The Faith!
