UB40 - PRESENT ARMS DELUXE EDITION
This new
3-CD Deluxe Edition brings together, for the first time, UB40’s 1981 album
Present Arms and its companion release from later that same year, Present Arms
In Dub. The album comes complete with new liner notes by respected reggae
writer, David Katz. Released in May 1981, the platinum-selling Present Arms
spent 38 weeks in the UK album chart where it reached the No. 2 position.
Present Arms In Dub was released in October 1981 and spent seven weeks in the
chart. In addition this new deluxe edition includes a 12” version of the Top 20
single, Don’t Slow Down plus BBC Radio 1 session tracks and a BBC Radio 1
concert, Live from the Paris Theatre, both recorded in 1981. Present Arms is
the second album to be recorded by UB40 and it spawned two Top 20 UK hits, One
In Ten and Don’t Let It Pass You By/Don’t Slow Down. Like their debut album
release, it concerned itself with many socially and politically charged themes,
resonating with the politically uncertain times of the early 1980s when
unemployment was rife and race riots afflicted many of the country’s inner
cities. One In Ten was an undisguised attack on the Thatcher government of the
period. ~ Amazon
ZULEMA - JUST CAN'T SAY GOODBYE: THE BEST OF THE RCA YEARS
Originally
a member of the trio, Faith Hope & Charity for almost three years
(1968-1971), the Tampa, Florida-born trained pianists solo career began at
Sussex Records. A much-lauded appearance at the push expo in Chicago in 1972
brought Zulema critical acclaim and in 1974, she signed with RCA. Just Cant Say
Goodbye-The Best Of The RCA Years includes mostly self-composed tracks from
each of Zulemas three albums " four from her self-titled 1975 label debut
(including her version of Michael Jacksons 1st solo hit, Wanna Be Where You
Are, a top 60 R&B charted single); nine of the ten tracks on her sophomore
set, R.S.V.P. (including the Leroy Hutson/Donny Hathaway song, You Had To Know
and Van McCoys It Will Never Be The Same Again); and four from her final RCA
LP, Suddenly There Was You. After several personally challenging years, Zulema
returned to Tampa and was the resident musician at her local church and passed
away on September 30, 2013. This reissue includes original notes from the 1996
compilation and a personal tribute to Zulema by Soulmusic.com founder David
Nathan. ~ Amazon
BETTY WRIGHT - THIS TIME FOR REAL
Betty
Wright has been of the most well known and respected female Soul singers in a
career that spans over 45 years. Her breakthrough million selling hit from 1971
Clean Up Woman is an iconic Soul sister track. Betty recorded eight albums for
the Miami based Alston label part of Henry Stones TK empire between.1968 and
1979. Soul Brother Records have previously reissued two, Danger High Voltage
from 1974 and Explosion from 1976. Betty's 1977 album This Time For Real is one
of her most consistent if possibly overlooked albums and opens with the highly
regarded modern soul dance record That Man of Mine (credited on the 45 as Man
Of Mine both on the original US release and limited edition UK release on Soul
Brother for Record Store Day 2015). Also here is the popular rare groove track
If You Abuse My Love (You'll Lose My Love), the lush ballad A Sometime Kind of
Thing and more quality outings like Brick Grits on an album produced in an
original style. Betty Wright is still very popular today and her comeback album
with The Roots Betty Wright The Movie has raised her profile further. She has
appeared with Jools Holland on TV and regularly performs in the UK. ~ Amazon
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