Sounds Of Soul chronicles and playlist (04.04.2013): Unlisted pleasures

I always intend to trust my ears and my own taste rather than follow trends or forage other DJs playlists when I look for new material for the radio show or my collection. Maybe that’s why I’ve got a couple of records that I championed over the years that have been flying under the radar in the wider Rare Soul community and have been hardly mentioned in any internet forums, books or even price guides for vinyl. Some of these so called “unlisted” gems became eventually quite popular and I like to think that this was my doing, rightly or not. On the other hand there are those tunes that I flog for a long time now and never gained any traction whatsoever, which hints that I might overestimate my influence. Be that as it may, I’m a pretty stubborn kind of fellow and I keep trying, especially with such underrated treasures like L C Grier’s Gone Is The Laughter – the last track in last weeks playlist at Sounds Of Soul radio show:

Luther/Good For The Soul Pt.I/7″ Cotilion

Dillard & Johnson/Here We Go, Loving Again/7″ Piedmont

Harold Melvin And The Blue Notes/Where Are All My Friends/7″ Philadelphia International Rec.

Joe Tex/All The Heaven A Man Really Needs/7″ Dial

Flakes/Miss Fine Lover/7″ Source

Truth/Coming Home/7″ Devaki

Jean Carn/Was That All It Was/12″ Philadelphia International Rec.

Rare Pleasure/Let Me Down Easy 7″ DJM Records

Leon Collins/I Just Wanna Say I Love You/7″ d elf

Richie Merritt/Where Did I Go Wrong/7″ R.A.M.

The Four Tops/Love Enough To Care (Edit)/7″ Soul Intention

Hi-Lites/That’s Love/7″ Invictus

Cross Fire/Take Me Back/7″ Virtue

Gloria Edwards/(Need Nobody To help Me) Keep Up With My Man/7″ King

Wilson Love/Funny Money/7″ NS

Betty Wright/I’m Gettin’ Tired Baby/7″ Alston

The Ramrods/Soultrain Part I/7″ Rampage

Martini’s/Hung Over/7″ Bar records

The Detroit Executives/Cool Off/7″ Pameline

Z.Z. Hill/Gimme Gimme/7″ Kent

Joe King/Speak On Up/7″ Prix records

Willie Hutch/Ain’t Gonna Stop/7″ RCA Victor

Abraham & His Sons/Your Mother Understood/7″ Revue

L. C. Grier/Gone, Is The Laughter Of You/7″ Sunshine

If you want to hear the show back here is the link to the Sounds Of Soul page at Eastside radio:
https://eastsidefm.org/specialist/soundsofsoul/

And here’s a link to a clip of L C Grier’s unlisted gem Gone Is The Laughter:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTa2m0OTzAc

DJ Burn Hard