Record Store Day – Northern Soul
Special 7” Single
Details
just in of an upcoming 45 release from Harmless Records tying in the upcoming
Northern Soul Film Soundtrack and Record Store Day...
Record
Store Day “Northern Soul: The Film” limited-edition 7” vinyl release. 1000
copies only. Classic pairing!
“Seven Day Lover” – James
Fountain/“Hung Up On Your Love” – The Montclairs STOMP 1
The
release blurb from Harmless follows below...
Harmless
Records are proud to announce what will undoubtedly be one of the most
anticipated Rare Soul double-sided 7” releases of all time.
Taken
from the forthcoming double CD and DVD package for the film, “Northern Soul”,
we are delighted to pair up two of the most iconic and cherished Soul
recordings from the golden age of Northern Soul.
James Fountain’s
“Seven Day Lover” released on William Bell’s tiny Peachtree Records from
Atlanta Georgia in 1970 was, at the time, the rarest record ever known to the
Northern Soul scene with only one known copy which was in the very safe hands
of DJ Ian Levine. The next copy which turned up in the U.K. was then sold for a
world record £500 in the mid 1970’s – the most that had ever been paid for a 7”
single at that time. Since then the record has quite rightfully grown to the
stature of one of the greatest records that has ever graced the Northern Soul
scene and one which is now held in high reverence throughout all of the
international Soul Music scenes.
Truly an
awe-inspiring record and a classic of the highest degree.
The
Montclair’s “Hung Up On Your Love” was one of a handful of records which was
responsible for ushering in the age of what we now call ‘70s Modern Soul’ - the
natural successor to 60s Northern Soul. Originally released on the independent
Paula label from Shreveport, Louisiana, “Hung Up On Your Love” was truly one of
the most ground-breaking records of the mid 1970’s. Heavily featured at
Blackpool Mecca by DJ’s Ian Levine and Colin Curtis, the record took ages to
break wider due to the sheer complexity of the rhythm and the unusual song
structure despite the incredible intensity of Phil Perry’s unbelievable vocals
which are a tour-de-force of Soul perfection.
Eventually
the record broke wider throughout the North of England and is now considered to
be one of the greatest of the 1970’s discoveries.
A
pairing truly made in Soul Heaven.
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