If it's
Friday it must be a double header 45. At least for a while here, and now
and then, that holds true.
About
time for another one.
For a
long time I was only aware of Thelma Jones through her tortured and superb 1976
single Salty Tears, which has
featured here before. I have since familiarised myself to a degree
with her earlier output. The House That Jack Built
for example is a favourite on the mod/scooter/Northern scene and is a
stormer.
Until
recently I didn't have any other records of hers, but now this, a
copy of her first 45, is safely tucked away in the collection.
Stronger I knew, it's
a good driving dancer, although a little repetitive. The attraction
for me is Never Leave Me. I
had not heard this track until a few months ago. Something of a deep
soul gem, it is right up my alley. Thelma takes it to church, although
to be more precise I am sure she took it straight from church where I
just know she must have been singing just before she recorded this in
late 1966. A time when the slow, deep side would still take
the A, with the dancer relegated to the B. That would soon change,
and the trend continued to the extent that the dancer always seems to get the push now whether it was an A or a B side – as I said I knew Stronger
but it has taken nearly 50 years to hear Never Leave Me,
and now it will live up to its title. Thelma Jones is one helluva
singer who deserves to have a deeper catalog.
PS: Mrs Darce and I are off to Canada for three weeks next Friday. I will try and fit in another post, although packing panic may well set in. So this may be the last post until later in September.
2 comments:
Of course there will be no time for record hunting in Canada. This is very very good. Thanks
Drew, How did you know that might be a secret plan :)
I have a list of Vancouver record shops and I have ascertained that the hotel is walking distance from a few of them. Now I just need to arrange to slip away for a couple of hours!
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