Various - Salsoul Presents: Crossover Flavas (When Northern Soul Met Disco)

Label:

Suss'd Records

Catalog#:

SALSA CD 007

Format:

CD, Compilation

Country:

Released:

2004

Genre:

Electronic, Funk / Soul

Style:

Disco

Tracklist

1	Skip Mahoney -	Janice (Don't Be So Blind To Love) (12" Version)	6:59
		Mixed By - Bobby "DJ" Guttadaro Producer - James Purdie Written-By - Reggie Vaughn Written-By, Arranged By - Matthew Allen
2	Loleatta Holloway -	Catch Me On The Rebound (7" Version)	3:21
		Producer, Written-By - Norman Harris Written-By - Ron Tyson
3	Moment Of Truth -	So Much For Love (7" Version)	3:35
		Mixed By - Tom Moulton Producer, Written-By - Reid Whitelaw Producer, Written-By, Arranged By - Norman Bergen
4	Eddie Holman -	Time Will Tell (Original Album Version)	4:30
		Mixed By - Tom Moulton Producer, Arranged By, Conductor, Written-By - Ron Baker Written-By - Ron Tyson
5	First Choice -	Gamble On Love (7" Version)	2:46
		Producer, Arranged By - Ron Baker Written-By - Ron Kersey
6	True Example -	Just As Long As You Love Me (12" Version)	5:33
		Mixed By - Walter Gibbons Producer, Written-By, Arranged By - T.G. Conway Written-By - Allan Felder , Ron Tyson
7	Floyd Smith -	I Just Can't Give You Up (7" Version)	3:58
		Producer, Written-By - Floyd Smith
8	Carol Williams -	You're So Much A Part Of Me (Album Version)	3:49
		Producer - Vincent Montana, Jr. Written By - J. Perricone Written-By - Carol Williams
9	Bunny Sigler -	I'm A Fool (Album Version)	3:50
		Producer, Written-By - Bunny Sigler Vocals - Marcia Ann Taylor
10	Flashlight (2) -	Beware, She's Pulling My Strings (Album Version)	5:06
		Written By - W. Hines/Craig
11	Love Committee -	Put It To The Back Of Your Mind (Album Version)	4:22
		Producer, Written-By - Ron Tyson Written-By - Bruce Gray , Bruce Hawes
12	Double Exposure -	Everyman (Has To Carry His Own Weight) (7" Version)	2:43
		Producer - Earl Young , Ron Baker Producer, Arranged By - Norman Harris Written-By - Allan Felder , Bunny Sigler
13	Keni Rightout -	Right Now (I Really Feel That I Can Change Your Mind) (12" Version)	5:51
		Producer, Remix, Arranged By, Written-By - Jesus Wayne
14	Johnnie & Michael Hill -	You're My Saving Grace (12" Version)	3:53
		Producer, Arranged By - Richie Vetter Written-By - Dodie Petit
15	Loleatta Holloway -	All About The Paper (Album Version)	6:09
		Arranged By - James Mack Mixed By - Bobby "DJ" Guttadaro Producer - Floyd Smith Written-By - Clarence McDonald , Lorell Simon*
16	Love Committee -	Cheaters Never Win (12" Edit)	3:55
		Arranged By - Jack Faith Mixed By - Walter Gibbons Producer - Earl Young , Norman Harris , Ron Baker Written-By - Allan Felder , Ron Tyson , T.G. Conway
17	Joe Bataan -	Continental Square Dance (Original Unreleased 7" Version)	3:42
		Producer, Written By - Joe Bataan Written-By - Joe Cayre

Credits

Artwork By [Design] - Richard Burridge
Artwork By [Illustrations] - Steve Wilson
Compilation Producer - Ian Dewhurst*
Compiled By - Chris Barnett (2) , Eddie Piller , Jeremy Newall
Mastered By - Martin Giles
Other [Sleevenotes] - Niki Golding

Notes

Card Cover.

Includes 20-page booklet with a substantial essay by Niki Golding and for each of the featured releases there is a 100 word paragraph giving further details and a picture of the cover or record label of the original.

Originally Released - 1974: 17. 1976: 3; 7; 8; 12. 1977: 2; 4; 5; 6; 9; 16. 1978: 10; 11. 1979: 15. 1980: 1; 14. 1981: 13.

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Rated 5/5

Review by scott-r Jun 17, 2008

This compilation has been done with the utmost care and is one of the very best of its type. Every track here is a winner with no filler material and mastered from the Salsoul archive mastertapes. Encompasing Salsoul's output that was picked up by Northern Soul DJs and collectors and made their own. 'Janice' only came out in 1981 to a largely indifferent public that had moved away from Disco around the time of the closure of Wigan Casino closure, but stormed venues like Blackpool Mecca; later being a regular at many smaller '90's NS 'revival' events in the North. Many of the other records are earlier, with a few 12" versions thrown in. This release is sheer class and head and shoulders above most similar compilations of largely post 1976 Northern and Modern Soul.