LAST LISTENED TO this week probably
CHANCE OF WAKING TO IT pretty good
RATING
This obscure single appeared in a big bag of 45s that the good Professor Plastic brought round a few years ago. 'Real Real Love' was in fact the B-side of the single, the A side being a blues. For some reason many soul and funk singles where made like this, with the most exciting tracks put on the flip sides of blues and ballads. Clearly they weren't initially produced to appeal to the likes of me.
The track is a cracker. A fast and furiously-paced slice of soul with a real hard sound. In style it sits somewhere between James Brown and The Sonics. It's got the speed of the Sonics and something of their sound, whilst the structure, the horns and, in particular, the rhythm guitar show the clear influence of The Godfather Of Soul.
I know nothing about this track, other than what is on the label and there's next to nothing on that. By it's sound i would have to judge that it was recorded in the latter part of the sixites. The singer i know a fraction about and i found that here. Whether Ray recorded anything else like this is anyone's guess, but if i see anything else by him i'd certainly want to hear it to find out.
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