Away from the pin-up-mags Keith also made a serious impression on the underground scene with Tomorrow and enjoyed a wonderful and varied career. This compilation charts his progress through the 1960's and into the '70's with a remarkable collection of rare and previously un-issued tracks. Ranging from Four+One, The In Crowd - with guitarist Steve Howe to both Teenage Opera Singles. Lavishly illustrated with a full pull-out poster-booklet, this gorgeous CD receives a keenly awaited re-press.

Time Is On My Side Don't Lie To Me That’s How Strong My Love Is / Things She Says / You're On Your Own / I Don't Mind / Am I Glad To See You / Blow Up / Three Jolly Little Dwarfs / Revolution /Excerpt From A Teenage Opera / Sam / Shy Boy / Colonel Brown / On A Saturday / The Kid Was A Killer / The Visit / She / Little Understanding / Power And The Glory / West Country / Riding For A Fall / Having Someone/

He has also been a star of UK TV for 40 years. Wimbledon tennis, Grandstand, Athletics, The Big Match, The Sweeney all enhanced by Mansfield s impact on their soundtrack. The Big Match theme was recorded as The Young Scene for KPM in 1968, the same year as Mansfield also turned in the seminal arrangement for the Love Affair s break-through hit Everlasting Love. Also released then was his own solo record Soul Confusion, an organ led groove with a storming fuzz guitar break in the middle. So too the All You Need Is LP for CBS , where Mansfield was a staff producer for a time.

This LP, here in its entirety, forms the backbone of our release to highlight the Mansfield sound, following on from our previous excursions in to the sounds of Brian Bennett and Alan Hawkshaw. In fact keyboard maestro Alan Hawkshaw is the provider of the extra-funky piano and Hammond organ work on All You Need Is. The other regular contributors are backing vocals from Sue & Sunny. In addition we have top picks from other CBS LPs Mansfield worked on. The recordings span 1968-1972.

Everlasting Love / Rainbow Valley / Lovin’ things / Soul Thing / Love For Sale / Alan Haven / Am I The Same Girl (Soulful Strut) / Salena Jones / What Is This Thing Called Love / Salena Jones / Take Five / Walk On By / Moanin / The Serpent - Maynard Ferguson / Boogaloo / Soul Confusion - Keith Mansfield / Spinning Wheel – Maynard / Ferguson / All You Need Is Love / Whiter Shade Of Pale / You’ve Lost That Lovin Feeling / Reach Out (And I’ll Be There) / Rainbow Valley - Love Affair / Everlasting Love - Love Affair

Not available for over 20 years, first time on CD Solomon Burke, a legend of the classic soul era with some 20 chart hits on Atlantic between 1961 and 1968 and his landmark Proud Mary LP (available now on Rev-Ola CRREV 187) cut in Muscle Shoals for Bell in 1969, began his musical life in the world of gospel as a boy preacher in his home city of Philadelphia, featuring in his own Solomon s Temple radio show.

He was signed to Bess Berman s Apollo Records in New York s Harlem as a teenager in 1955, and recorded sessions in New York from 1955 to 1957, from which his singles released on the label comprise the contents of this album. Given his church roots, some tracks have an inspirational theme, but far from being a gospel album, the music is more notable in displaying the birth of soul music, with Solomon s vocal delivery close to the style of his future Atlantic hits.

I’m All Alone / Christmas Present / I’m In Love / Why Do Me That Way / To Thee / No Man Walks Alone) / Walking In A Dream /You Can Run But You Can’t Hide / A Picture Of You / I Need You Tonight / This Is It / For You And You Alone / You Are My One Love / They Always Say / Don’t Cry / My Heart Is A Chapel

This CD features her blues-shouting roots recording with Johnny Otis for Savoy, powerful performances written and produced by the emergent Leiber & Stoller in Los Angeles, then rocking blues from Kansas City and New York, the latter featuring ace guitarist Mickey Baker, and rock n roll sides from 1957 featuring drummer Panama Francis - Linda in vibrant vocal form on both shouters and ballads.

Influenced by Bessie Smith, she won awards for her performances in Broadway musicals in the 1970s, and toured the USA and Europe with blues musical revues in the 1980s, still performing and recording into the new century. In turn she had provided along the way an influence on the developing Aretha Franklin. Shout Records is pleased to present an anthology of Linda s music from the blues-shouting years of the 1950 s, very rare tracks now in CD format for the first time.

Doggin Blues / Living And Loving You / Warning Blues / I Ll Ask My Heart / Walkin And Talkin Blues / Sad And Lonely / Me And Dirty Blues / Baby Please Come Home / Is This Goodbye / Get Off My Wagon / Three Time Loser / Tears Of Joy / Come Back Baby / I’mGoing To Cry Right Out Of My Mind / Mama Needs Your Lovin Baby / Danny Boy / My Loving Baby / I Can’t / Shiver & Shake / Rock & Roll Blues

Maybe Daft Punk were watching? The song has appeared on the acclaimed 'So Young But So Cold: Underground French Music' compilation and this is the first release of the parent album, Star Peace, outside of France (Barclay, 1978). It features the single and other space themed Electronica which were very much in the then current style of instrumental sci-fi synth that was sweeping France, such as Jean Michel Jarre s Oxygene and Space s Magic Fly.

(Do You Have) The Force / Interspace / Tchoung Fou/ Be Happy / Shanti Dance / Renaissance De L'amour