70s N.J. NORTHERN SOUL REISSUE DIANE JENKINS I NEED YOU + INSTRUM. CREATIVE FUNK

	£		25
	$		33

Issue 96 of Soul Up North is out NOW!

ALL MY SALES ARE ALWAYS PLAY-GRADED

AND NOT JUST GIVEN A VISUAL ONCE-OVER

ALL THE ITEMS I AM SELLING COME FROM OVER FORTY YEARS OF COLLECTING SOUL

THERE WILL BE SOME REAL GEMS, SO MAKE SURE YOU KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN

SOME OF MY LISTINGS CARRY 'BORROWED' SOUND CLIPS BENEATH THE TITLE

ALL MY ITEMS START AT AROUND A TENTH OF THE CURRENT BOOK VALUE

SOME FROM AS LITTLE AS 50p

70s NEW JERSEY NORTHERN SOUL

1976? COUNT?!FEIT PROMO

A SUPERB SLAB OF UPTEMPO FUNK-TINGED DANCEABILITY

CHAMPIONED BY IAN LEVINE

THE INCREDIBLY SOULFUL OUTPUT OF DIANE JENKINS DOMINATED THE CREATIVE FUNK LABEL DISCOGRAPHY, SINCE SHE WAS ALSO A MEMBER OF THE GROUP OF THE SAME NAME; "I NEED YOU" WAS THE LAST OF FOUR SOLO SINGLES ON THE LABEL, AND IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THE ALTERNATE COPIES WITH A SPOKEN INTRO, YOU'RE LOOKING AT A VERY NICE COLLECTABLE

"I NEED YOU" WAS PENNED BY SAM CULLEY - NO UNKNOWN ON THE NORTHERN SCENE, HAVING BEEN A MEMBER OF BOTH THE DIPLOMATS & THE SKULLSNAPS; THREE OF THE DIPLOMATS ALSO RECORDED AS SAM, ERV AND TOM, AND TOURED THE U.K. IN THE LATE 60s AS A BOGUS ISLEY BROTHERS; FURTHERMORE, SAM HAD BEEN BROUGHT IN TO SING LEAD ON THE PUZZLES' "MY SWEET BABY", WHEN THE ORIGINAL LEAD SINGER (LEO WRIGHT) COULDN'T HANDLE THE SONG

I FIRST HEARD OF THE CREATIVE FUNK LABEL WHEN IAN LEVINE GAVE IT A MINI REVIEW IN ONE OF HIS MID-70s BLACK MUSIC ARTICLES; THIS WAH-WAH-LADEN RECORD WAS THE FIRST ONE THAT I PICKED UP ON THE NEW JERSEY LABEL; I WAS A VERY YOUNG SOULIE FOR WHOM A QUID MEANT A HELL OF A LOT, AND IT WAS ONLY LATER THAT I FOUND OUT IT WAS A 'SECOND ISSUE' - PRESSED AROUND 1976 OR SO AS A MOCK-PROMO COPY (SUPERB SOUND QUALITY, BUT SLIGHTLY OUT WITH THE LABEL COLOUR)

THE CREATIVE FUNK LABEL WAS RESURRECTED IN THE MID-80s, ALTHOUGH BY THAT TIME RAP HAD REARED IT'S HEAD, AND MUCH OF THAT LATER LABEL OUTPUT WAS THE POORER FOR IT

DIANE JENKINS

"I NEED YOU"

HEAR HERE!!

Diane Jenkins - I Need You (Vocal Version) [Creative Funk] 1975 ...

b/w

"I NEED YOU (INSTRUMENTAL)"

Diane Jenkins - I Need You (Instrumental Version) [Creative Funk ...

LISTEN TO BOTH SIDES IN FULL VIA THE YOUTUBE POSTINGS ABOVE

(NOT TAKEN FROM THE SALE COPY)

(UK count?!feit: Creative Funk 12006, 1976?; Promotion Copy)

Recorded: 1974

Vinyl

Record condition (A-side): Excellent ++ (plays Excellent ++++)

Record condition (B-side): Excellent ++ (plays Excellent ++++)

Label condition (A-side): Spotless

Label condition (B-side): Spotless

Deletion hole: No

This record has been played on both sides to verify condition, but there's a full money-back guarantee on all my sales, and I'll refund anyone who isn't totally captivated.

The majority are sent by 'signed for' delivery.

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