TEMPESTS “Would You Believe” northern soul LP on SMASH ’68 orig NM shrink TOP
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Description
Artist: THE TEMPESTS
Title: “Would You Believe”
Label: SMASH ~ SRS-67098. Stereo pressing on medium weight vinyl. Label is red with black text.
Condition:
DISC: Vinyl is gorgeous NM-, a beauty! The playing surface is immaculate, with a high luster, played a small number of times and handled with care. Plays beautifully with superb fidelity. Labels are clean and pristine.
JACKET: Jacket is NEAR MINT in original factory shrink wrap. Flawless front and back panels. Excellent seams, spine and corners. Shrink wrap has store discount price sticker on the front. Tiny breaks in shrink wrap at corners. Cutout hole at bottom right corner. No writing, stickers, or other issues. A beautiful jacket worthy of display.
Track Listing:
Side One:
- Would You Believe
- Ain’t No Big Thing
- Happiness
- Ain’t That Enough
- I Cried for You
- Someday
Side Two:
- Can’t Get You Out of My Mind
- I Don’t Want to Lose Her
- What You Gonna Do
- You Don’t Know Like I Know
- You (Are the Star I Wish On)
Review:
“The Tempests' sole album is prototypical late-'60s beach music: swinging if somewhat bellicose blue-eyed soul, albeit in a ten-piece band with nine whites fronted by a black singer. There's a staunch brassiness to the arrangements, with two saxes and two trumpets, and Hazel Martin delivers his vocals with assured though slightly vibrato-laden earnestness. More beach soul ingredients are added by the keening, buzzing organ of Michael Branch. The resultant sound is often in the same ballpark as fellow beach music biggies like Bill Deal & the Rhondels, though the Tempests are less frat-oriented and a little more oriented toward earthy soul, in large part because they have an actual African-American singer. It helps that, unlike some other such LPs from the time, most of the material is original, and fairly good and versatile. The upbeat, up-tempo stuff is favored, but they're also capable of pulling out a dramatic ballad like ‘You (Are the Star I Wish On)’ ...”
(review courtesy of Tony Wilds, allmusic.com)
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