A track from a few years ago now that can be heard in full on the artists website. Nice simple production on this one. I guess Derrick is singing about his god. However, this could easily be his loved one that he wants to be with FOREVER! The track comes to life vocally towards the end. It is worth checking out the other tunes on this album too. The album can also be downloaded from www.amazon.com for about a fiver the same price I paid for a pint of Fullers’ London Porter in London last week (hell it’s expensive down there!).

 http://www.myspace.com/DERRICKLEEMCKIZZIE

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Valerie McNair – This Love Is For Real (REAL RHYTHM 12”)

Picked this one up on vinyl recently after lots of searching. I originally heard this track off a Soul Sam sales audio cassette back in the late 80’s when he gave it to one of my soul mates Buska. Unfortunately for me I had been internet searching for “McNeir” instead of “McNair”........ The track is full of driving synths and keyboards however this is not a dance track without a vocal backbone. Once the vocal kicks in it grabs you and holds itself well alongside the production. The lead could easily be cutting tracks alongside Shirley Brown or Pat Cooley. If you were collecting around the late 80’s you may remember another cut from the Real Rhythm label out of Detroit by “Sja’Nay – Tell Him” another worthwhile purchase. This is a corker!!

The Bottom Line – Bottom Line (GREEDY LP)

The Bottom Line (I want the goods) from the LP of the same name. I do not actually own a physical copy of this LP but was lucky enough to obtain an mp3 version of it a while back. The track opens up with explosive sax and bass just how I like it. Vocally the brothers tend to be hidden behind the sax breaks however this does not detract from the quality of the track itself. The Bottom Line are two brothers the Watts brothers and they are still recording gospel tunes today and currently have a Cd on www.cdbaby.com  . A sad story accompanies this track, the sax player Gerald DeClue was tragically killed in a car crash shortly after recording this LP "OASIS". The group originally featured Reggie Thomas, Tom Byrne on guitar, John King on bass, the late Tony Saputo on drums, and the late Gerald DeClue on saxes”. This track was played out by Soul Sam at the famous Canal Tavern Thorne. Unfortunately, the rest of the LP is complete dross to the soul fan.

http://www.zshare.net/audio/71240090286dbbbb/