Алан Паркер / Мэдлин Белл - Голос души VINYL

Alan Parker / Madeline Bell

The Voice of Soul

• wydawca: Be With Records
• nr katalogowy: BEWITH048LP
• format: LP
• 180G VINYL
• PŁYTA NOWA, ZAFOLIOWANA

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2018 REISSUE – REMASTERED FROM ORIGINAL TAPES, CAREFULLY REPRODUCED ORIGINAL ART

T R A C K L I S T A

A1 Love Is All

A2 Mr. Smooth Man

A3 You've Got What It Takes

A4 You're A Winner

A5 Your Smile

A6 Time Goes By

B1 Move And Shake Your Body

B2 Love Doctor

B3 Soul Slap

B4 Crumpet

B5 That's What Friends Are For

B6 Flying High

Veteran library musician Alan Parker recorded with session vocalist Madeline Bell for his Themes International Music label and the result was 1976’s The Voice of Soul.

The sensational uptempo dancer “That’s What Friends Are For” is probably the most well known track on the record, and is a big hit on the rare groove scene, but it is by no means an anomaly. The Voice of Soul is essentially a perfect, sophisticated soul album with heaps of swagger and sass from beginning to end. Its once generic-sounding title is now deservedly definitive.

And the whole LP oozes sex. It oozes sex so much that it could have soundtracked a period porn film. Indeed, parts of it did. “Love Is All” and “You’ve Got What It Takes” both featured on the infamously banned Pretty Peaches from the same year.

As is usual with library records, The Voice of Soul was hard to get even when it was first released. It’s next to impossible now. So here’s your opportunity to own what is in our opinion one of the finest rare soul LPs of the late 70s, and a superb example of Madeline Bell’s superlative vocal talents.

But that’s not the whole story. As well as pitching the record as “a varied selection of modern female vocal features which are equally suitable for background or radio programme usage”, the original release notes go on to explain that “the corresponding backing tracks are issued on TIM 1022 The Sound of Soul. Therefore it is possible to edit from vocal to instrumental version and vica versa where commentary or scene changes occur.”

So yes, all of the backing tracks from The Voice of Soul were released as The Sound of Soul, and we couldn’t re-issue one without re-issuing the other.

As with all ten re-issues, the audio for The Voice of Soul comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. We’ve taken the same care with the sleeves, handing the reproduction duties over to Richard Robinson, the current custodian of KPM’s brand identity.

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Be With has worked with the hallowed KPM to re-issue ten of our favourites from across the KPM 1000 Series and the Themes International Music catalogue, currently under KPM stewardship.

Whether it’s killer soul-funk, sweet jazz-samba, skuzzed-up guitars or accidental Balearic beauty, these records include some of the most innovative work from some of the most talented composers and musicians of the 20th century.

These records were never readily available, being originally released as a ready-made, affordable alternative to commissioning music for television and radio. Consequentially the originals have been unobtainable for decades by all but the most dedicated collectors.

The audio for all ten re-issues comes from the original analogue tapes and has been remastered for vinyl by Be With regular Simon Francis. We’ve taken the same care with the sleeves, handing the reproduction duties over to Richard Robinson, the current custodian of KPM’s brand identity. And don’t worry! Those KPM stickers aren’t stuck directly on the sleeves!

But we didn’t just get a bit giddy and find ourselves re-issuing classic work from Alan Parker, Alan Hawkshaw, Brian Bennett, Nick Ingman, James Clarke, Francis Coppieters, Keith Mansfield, David Snell and John Fiddy. In the middle of the project KPM also asked Be With to be responsible for the vinyl version of Full Circle, an entire LP of new material from Alan Hawkshaw and Brian Bennett. Who were we to refuse.

Keith Mansfield / John Cameron - Voices In Harmony

Nick Ingman - Distinctive Themes / Race To Achievement

Brian Bennett / Alan Hawkshaw / John Fiddy - Hot Wax

Keith Mansfield / Alan Hawkshaw / David Snell - Big Business / Wind Of Change

Francis Coppieters - Piano Viberations

Brian Bennett & Alan Hawkshaw - Synthesis

Alan Parker - The Sound of Soul

Alan Parker / Madeline Bell - The Voice of Soul

James Clarke - Mystery Movie

Brian Bennett & Alan Hawkshaw - Synthesizer & Percussion

Brian Bennett & Alan Hawkshaw – Full Circle