Cold Diamond & Mink - I'd Better/I'd Better (Instrumental) - 7-INCH SINGLE [7 inch Vinyl Disc]

The only cover tune on Carlton Jumel Smith's Inch1634 Lexington Ave.Inch album is not really a cover at all, since it was first cut by Carlton himself already 10 years ago. The sultry 2009 edition of InchI'd BetterInch, that was put out on the short-lived UK Soulchoonz tag, is a nice piece of programmed mid-tempo modern soul. The new version, now getting a 7Inch single treatment on Timmion, still sounds miles away from the polished earlier effort.It starts off with a nice guitar led beat before settling into a sweet Tighten Up groove, a funky road which still has plenty curves to explore, even for Cold Diamond & Mink, who are certainly not lifting water from this particular well for the first time. What remains naturally is Carlton's ultra-soulful vocal performance, and a message of manning up to the max, staying true to your word in front of something divine.It's not that often you hear a more recent version of a song sounding so that you would think it's the old version. Essentially, what you get is a beautiful piece of xover soul, with timeless swagger, and an instrumental with soulful legs of it's own. Album Tracks 1. I'd Better 2. I'd Better (Instrumental)