Lenny Smith - Who Was and Is and Is To Come - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Rocshire Records sounds of the early-80s underground. Indie cult classics for fans of West Coast punk, power pop, new wave and synth music. Here, this ultra-rare album - from the middle period after a long time releasing music with MCA - sees American singer-songwriter and producer Lenny Williams bring the funk and disco groove to this fantastic collection of songs that is as infectious as it is unheard. An exciting pick and one not to be missed for any hunter of unusual 80s gems. Rocshire Records - Home of the Artist.

Gifted vocalist/drummer Johnny Ingram, an integral part of INGRAM, the first family of Philly Soul, takes on Mel Torme's and Robert Wells' InchThe Christmas Song,Inch one of the most beloved holiday tunes of all time and makes it completely his own. As with most Society Hill Records releases, brother Butch Ingram is at the helm, producing and arranging this wonderful Christmas gift to all the fans of soul music around the globe.

This CD restores to catalogue Toussaint's second album the first that he released under his own name titled originally InchToussaintInch, then renamed InchFrom a Whisper to a ScreamInch, augmented with the A and B-sides of three Bell 45s from 1968 and 1969. Five of these have never been reissued in 35+ years. Originally released on vinyl on Scepter Records in 1970, New Orleans' eminent musical genius's solo LP was largely overlooked at the time but is nowadays considered to be a real masterpiece of Crescent City Soul.