Various Artists - For Dancers Only / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The second of our 'Hip Pocket' releases celebrating Kent's 25th anniversary. These now feature an inner sleeve with tag shots of the original LP plus a spine. The Other Brothers and Willie Gauff tracks are not currently available on CD.

UK collection. Kent Records are commemorating 40 years since the LP For Dancers Only hit the record shops in 1982 with resounding success. For Dancers Forty revisits the US Modern and Kent labels that started it all off. The collection represents the breadth of tag-owners Saul, Jules, Joe and Lester Bihari's recordings, featuring stompers, rhythm & blues rockers, girl soul grooves, group harmony and sublime ballads. There are previously unheard 1966 soul recording from 50s Modern R&B artists Aaron Collins and his sisters, the Teen Queens, guitarist/songwriter Arthur Adams and soul-crooner Billy Watkins. Kent stalwarts Mary Love and Z. Z. Hill are featured, musically and on the front cover with a recently discovered studio shot. As with KENT 001 we feature the R&B sounds of the tag from T-Bone Walker, Little Joe Blue, Flash Terry and the mighty B. B. King. There are underplayed tracks by Jeanette Jones, Lowell Fulson and Tommy Youngblood. As ever on our rare soul scene, it is the lesser-known artists who we spotlight - there are largely unheard tracks by Teddy Reynolds, King Solomon and a plaintive ballad from Beatrice Lee. Northern Soul devotees will enjoy the Sweethearts' Motownesque 'No More Tears', Jimmy Bee's new and improved 'Wanting You' with added chorus, which has a digital debut and Clay Hammond's cult mover 'You Brought It All On Yourself' reappears after several years' absence. The funk-edged crowd get the first re- of Foxfire's manic take on Fulson's 'Tramp', and new to Kent are Larry (Perrault) & Tommy (Bush) doing a version of Shorty Long's 'Here Comes The Judge'

Four of the hottest underground male club acts of the late 80's and early 90's are featured here on this special EP, including Men of Soul, KT Silk & the Bigman, Brian Keith, and Indian Nation. All selections newly remastered.