Kent 30: Best Of Kent Northern 1982 - 2012 / Var Kent 30: Best Of Kent Northern 1982 - 2012 / Var CD

2012 collection from the Kent label celebrating 30 years since the release of Kent 001, for Dancers Only, this CD is a look at Kent's history and heritage. That first LP gets a nod with Gene & Gary's duet of Danny Monday's 'Baby Without You', featured on CD for the first time here. There are a host of exclusives, several never having been out in any format before. Of these, Alexander Patton's 'True Love (Is in the Heart)', will open traditional Northern fans' eyes and ears the most, being from the same session and of a similar feel and quality to his 'A Li'l Lovin' Sometimes' classic. Marva Holiday's 'Rising Higher' is a fabulous Sherlie Matthews' song that will be admired by progressive Northern 60 s fans. Modern soul has been a part of the Kent landscape since the "Moving on Up" vinyl album of 1984. There are classy crowd pleasers including Toni & the Showmen, Sugar & the Spices, the Fiestas and the Sweethearts that have been marooned on Kent label stories, neglected by all but the pure in heart. Thirty stunning soul sounds, one for each glorious year. It is not only a celebration but a revelation too.

1. Ooh It Hurts Me - the Pied Piper Players 2. Beauty Is Just Skin Deep - the Sweethearts 3. Baby Without You - Gene ; Gary 4. Love Keeps Me Crying - Walter Wilson 5. It's Torture - Maxine Brown 6. I'd Be a Millionaire - Chuck Jackson 7. Have Faith in Me - Sugar ; the Spices 8. You Only Live Twice - Lorraine Chandler 9. I'm Stepping Out of the Picture - Johnny Maestro ; the Crests 10. Gettin' to Me - Ben E King 11. What Should I Do - Little Ann 12. Rising Higher - Marva Holiday 13. Try My Love - Toni ; the Showmen 14. Too Much for You - Bobby Angelle 15. Two Wrongs Don't Make a Right - the Mayberry Movement 16. The Magic Touch - Melba Moore 17. Handwriting on the Wall - Bobby Wisdom 18. Oh, My Darlin' - Jackie Lee 19. Think Smart - the Fiestas 20. (Just a Little) Faith and Understanding - the Magicians 21. We Can Do It - the Shaladons 22. I'm Shooting High (I Reach for the Sky) - O.C. Tolbert 23. I Wanna Thank You - the Quotations 24. No Limit - Darrow Fletcher 25. Oh Baby Don't You Weep - Luther Ingram 26. Without Your Love - Bobby Penn 27. The Panic Is on - Lou Johnson 28. (True Love Is) in the Heart - Alexander Patton 29. Changes Lilly Fields 30. Sorry Ain't the Word the Paramount Four