Manhattan Soul: Scepter Wand & Musicor / Various Manhattan Soul: Scepter Wand & Musicor / Various CD

UK collection that focuses on the great '60s Soul music released on the New York labels Scepter, Wand and Musicor. The imprints were much more than the hits of the time, already widely available so we've gone back to the one-offs, the neglected and indeed the newly discovered sides that have turned up in recent times. Big city ballads are rightly represented and the notable ones include Winfield Parker's scarce 'Will There Ever Be Another Love for Me', George Tindley's beautiful 'So Help Me Woman' and a previously unissued version of the popular beat ballad 'Millionaire' by the unknown artist Lee Thomas. Finally we're including Johnny Maestro's flip to 'Stepping Out of the Picture', 'Afraid of Love', which is a corking early Soul sound deserving of plays. Kent. 2011.

1. That's No Way to Treat a Girl - Marie Knight 2. I Want a Guarantee - Maxine Brown 3. Hey Girl - Porgy ; the Monarchs 4. I Love You 1000 Times - Platters 5. Take My Love Along with You - the Tabs 6. A Little Bit of Heartbreak - Helen Henry 7. Stick By Me - Ed Townsend 8. Afraid of Love - Johnny Maestro 9. Live on - J B Troy 10. I've Got to Find Someone to Love Me - Jerry Fisher ; the Nightbeats 11. Millionaire - Lee Thomas 12. Walking with Pride - Dan ; Clean Cuts 13. I Could Love You More - Buckeye Politicians 14. Will There Ever Be Another Love for Me -Winfield Parker 15. Ain't No Love Lost - Patti Jo 16. Sweeping Your Dirt Under My Rug - Ann Bailey 17. The Same Change - Jackie Moore 18. Speed Up - Betty Moorer 19. Without Your Love - Diane Lewis 20. One Time Too Many - the Shirelles 21. You Got It Baby - the Toys 22. Blast Off to Love - Henderson, Jocko 23. Diamond Ring - the Dinos 24. So Help Me Woman - George Tindley