Almost finished running through this essential oldies collection, and the folks at East Side Records really honed in their attack for the last two volumes. LITTLE ANTHONY makes a return visit, as do East Side veterans THE CHANTELS and the "Duke Of Earl" guy GENE CHANDLER with a slow slammer entitled "Rainbow." Overall, this one is a little fuller and funkier (check the drums around the 1:30 mark of opening cut "The Bells" from THE ORIGINALS), but there's still plenty of the sweet swoon that keeps people coming back to these under-the-radar cruising comps - take BARBARA LEWIS, THE DELLS' "Oh What A Night" and JERRY BUTLER's would-be classic "Never Gonna Give You Up" as examples, and then sink your ears into THE METALLICS and THE JIVE HIVE just because you can. This one's about love, about warm nights, about being young and optimistic even in the face of a painful reality. They're talking about love, but the fear, the hope, the despair...it all transfers to the real world.
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Where's Vol. 10?
https://terminalescape.blogspot.com/2019/10/east-side-story-vol1.html
Thanks! I even searched with the search box and still couldn't find it! Lol
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