The primary single from SOUL JUNCTION RECORDS in 2020 pairs ‘Chaos (In My Coronary heart)’ from VIVIAN COPELAND with ‘What I Did In The Streets’ by the POINDEXTER BROTHERS. The hyperlink being that the Poindexter boys (Richard and Robert) wrote and produced the Copeland minimize.
Vivian Copeland was energetic within the 60s and 70s and recorded ‘Chaos’ in 1968 and it was initially launched on D’oro Information. Success was restricted however (sure, it is the identical previous track!), it is since develop into in-demand on the uncommon groove scene… little surprise. It is beefy and brassy; soulful and “genuine”!
The Poindexter Brothers, in fact, are extra well-known than Vivian. Hailing from Virginia, they labored the soul circuit as artists/producers/writers by the 60s and 70s. In 1969 they arrange their very own Win Or Lose label and that is the supply of ‘What I Did In The Streets’ – a dramatic and sparse beat ballad with an uncommon and imaginative association. You may most likely inform from the title that the lyric tells the acquainted soul story of remorse and dishonest within the subsequent room (or within the streets on this case!).
Sadly the Win Or Lose label misplaced greater than it received! Soul anoraks, although will know that the Poindexters did go on to get pleasure from success with the Persuaders by way of ‘Skinny Line Between Love And Hate’ and different songs. Right here Soul Junction supply the chance to see the place the boys the place at earlier than that success. Out February 17th.