Do not know too many soul followers who do not have comfortable spot for the mighty SPINNERS. At Motown and (mainly) Atlantic they crafted among the absolute best group soul…ever!
Sadly time’s winged chariot has taken its toll and although the “Spinners” nonetheless carry out led by group co-founder and final surviving unique member Henry Fambrough, new recordings are few and much between however the nice information for followers is that three “new” Spinners tunes have simply surfaced Stateside.
Evidently in 1991 the Spinners (with the virtually traditional line up of Bobby Smith, Henry Fambrough, Billy Henderson, Pervis Jackson and John Edwards) went into the studio with soul entrepreneur Preston Glass to chop some tracks that until now have by no means been launched. Three of the cuts have simply been issued on an EP – appropriately for 2020 – referred to as ‘Leap 12 months Additional’ on Soul Music Information/Platinum Storage Recordings.
Focus reduce is the danceable ‘A Good Girl Is Onerous To Discover’. Filled with typical “Spinner-isms”, it exhibits that there isn’t a substitute for expertise. ‘Traditional’ is an electro mid-tempo merchandise with John Edwards in effective lead vocal kind whereas ‘Put The Romance Again’ is the large ballad reminiscent of the Thom Bell days.
Now we’re not saying that these three tunes are up there with the Spinners absolute best… the instrumentation, for instance, is a tad too synthesized however the vocals and the harmonies are impeccable and traditional… and, c’mon, it is the Spinners! So good to have this music… regardless that it is nearly 30 years too late!