WEE :: 70s MODERN SOUL

One of my favorite 70s Modern Soul Album. So pure, So sweet.

Columbus Ohio Soul, from Norman Whiteside. His lone album, under the pseudonym Wee, is firmly ensconced in Innervisions-era Stevie Wonder, with nary a trace of his work as a writer for Bill Moss’ Capsoul label a few years prior. Smooth, sexy, and synthy, You Can Fly On My Aeroplane is a peerless sprawling psychedelic soul concept album. The original nine song LP has been expanded to nineteen, including seven previously unreleased panty soakers. Lovers rejoice.

WEE - I WANT TO SHOW YOU 1977

BRIAN & EDWARD HOLLAND :: LAMONT DOZIER

This one never leaves the 45 box. We'll, actually it did. I was preparing for gig the other day, going through a box of 45s and re discovered this Sweet Soul record from 72. I've been listening to the Coke Escovedo version for the last few weeks which is also Fantastic.

Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier began writing and recording these hits, "Don't Leave Me Starvin' For Your Love" and "Why Can't We Be Lovers" on Invictus. They recorded as a duo in 1973, the year that the partnership ended. Lamont Dozier than pursued a solo recording career and had hits with "Trying to Hold on to My Woman," "Fish Ain't Biting," and "Let Me Start Tonight" on ABC Records in 1974. Later he switched to Warner Brothers and then to Columbia. Dozier produced Areatha Franklin's 1977 album Sweet Passion and wrote for Simply Red, Boz Scaggs, Eric Clapton, and Phil Collins during the '80s. In 1991, he recorded Inside Seduction for Atlantic Records.




HOLLAND & LAMONT DOZIER - WHY CANT WE BE LOVERS 1972

THE DYNAMIC SUPERIORS

A sweet set of vocal group tunes from the Dynamic Superiors — arranged with a bit more of a high stepping groove than some of the other Motown work of the time. Backings are handled by a range of talents that includes Paul Riser, William Eaton, Al Gorgoni, and Horace Ott — but the real charm is the way the group’s innocent harmony style puts over the lyrics, all of which are very strong tunes written by the team of Ashford & Simpson.




THE DYNAMIC SUPERIORS - HIT & RUN LOVERS 1975