Name: Wanted and Needed!
Brand: Various

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

OSVLP018

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Download code: No

Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2018-12-14

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

The Orchard

Tax rate GB

UPC / Barcode

Total Cap

1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Various

Genre GB

Funk / Soul

Label GB

Outta Sight

Welcome to Wanted And Needed, a Northern Soul playlist befitting of any discerning DJ and one that would happily slot into any Soul Night, All-Nighter or Weekender today. Some of our discs were first spun as far back as the Twisted Wheel, such as The Precisions’ floorpacker If This Is Love. Others were unreleased at the time of recording and have found favour in more recent times, such as The Persianettes Run Run (originally covered up as You Better Get Away by The Sequins). Also unreleased at the time was Pearl Jones’ infectious Give Me Another Chance, a Sidra recording that finally surfaced in 2001 on a company acetate. Jones also appears here on her own composition Let My Baby Go as a member of the Embraceables. Another of our featured tracks that eluded the Northern Soul scene at the time is Joey Delorenzo’s feel-good Wake Up To The Sunshine Girl issued in 1973 on the tiny Mi-Val label but sounds much earlier and probably is. The unknown Delorenzo was reputedly a local car salesman with a passion to become a recording artist. He finally got his 3 minutes 15 seconds of fame in return for a generous deal down at the lot!

The playlist kicks off with a real heavyweight of the UK Rare Soul scene, our title track, the legendary Just Say You’re Wanted (And Needed) by Gwen Owens. A flop in America, it wasn’t until 1976 that this – already rare – 45 finally made it to these shores and shook the Casino walls. The action is relentless with 100% floorpackers courtesy of The Precisions, Tony Galla, The Capreez, Ronnie And Robyn with their vocal to Sidras Theme, The Falcons, and Mickey Lee Lane (aka Sounds Of Lane) with his raucous instrumental Tracks To Your Mind.

Wanted and Needed!

Music GB