The Hit Side
Last week the mighty fine Funky 16 Corners blog posted the track "Shimmy" by Toussaint McCall which was the B-side of his most famous track "Nothing Takes The Place Of You." As I'm nowhere near as cool and hip as Larry I'm posting the popular A-side because - obscurity be damned - it's a drop-dead gorgeous record. Not that this was a monster success, it made #5 R&B and #22 in the pop charts in 1967 and was McCall's only hit so it 's not as if I'm posting some Motown chart topper or anything anyway. Whereas "Shimmy" was a down and dirty organ instrumental this is a gentle and delicate ballad that sends a shiver up the spine. Late night soul doesn't get more lonely sounding than this. Listen and weep, then buy "Nothing Takes The Place Of You: The Ronn Recordings".
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Nothing Takes The Place Of You - Toussaint McCall
9 Comments:
Now that's beautiful. Bravo.
Man, I have not heard that in so many years, you don't know. Thank you. A real heart breaker.
My first visit but not my last...Nice
Peace
Blak
Of course, given a second life in the movie "Hairspray". Such a great slow grinder!
whew!
(i'm trying to figure out what, exactly, the good folks at RONN were trying to communicate with that picture on the album cover... i mean is that the young lady with the hat's report card the guy is reading, or like a dear john letter, or a shopping list... I guess inquiring minds will never know!)
great post, thanks!
Puts the "sweet" in "Sweet Soul Music."
Thanks for flipping that disc baxck over, Lee!
-j
That ain't no hat, Red! That's a gen-u-ine 60's hairspray creation! Wake up & smell the lacquer!
A fine album indeed. I couldn´t believe my luck purchasing this one for 10 crowns (=1 dollar) ten years ago in flea market in Oslo.
a deep soul track indeed
thx
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