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88. Over You by Gold In The Shade

GOT TO thank Heels & Souls for this fourth release in their slow building canon of musical excellence. 

A long time want. I wasn't sure I was ever going to own a copy after it suddenly shot off my thirty quid radar. To now have it booming out of my speakers on another hot, sunny day, feels really special. Credit to the label whose perseverance finally paid off after a lengthy wait with Sean P ripping and restoring it brilliantly.  

Arletta Davis joined North West London's TSR stable with her friend Sonia Johnson and sang backing vocals on their debut. However, producer and writer Robert Charles Roper told Test Pressing of his intention to swap the singers around for this sparser follow up single, before informing us that Sonia couldn't make the session. 

What we're left with is both a sensuous and highly convincing expression of strength. Love the spoken word. It sours above the more sugary deliveries that often define the genre, which explains its enduring popularity with long time acolytes of the scene and fresher ears alike.  

Sometimes records insist on staying on the left turntable for days on end. (Yes, I finally have my turntables up and running.) This is definitely one of them.