A "lost" album from the sweetest period of Thom Bell's storied career, the Bell side captures producer and vocalists at the peak of their powers. On a New Street might be the ne plus ultra of the group's post-1960s achievements. Cherry Red's SoulMusic imprint has recently reissued both albums with bonus tracks on a new 2-CD set. He wrote the group's Top 10 hits "Going Out of My Head" and "Hurt So Bad." Yet On a New Street and its ultra-rare, Philadelphia-recorded follow-up, Hold On, languished for years without a CD release. Randazzo was a major influence on Bell, and had a long history with The Imperials, too. In 1973, Bell finally got around to producing an album for Little Anthony and the Imperials, but one with a twist: he would produce and arrange Side One, but on Side Two, those duties would be performed by Teddy Randazzo. In 1971, Little Anthony, Harold Jenkins, Clarence Collins and Bobby Wade signed with Avco Records, for whom Bell was recording The Stylistics.
The group first worked with then-budding producer Thom Bell a few years earlier on the single "Help Me Find a Way (To Say I Love You)" b/w "If I Love You" for the United Artists label. Rock and roll ended with Little Anthony and the Imperials." But by 1973, the group was ready for a new direction, or a "new street," as it were. will be remembered as great musicians from the streets of my hometown." Bob Dylan was also a fan: "The Beatles weren't rock and roll, nor were The Rolling Stones. Paul Simon once said, "Little Anthony Gourdine has one of the purest voices to come out of the New York doo-wop scene.
0 kommentar(er)
