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PHILLIP BALLOU: We’ll Be Together (SoulMusic Records-Digital/Warner X)

2022-02-18T04:07:48-05:00July 16, 2021|Categories: David Nathan, Digital Releases, SoulMusic Records|Tags: , , , |

Now available as a SoulMusic Records (SMR) Digital release, "We'll Be Together" is the second 45 by the ever soulful Phillip Ballou. When released on vinyl for the first time (as a limited edition) in 2020, 41 years after being recorded, it sold out within a few weeks, with YouTube reviews that named this modern soul gem " the best release to end 2020...." Now available on all digital platforms worldwide

DORIS TROY Ft. MYSTIC MERLIN: Whatcha Gonna Do + bonus track (SoulMusic Records/X Warner)

2023-11-30T19:01:41-05:00December 15, 2020|Categories: David Nathan, Digital Releases, Reissues, SoulMusic Records|Tags: , , , |

A 1980 reworking of the legendary Doris Troy's original 1963 classic, "What'cha Gonna Do About It" featuring the popular funk band Mystic Merlin eemained unreleased for almost forty years until 2018 when SuperDiscoEdits licensed the track for release as a limited edition vinyl 12" single (now out of print). Making its digital debut via Warners/X5 with a bonus track...

DORIS TROY: It’s All In The Game (1979 Disco Version) (SoulMusic Records/Warner X)

2023-11-30T19:04:48-05:00October 2, 2020|Categories: Digital Releases, Reissues, SoulMusic Records|Tags: , , |

R&B/pop and soul pioneer, the late Doris Troy (of "Just One Look" fame) went into a New York studio in 1979 for a two-song recording session with John Simmons and David Nathan aimed at the global disco market. 41 years later, SoulMusic Records released one of the tracks, the original "You Got Me Baby" and making its worldwide debut now is the second track, a rousing reworking of the 1958 classic, "It's All In The Game"... ...and now 41 years later, it's being released via SoulMusic Records, distributed by Warner X... Timeless...

PHILLIP BALLOU: Ain’t Nothing Like The Love (SoulMusic Records/Warner X)

2020-06-19T15:51:38-04:00June 19, 2020|Categories: David Nathan, Reissues, SoulMusic Records, Uncategorized|Tags: , , |

The latest SoulMusic Records (SMR) Digital release, distributed by Warner X, features the soulful vocals of the late Phillip Ballou - known many years as a studio and touring vocalist with the legendary Luther Vandross... Originally planned as Phillip's first solo single back in 1979, this upbeat Philly soul-flavored groove is finally gaining its first digital release worldwide...

DORIS TROY: You Got Me Baby (1979 Disco Version) (SoulMusic Records/Warner X)

2023-11-30T19:09:38-05:00June 12, 2020|Categories: Digital Releases, Reissues, SoulMusic Records|Tags: , , |

R&B/pop and soul pioneer, the late Doris Troy (of "Just One Look" fame) went into a New York recording studio in 1979 when disco was as its height and cut this catchy and jubilant dance music original, co-written and co-produced by John Simmons and David Nathan...and now 41 years later, it's being released via SoulMusic Records, distributed by Warner X... Timeless...

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