Various - Secret Nuggets Of Wise Northern SoulLe Chant du Monde are proud to present their new collection, entitled Secret Nuggets Of Wise. The first to be released is a compilation of Northen Soul, simply titled Secret Nuggets Of Wise Northern Soul. Originally called Rare Soul, Northern Soul was born out of a movement in the north of England, hence its baptismal name, and has its roots in American soul music. In the late 1960s, after years of glory, the Tamla Motown fury began to decline, and

Promenade Blue represents Waterhouse’s finest hour as a writer and bandleader — leveraging the musical partnerships he has built over many years to put something forth that is so fully realized and felt that it sparkles beatifically

was originally issued in october 1993 to a surprising amount of acclaim as well as a fair bit of confusion

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’ Arguably their best album

DC Lee and The Brand New Heavies’ Simon Bartholomew

* Double LP housed in a deluxe gatefold Stoughton tip-on jacket

it finds Cronin pushing his often devastating power pop into darker territory—from the isolation of “Show Me” to the desperation of “Fire” to the unadorned heartache of “Sold

was eponymously titled

knowing full well that these days

Richly illustrated with many rare photos from band members' own collections

have been saddled with the “proto-punk” moniker

” a cover of The United States of America’s 1968 track: ‘Luminous petals / Dissident Play / Dancing by night / Dying by day