Releases from artist / Veröffentlichungen von : Lew Kirton
SOMETHING SPECIAL (7 INCH)
7 Inch
03.02.15
two sides from our favorite early 80s lover lew kirton. its the first time the sexy soul mans two track have been 45! both solid tried and tested lp tracks, but who wants to spin lps. 15 years of doing a club every week and you end up with some secret weapons, *something special* was always a big tempo change record. everyone is tired from dancing for two hours to fast disco, modern and deepfunk and without warning you just drop this badboy in take it down a notch and let the dry riding commence, solid. on the flip is lews straight up jack of gloria gaynors *i will survive*, pure shameless anthemic dancefloor disco smasher that i have championed for years, that catchy guitar line over lews big voice never tires.
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Athens Of The North
HEAVEN IN THEAFTERNOON (7 INCH)
7 Inch
25.07.11
mehr northern soul-rarit?ten auf 7 inch vinyl mit b-side, die erstmals auf 7 inch erh?ltlich ist!
HEAVEN IN AFTERNOON / SOMETHING SPECIAL
12 Inch
09.06.09
lew kirton was born in barbados where he learned to sing with a local anglican choir, and at the tender age of 13 displayed his prodigal talent with the number one hit in the caribbean with >what about you?< he went on to tour with the blue rhythm combo (a band well known to funk collectors all over the world) after which he moved to canada. he appeared on a highly regarded talent show >take a bow< which led him to becoming a member of the soul band the missing links.
before becoming a solo artist lew made the move to the us where he was the drummer with sam and dave soul review, a skill in which he was self taught. he then joined the the invitation who had a few hits on silver blue records and toured with bobby womack, carla thomas and wilson picket.
his first solo record on tk disco >heaven in the afternoon< blew up on the uk northern soul scene due to a catchy verse and anthemic chorus. in 1980 he recorded his just arrived lp which was released on alston, another label in the roster of tk productions. the album stands up as a solid soul album today but for me >something special< was the stand out track which we have as a b-side here. a sex fantasy laid onto vinyl i almost feel like i?m intruding! >something special< was also played off the album on the uk soul scene, although never issued as a single until now.