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NORMA JENKINS-i did it for real

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Channel: pieroangelo2 · 2015 · Travel & Events

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The only album ever cut by Norma Jenkins – a New Jersey singer with a surprisingly great ear for a deep soul groove! Norma's got a sound that's richer than most of her east coast contemporaries – a really robust approach that's almost more like some of the best southern soul singers of the period, and captured beautifully here, in ways that make us wonder why she never recorded more albums after this. The set's put together by producer George Kerr, right in the middle of a rich run of work for other artists in the 70s – and arrangements are by Bert Keyes and Andrew Smith – balancing equally between midtempo groovers, and some mellow tracks that are especially great. Titles include "Reachin' Out In Darkness", "Love Jones", "I Did It For Real", "Can You Imagine That", "I Fooled You", "It's All Over Now", and "You've Been Here Since Then". CD features loads of bonus tracks – including some early demos that Jenkins recorded with Kerr in earlier years. Bonus cuts include "I Can Wait My Turn" and "A Good Love Gone Bad", both duets with Troy Keyes – plus "A Lover's Stand", "This Is Our Day", "What's Next", and "The Airplane Song, all cut with The Dolls – and the tracks "Go Home To Your Wife", "Love Jones (single long version)", "Puzzle Man", and "One Girl Too Many".

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