||||Bold Soul Brother

Soul Brother's Testify

Recent chat about this tune prompted me to pull it and rip it for your pleasure. This is yet another track for which I can find very little background information. I picked this up, I think, from eBay a while back and pretty sure it came up with a 99p starting price and I secured it for about £40. A price I was happy to pay as this hardly ever comes up for sale and when it does, changes hands for c£100 (see Manship’s copy).

Part 1 appears to have also been released on Anla (AL115) with Sweet Potato Mash on the flip (which I have NEVER seen in the flesh), but today’s offering is Anla’s 1968 release (AL102) with Part 1 and Part 2 on the same record. I’ve also seen this referred to as the “Original Soul Senders”, but have no idea why… since the label clearly shows the artists as Chester Randle’s Soul Sender’s (not sure why so many apostrophes!).

You might also be able to find a copy of its recent (2007) reissue on BGP (521) with 87th Off Broadway & Can’t Get Enough on the flip.

Enough talking, enjoy the tunes. Part 1 should be played first as this is the more commercial offering, part 2 steps the tempo up a bit with blasting horns and less vocals; both great tunes you could drop into any funky mix and not break the beat.