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Detroit Soul
Detroit Soul - All Of My Life / Mister Hip - Music Town Mtr 502
Music Town45-502
Artist:Detroit Soul
A Side:All Of My Life
B Side:Mister Hip
Label:Music Town
Format:7"
Condition
Vinyl Condition:
M
Label Condition:
M
Sleeve Condition:
M-
Key: View
Current Bid: £315.00
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Increment: £15
End Date: 11/11/2026 18:00 UK TIME
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I do remember having a light chuckle to myself whilst reading a dealers mailshot back in to 80's, when the seller noted this 45 as "Killer Motor City Northern Soul dancer" and it was even bootlegged with the Detroit Executives "Cool Off" sitting on the flipside, also disgracefully counterfeited in the 70's, by a now notorious bootlegger who often passed-off counterfeits as originals.
Today we all know this classic Northern anthem requires a FRANKFORD / WAYNE machine stamp in the a-side deadwax, to be an original.
We are also aware it was crafted 700 miles east of Detroit in New Britain, Connecticut. But this local white band certainly had an appreciation of the music the Motor City was producing in 60's.
Lead singer Sal Lanares and co-writer of "All Of My Life" had a New England reputation for his Soulful vocal, honed whilst being a member of "The Soobes" a short-lived but visually exciting band, who covered the work of Wilson Picket, Tom Jones etc so Sal's rasping vocal had to be up to that task. So good was his voice he moved on to formed his own "Soul" band. "Detroit" before the name "Soul" certainly caught the audiences imagination.
This timeless Northern Soul classis was the group's first 45, recorded in 1968 at the famous Syncron / Trod Nossel studios, just like their rival "Blue-eyed" Connecticut band "The Wildweeds" the five to seven man gathering concentrated on upbeat Dance-Soul. With their manager Ed Read being a disc-jockey for New Haven Radio Station WACZ there was high-hopes of a "hit" as airplay was guaranteed, but this never happened to the level where it would break south, down the East-coast on into New York and beyond. Their follow-up 45 "Does Your Mind Go Wild" another good Northern Soul offering, suffered the same fate.
A disillusioned Sal Lenares, Bill Durso, Angelo MIriani, P. Valano & T. Wright (the author of the insane MOD instrumental flipside "Mister Hip") split, leaving only guitarist Bill Durso continuing his recording career with "US 69" and "The Mustard Family" his guitar skills utilized on Psyche/Rock album and a single for Buddah.
But "Detroit Soul" did leave a lasting Northern Soul legacy that has stood the test of time for well over 4 decades, even overcoming that particularly deceptive counterfeit in 1974. This copy is of course the original with FRANKFORD & WAYNE stamped first press.
Sal your incedibly soulful vocal lives on, every weekend in the United Kingdom, as dancers clamor for space on Northern soul dancefloors..
Today considered a real-deal Northern Soul anthem, that rarely surfaces for sale, this clean. We also all know the authentic 1968 press brandishes the FRANKFORD & WAYNE stamped in matrix in the deadwax.
You will never encounter a finer copy
Condition Report
A magnificent copy! MINT copy, with two pristine bright yellow labels, mirror-like clean mint minus vinyl. Absolute top copy, finest we have encountered in decades.
Detail
Artist
Detroit Soul
A Side
All Of My Life
Produced By
Ed Read
Arranged By
Ed Read
Written By
Peter Valano, Sal Lanares
B Side
Mister Hip
Produced By
Ed Read
Arranged By
Ed Read
Written By
Ted Wright
Label
Music Town
Format
7"
Year
1968
City
New Britain, Connecticut
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