William Stuckey. Love of Mine.
Vinyl LP / Rare found new release / Funk / Soul / US
Label: Athens Of The North – AOTNLP 046
Released: Jan 29, 2021
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul
This first ever re-release of William Stuckey's extremely rare southern soul LP. When Brian Sears told me William was still with us and living locally I was shocked that nobody had spoken to him up till now. Not only that but he still had the multitrack tapes at his house.
Unfortunately the tapes were in a bad way and needed some serious work. Our good friend Dan at Audio Archiving Services in Holywood went above and beyond to restore the tape in small sections (despite baking it was still oozing gunk onto the tape transport and heads) then joining the audio back together perfectly. I know not many people would have gone to this trouble and I'm grateful as this music had one last chance.
The mix down at AOTN studio is brighter and clearer than the o.g whilst being true to the original mix, William was over the moon with the result when he heard it and we are excited to bring it to Vinyl, CD and Digital
Special thanks to Brian, Dan and Linkwood for the work on this project. Securing special music for the future is what we do and we just caught this one in time.
Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Athens Of The North Records
Copyright © – Athens Of The North Records
Published By – Athens Of The North
Recorded At – Pinnacle Studios, Little Rock
Mixed At – AOTN Studio
Licensed From – William Stuckey
Pressed By – GZ Media – 214122E
Credits
Mixed By – Nick Moore
Producer, Arranged By, Written-By – William Stuckey
Research – Brian Sears
Notes
Sticker on cellophane:
Ridiculously rare 70s Arkansas soul re-issued for the first time including previously unreleased session track.
B1 previously unreleased.
Durations on back cover are inaccurate:
A1: 7:31 / A2: 5:00 / A3: 4:16 / A4: 4:49
B1: 5:44 / B2: 7:14 / B3: 4:10 / B4: 3:37
Tracklist
A1 The First Time 7:31
A2 Wise Men Say 5:56
A3 I've Got Plans For You 4:16
A4 Country People 4:49
B1 Just Around The Corner 5:47
B2 Hold Me Close 7:14
B3 If You Want To 4:43
B4 Love Of Mine 5:22
