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CD released: Apr 29, 2016
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Tracklisting:
1. I Just Want To Be There
2. Our Love Has Got To Come Together
3. Can't Understand It
4. Just As Long As You Need Me Pts 1 & 2
5. Leaving Me
6. Baby I've Been Missing You
7. I Love You, Yes I Do
8. Couldn't Hear Nobody Say (I Love You Like I Do)
9. Here I Am
10. It's All Over
11. Sara Lee
12. The First Time We Met
13. Show Me How
14. Arise And Shine (Let's Get It On) (Vocal)
15. I Found Love On A Rainy Day
16. Let This Be A Lesson To You
17. No Wind, No Rain
18. The Same Old Way
19. In The Valley Of My World
20. One Woman Do Right Man
21. Lucky Fellow
22. I Love You, Yes I Do (Tom Moulton Remix)
23. Arise And Shine
INDEPENDENTS
JUST AS LONG
Label: KENT
Cat No: CDKEND448
Barcode: 0029667244824
Packaging: CD Jewel Case

The great Chicago soul sound of the early 1970s has
seldom been better personified on wax than the
recordings of the Independents.
? Prot g s of soul giant Jerry Butler and one of the
leading groups of their era, between 1972 and 1975
Chuck, Helen, Maurice, Eric and their (nonperforming)
fifth member Marvin made some of the
best and most beautiful music to come out of the
Windy City. They were rewarded for their music
efforts by a string of Billboard R&B chart hits, most
of which also reached the pop Hot 100 too.
? Much of the group's catalogue has never been
available on CD. The material that has been
previously digitised has been deleted for many
years, with copies of that CD selling for up to £100.
? This CD marks the first time all their Wand
recordings have appeared in the same collection,
including two special remixes by Tom Moulton that
were first issued, after the group broke up, on the
renowned "Disco Gold" compilations.
? Chuck Jackson and Marvin Yancy went on to
produce and write for many soul and pop artists -
from Yancy's wife Natalie Cole to divas Aretha
Franklin and Whitney Houston - but as you will
hear, they saved plenty of their best songs for their
own group.