Mary Love's vocals top and tailed the first two
ground-breaking UK Kent LPs in 1982 and she has
had a place in the hearts of Kent collectors ever
since.
Her twelve solo recordings for Los Angeles' Modern
label covered the golden age of soul music - 1965 to
1967 - and varied from her famous uptempo,
Motown-inspired, dance tracks to beautiful ballads,
raunchy blues-based numbers and even a gospel-
tinged rave up on 'Dance Children Dance'.
We have collected them all onto a vinyl LP for the
first time and added two highlights from her self-
produced, soulful gospel tracks, recorded in the
80s. That era was indeed her second coming,
musically as well as spiritually. 'Come Out Of The
Sandbox' from that period has taken on anthemic
status among European soul fans.
'You Turned My Bitter Into Sweet', 'Lay This Burden
Down' and 'Let Me Know' have already achieved that
standing among Northern Soul fans, who have
danced along for fifty years. The more tender side of
her work can be heard in Ashford and Simpson's
ballad 'Baby I'll Come' and her only Modern hit, the
sensual 'Move A Little Closer', is another show-
stopper.
The album cover is a must for connoisseurs of
glamorous coiffure.