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pat lundy - only love spoken here - p&c records / reel records - cd

Genre: Funk / Soul

1. I've Never Been a Woman Before
2. No More Tears to Cry
3. Thank Heaven for You
4. Love Child
5. He's the Father of My Children
6. Only Love Spoken Here
7. It's Impossible
8. Friend of Mine (I Wanna Thank You So Much)
9. What Is Love
10. Love, Love, Love

For a singer with such an incredible voice, almost next to nothing is known about the late Pat Lundy who recorded for a mixed bag of labels for almost two decades, ending in the late ‘70s.

After leaving girl group The Symbols, she made 45s for Heidi and Deluxe before signing with Columbia which at that time was still looking for great R&B vocalists as “replacements” for Aretha Franklin, but equally clueless as to what to do with them. With six Columbia singles and one LP under her belt, Pat Lundy signed with RCA, another company renowned for finding great black talent but being less than stellar in marketing it!! However, with Pat and producer Buddy Scott at the helm, they managed to make an incredible and very soulful R&B album, almost in spite of themselves and the little promotion it was given upon release.

Producers Buddy Scott and Herb Lovelle assembled an array of top class musicians for this release ranging from Ralph McDonald on percussion and Frank Wess on Tenor and flute to legendary NY arranger Bert Keyes. From the opening rap (by which we mean the old school talking in a song!) on “I’ve Never Been A Woman Before” to the rousing soul gospel closer “Love, Love, Love”, there’s simply not a dud song on this package. If you didn’t know that “It’s Impossible” was a schmaltzy Perry Como MOR ballad and just heard Pat’s version, you’d think this was a soul song written just for her.

“Only Love Spoken Here” is one of those exceptionally rare crate-digger paradise reissues where the thrill of finding something that is almost totally unknown, is completely outshone by the fact that it is an absolutely incredible album.