Super Duper Love [Mainstream Hits & Rarities 73-76]

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Overview

Ace/Kent began excavating the Mainstream Records catalog in 2010, but they first dug into the soul sides from the New York-based indie label in early 2016 with Mainstream Modern Soul: 1969-1976. Super Duper Love: Mainstream Hits & Rarities 1973-76 arrived later that year, concentrating on the label's knack for smooth soul and proto-disco. Like its cousin, the chief appeal of Super Duper Love is its sound and feel: even when the rhythms bubble, the feel is warm and velvety. Its aesthetic is best summed up by the title of Calvin Arnold's "(I'm Your) Friendly Neighborhood Freak," an outright lift of the Staple Singers' "Express Yourself" that also illustrates the limitations of Mainstream's soul. They had the sound and feel, but rarely the songs. It's the kind of the thing that makes for some pleasurable period crate-digging, though. Maybe the songs aren't indelible, but it's easy to succumb to these soft, supple grooves. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	11/04/2016
Label:	Kent / Kent Soul
UPC:	0029667077729
Rank:	106374

Tracks

1. Super Duper Love (Are You Diggin' on Me), Pt. 1 & 2
2. Soul Makossa
3. The Lonely One
4. Seven Day Lover
5. Whatever's Your Sign (You Got to Be Mine), Pt. 1
6. I Need Someone
7. Then I Reach Satisfaction
8. Tonight, Let the Other Woman Cry Some
9. Eyewitness News
10. Just in the Nick of Time
11. Wind Up Toy
12. (I'm Your) Friendly Neighborhood Freak, Pt. 1
13. Does She (Sleep on My Side of the Bed) [Long Version]
14. Freak and You Shall Find [Long Version]
15. Let the Music Play
16. Business Deal
17. I Can See Him Loving You
18. Try to Help Your Brother
19. You're So Hard to Forget
20. Success Don't Come Easy
21. King Kong
22. Since I Don't Have You
23. Feel It
24. I Need You Back Home

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Special Delivery   Primary Artist
Sugar Billy   Primary Artist
Afrique   Primary Artist
Trieste   Primary Artist
J.G. Lewis   Primary Artist
Calvin Arnold   Primary Artist
Ellerine Harding   Primary Artist
Steptones   Primary Artist
Prophecy   Primary Artist
Darlene Jackson   Primary Artist
Lenny Welch   Primary Artist
Sandra Phillips   Primary Artist
Linda Perry   Primary Artist
Chocolate Syrup   Primary Artist
Freddie Scott   Primary Artist
Little Richard   Primary Artist
Ray Smith   Primary Artist
Zebra   Primary Artist
The Electric Ladies   Primary Artist
The 11th Commandment   Primary Artist
The Dramatics   Primary Artist
Doris Duke   Primary Artist
Terry Huff   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Lenny Welch   Composer
Doris Duke   Illustrations
James Beaumont   Composer
Joseph Rock   Composer
Jerry Crawford   Composer
Boby Franklin   Composer
Richard Person   Composer
Janet Vogel   Composer
Rollie Hanson   Composer
Calvin Arnold   Composer
Ellerine Harding   Illustrations
Larry Tinsley   Composer
Gregory Carmichael   Composer
Ted O'Neill   Composer
William Garner   Composer
Bobby Croft   Composer
Jimmie Abston   Composer
Gregory Holley   Composer
Stella Petty   Composer
Al Clements   Composer
Carl Fisher   Composer
Edward Billups   Composer
Walter Lester   Composer
Joseph Verscharen   Composer
Linda Perry   Illustrations
Rudy Clark   Composer
Ray Dahrouge   Composer
John Gilliam   Composer
Duncan Cowell   Mastering
James Bailey   Composer
Manu Dibango   Composer
Tony Gregory   Composer
Kenneth Williams   Composer
Rose Marie McCoy   Composer
Helen Miller   Composer
Fred Weeks   Composer
James Keith   Composer
Jessie Ingram   Composer
Paul Jeffrey   Package Design
Terry Huff   Composer
Tony Rounce   Liner Notes
John Taylor   Composer