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Live Recording
Personnel: Marvin Brown , Byron Summerville, Elton Lynch, Steve Jackson (vocals).
Photographer: Byron Summerville.
Arrangers: Edward Whitehead; Charles Armstrong; Horace Ott; Roy Norman; Landy McNeal; John Lampkin; Patrick Adams; Sammy Lowe; Van McCoy.
The easy harmony sounds of Baltimore's Softones -- Marvin Brown, Steve Jackson, Elton Lynch, and Byron Summerville -- enjoyed limited popularity in the States, rarely ranging beyond the boundaries of the East Coast. Under Hugo & Luigi guidance, they scored with a fancy reworking of "That Old Black Magic" on H & L Records, but got labeled as remake artists and Hugo & Luigi studio puppets -- the producers/writers who stifled the Stylistics' record sales in the States. The Softones were forced to sing bad material, period! The Best of the Softones features one live cut, "You Go Your Way, I'll Go Mine," recorded in Japan, and 16 studio productions. They shine on the wistful "My Dream," written by lead singer Brown, whose bell-clear falsetto floats like a bar of Ivory on the lush ballad. There is more slow magic, including "I'm Gonna Prove It," "Hey There Lonely Girl," and "Silly Billy," a rare Ohio Players tune, but four insipid, campy compositions by Hugo & Luigi render this unplayable unless programmed first. ~ Andrew Hamilton
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30 years later and I still can't listen to MY DREAM and not get goose bumps. Home grown stars!! I love the Softones.
Submitted by angel21216 (Baltimore, Maryland)
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sweetness
I really love this group so much. I grew up on this music,and it bring back the good old days, it has so much memory.
Submitted by debmonta (Baltimore, Maryland,USA)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No OLD SCHOOL IS STILL ALIVE
THIS ALBUM REMIND ME OF WHY I LOVE GOOD SOUL MUSIC!
Submitted by xman007 (Baltimore,Maryland)
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I initially bought the CD for one song called(I'm gonna prove it). I heard it once on an online radio station, and I liked it so much, that I had to have it. I did not know much about the Softones, but when I listened to the whole CD, I found that there's several songs that I like very much. I love their sweet soulful voice, very much like the style of the Ethics from Philly. If you like that kind of sound, you'll enjoy this CD.
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