Bettye Swann – Feel The Feeling – LP Vinyl (Picture Sleeve) – IN STOCK NOW !!

A collection of thirteen tracks from Bettye Swann’s period on Atlantic, including five originally unreleased songs.FEEL THE FEELING (S4RLP08)Bettye Swann possessed one of the most emotive voices in soul music’s cannon but her recording career was that of a shooting-star; it blazed at the start, then illumined brightly before abruptly dissipating, all in just eleven years. In 1975 she ceased recording, moved to Las Vegas and retired her Bettye Swann persona.The Louisianan Betty Jean Champion had relocated to Los Angeles as a young woman where in around 1964 she was introduced to Al Scott, owner of Money Records. It was her fourth Money 45 “Make Me Yours” that propelled Swann into the stratosphere. One of the defining songs of the era, it was her pathway to Capitol Records with whom she signed in 1968.By 1972 Bettye was at Atlantic Records. The initial Atlantic 45 “Victim Of A Foolish Heart” b/w “Cold Day In Hell” recorded at Fame with Mickey Buckins and Rick Hall, made for a promising debut reaching #16 on the Billboard chart. It was followed by Bettye’s version of Merle Haggard’s “Today I Started Loving You Again” and “Til I Get It Right”, a gentle country-soul labour. “I’m Not That Easy To Lose” also dates from those sessions.In an attempt to broaden her appeal Atlantic sent Swann to Sigma Sound in Philadelphia where she cut Phil Hurtt’s’ and Tony Bell’s “Kiss My Love Goodbye”, “Time To Say Goodbye” and “When The Game is Played On You”. Her fortunes continued to wane so Swann was next placed with Nashville producer Brad Shapiro. The results were artistically stellar and included three unissued gemstones in The Isley’s “This Old Heart of Mine”, a definitive version of Maxine Weldon’s “I Want Sunday Back Again”, and “Either You Love Me Or Leave Me”. A pairing with Sam Dees that included Barbara Acklin’s “Just As Sure” was issued as a 45 on the Atlantic distributed Big Tree label.IN STOCK NOW.(please note postage only covers 1 mailing – if you order pre-order items with released product, everything will mail together when the pre-order item becomes available !!)Track ListingA No. Track Preview 01.KISS MY LOVE GOODBYE 02.WHEN THE GAME IS PLAYED ON YOU 03.I FEEL THE FEELING (originally unreleased) 04.I´M NOT THAT EASY TO LOSE (originally unreleased) 05.THIS OLD HEART OF MINE (originally unreleased) 06.JUST AS SURE (WITH SAM DEES) B No. Track Preview 01.TODAY I STARTED LOVING YOU AGAIN 02.VICTIM OF A FOOLISH HEART 03.I WANT SUNDAY BACK AGAIN (originally unreleased) 04.TIME TO SAY GOODBYE 05.EITHER YOU LOVE ME OR LEAVE ME (originally unreleased) 06.TILL I GET IT RIGHT 07.A COLD DAY (IN HELL)