Love Unlimited.
I love this song as it comes from the best era for soul records, the early seventies. I remember buying this one from Woolworths and I still have the record now. I think I bought it in 1975 when it charted here but it possibly was released in the states in 1972, according to a compilation CD I have got. Love Unlimited were the backing singers to the Walrus of Love, Barry White and with the backing band the Love Unlimited Orchestra (there seems to be a theme here, “loves theme” perhaps. Another good tune), appeared on most of Barry’s tracks.
Getting back to the song it’s to celebrate the wonderful weather that we are enjoying at the moment. It is a song of how love can even overcome a good soaking. It starts with a rain storm and finishes with the wonderful telephone conversation at the end where the girls build sit up and rings Barry White, she says “Baby, I’ve got something to tell you” and Barry White says romantically “What”.
A great song from a great era, must look out for some of their albums.
Duncan March 2010
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Cheryl’s Going Home
John Otway and Wild Willy Barrett
This is the second of my stormy influenced tracks this month. The only connection to a storm though, is the opening line “the thunder cracked against the night” a great line. My son, when he was doing his English GCSE course work asked me for a hand. I wrote a short story for him and started off with that opening, he got an A for that piece off work. The other topical connection is for poor old Ashley Cole, but his version is “Cheryl’s leaving home.” Shame. This has always been one of my faves but I was really surprised when going to work, listening to Sound of the 60’s on a Saturday morning and hearing this song over the radio. Not by Otway though, but the original by American folkie Bob Lind. It was the bside off his 1966 hit “Elusive butterfly.”
Getting back to Otway and Barrett they had a good album and one of the best bsides ever “Beware of all the flowers” a great song. The aside was excellent as well “Cor baby that’s really free.” I also saw Otway on Christmas Eve 1977 or it might have been 1978 at the Chelmsford Rock club, I can’t remember the year but I do know that the gig was in my top 5 of all time. Even John Otway who must have done 1000’s of shows mentions this one in his biography. The gig was just after Otway and Barrett split up. Musical differences, Wild Willy was a musician and Otway was an idiot. He is a great showman though and still tours. I still go to see him now but he will never be as good as that first time.
Duncan March 2010
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