Condition:
Eddie Holman - I Love You
Label: ABC Records
Catalog#: ABCS-701
Format: Vinyl, LP
Vinyl: VG+ to VG++, light scuffing (listen to our copy)
Cover still has original shrink wrap, it has been peeled back a bit on the front, there is a small punch hole in the top right corner and light ring wear
Country: US issue
Released: 1969
Genre: Funk / Soul
Style: Soul
Credits: Arranged By - Peter De Angelis (tracks: A1 to A3, A5 to A6, B1, B2, B4) , Roy Stragis (tracks: A4, B3, B5)
Engineer [Recording] - Virtue & Styles
Producer - Peter De Angelis
Notes: Recorded at Virtue Studios, Phila., Pa.
Tracklisting:
A1 I Love You (3:11)
A2 It's All In The Game (3:13)
A3 Since My Love Has Gone (2:38)
A4 I Cried (2:45)
A5 I'll Be Forever Loving You (2:50)
A6 Since I Don't Have You (3:10)
B1 Hey There Lonely Girl (3:19)
B2 Let Me Into Your Life (2:20)
B3 Four Walls (2:25)
B4 Don't Stop Now (2:55)
B5 Am I A Loser (2:34)
So yeah, maybe "Hey There, Lonely Girl" was a one hit wonder... but how many people even get to have ONE #2 hit song, and one that's still an internationally recognizable soul music anthem even 30 years later ??? The fact is that this album is a solid effort from track to track... Interestingly, most of the tunes are not sung in in Holman's trademark falsetto voice from Lonely Girl, but rather a powerful mid-range... In some ways he reminds me of Lenny Williams from Tower of Power. Though "Lonely Girl" will obviously be the most recognizable track to most listeners, in my opinion its on the sizzling minor key Soul ballads that Holman really shines and gets to demonstrate the exceptional versatility and powerfulness of his voice... While Lonely Girl represents him as a very good soul singer with a great hit, its the other tracks that demonstrate his true abilities as a MASTER soul singer. This is a wonderfully produced, arranged and orchestrated early '70s soul album... Peter DeAngelis's arrangements take the entire record to an entire new level. Recorded in my hometown of Philly at the peak of the Gamble Huff/Philly Soul thing, Holman presents himself as a superstar who for whatever reason or another just didn't really take off... though relegated to one hit wonder status, a serious listen to this album makes one wonder what could have been if Venus and Mercury were in a slightly different allignemnt.
EDDIE HOLMAN - HEY THERE LONELY GIRL (LIVE)
Eddie Holman - I Love You
Eddie Holman - Since I Don't Have You
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