Lloyd W. Williams – Be Mine Tonight b/w I Need You Now
Listen/Download – Lloyd W. Williams – Be Mine Tonight
Listen/Download – Lloyd W. Williams – I Need You Now
Greetings all.
I hope everyone had themselves a nice weekend.
The fam and I managed to get out of the house to commune with my sister and her kids, up from the distant South for a late bit of Christmas, which was very groovy indeed.
Last week’s Northern Soul fest was also quite interesting, with an extremely lengthy comments thread at the end of last Monday’s post. I really dig when something I post here generates interesting conversation and this really fit the bill.
The tune I bring you today is yet another testament to the coolness of my man Tony C over in the UK.
I have gone on at length in this space about the many times Tony has turned me on to something cool, and this record is another one of those.
Mr C and I were chatting and he mentioned that he had doubled up on a record and would be sending one of the copies my way.
I dipped into my trade box and sent him some goodness as well.
I’d never heard of Lloyd W. Williams before, so when the package fell through the mail slot and I got a chance to play the record, I was blown away.
‘Be Mine Tonight’ is proof that there is always something cool out there that I haven’t heard yet, which makes the searching all the more fun.
I haven’t been able to turn much up on Williams, other than the fact that the record was recorded in 1969, is of Detroit origin, and was originally released on the Soul Beat label before being picked up for national distribution by ABC.
‘Be Mine Tonight’ is high octane funk with a wailing vocal by Williams and red hot instrumental backing. Whoever was working it out on the organ did a superb job.
It should be mentioned that this record also has an outstanding flipside, the mid-tempo ‘I Need You Now’ which sounds like it was recorded a few years earlier.
I can’t find any indication that the talented Mr Williams ever made another record.
I hope you dig both sides of this one, and I’ll be back on Wednesday.
Peace
Larry
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Just in case you didn’t see the discussion the Soulful Detroit forum where someone says they think Lloyd W. is the same guy as Calvin Williams and then someone else says they don’t think it’s so…I thought I’d throw this out.
After several listens to the records in question, I think there were two Calvin Williams out of Detroit, one of whom is obviously not Lloyd W., and the other who just might the same guy.
Decide for yourself. The flip-side of this record has double tracked vocals which makes comparison tough….but this side sounds like it might just be a match.
Jeeze…I thought I was just leaving a link. Where the hell did the player come from and how come I can’t do that on my blog?
ana –
You are correct! Goldmine cd 019 Detroit Soul from the Vaults, includes 3 songs by Lloyd Williams & the Highlights – one of which is ‘It Won’t Matter at All’. It’s exactly the same song as above. And definitely the same gentleman posted by Larry.
Unfortunately I don’t have a physical copy of the cd, so I have no liners or futher info.
Curiously enough, I have another cut by a Lloyd Williams. The guy did the Otis Day vocals on “Shout” and “Shama Lama Ding Dong” on the “Animal House” soundtrack in 1979. Same guy? I have no idea.
Check that. 1978.