The Fantastic Four

Listen/Download The Fantastic Four – Ain’t Love Wonderful

Greetings all

What better way to get over the hump in the midst of a sweltering summer week, than some sweet Detroit soul?

As I have stated several times in the past, there are some labels that I will pick up no matter whether I know the artist/song or not, and Ric-Tic is one of them.

Part of Ed Wingate’s Detroit soul empire, Ric-Tic – also home to Edwin Starr, JJ Barnes, Little Ann and many others issued some of the finest soul sounds to come out of the Motor City between 1965 and 1968.

Today’s selection was actually the b-side of the Fantastic Four’s first hit, ‘The Whole World Is a Stage’ which hit the R&B Top 10 in March 1967.

The Fantastic Four – Sweet James Epps, Ralph and Joseph Pruitt, and Toby Childs – were a dependable chart presence for Ric-Tic, Soul, Westbound and Eastbound between 1967 and 1979.

‘Ain’t Love Wonderful’, written by Al Kent (Hamilton), Ed Wingate and Hermon Weems, is a fantastic bit of uplifting soul, with soaring harmonies and a stellar Detroit instrumental backing (dig that insistent lead guitar!).

Produced by Kent, Wingate and Weems, there’s a serious argument to be made that ‘Ain’t Love Wonderful’ should have been a hit as well.

I hope you dig it, and I’ll see you all on Friday.

Keep the faith

Larry

 

 

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