{"id":1633,"date":"2011-06-19T15:57:40","date_gmt":"2011-06-19T20:57:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=1633"},"modified":"2012-02-22T13:16:29","modified_gmt":"2012-02-22T18:16:29","slug":"jimmy-helms-your-past-is-beginning-to-show-my-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=1633","title":{"rendered":"Jimmy Helms – Your Past Is Beginning To Show (My Love)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Jimmy Helms – Your Past Is Beginning To Show (My Love) <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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Greetings all.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

The new week is here and summer is (at least in the Funky16Corners Blogcasting Nerve Center and Record Vault<\/strong>) officially underway.<\/p>\n

Everyone in this crib is on vacation and the challenge is always to make the most of our leisure time without driving each other insane in the process.<\/p>\n

It promises to be an eventful summer, so I\u2019m confident that it will be memorable (in the good way) as well.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m still planning the Ray Bryant<\/strong> tribute for later this week (waiting on a crucial piece of vinyl), but there are lots of groovy things to write about (and listen to) until we get there, so let\u2019s get started.<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today was something I picked up after seeing it on a friend\u2019s sale list.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d never heard of Jimmy Helms<\/strong> before, but since the song was cool, and the price was right I picked it up, since there\u2019s nothing cooler than more soul music.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, Mr Helms is a member of that relatively small but always interesting soul music sub-strata, that being the American ex-pats.<\/p>\n

Like Geno Washington<\/strong>, Mr Helms was an American who eventually settled in the UK, where he would find success as a performer.
\nHe recorded his own records, and worked steadily as a studio singer through the 60s, 70s and 80s, before scaling the charts in the UK and Europe as the lead singer of the group Londonbeat<\/strong>, best known for their 1990 hit \u2018I\u2019ve been Thinking About You\u2019.<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today is a stomping bit of soul from 1969 called \u2018Your Past Is Beginning To Show (My Love)\u2019.<\/p>\n

It sounds every bit a solid piece of southern soul. Helms’ vocal cooks, and the arrangement, featuring pounding piano, tight horns and some cool fuzz guitar (even a little bit of electric sitar!) is perfect for the dance floor.<\/p>\n

It would appear that \u2018Your Past\u2026\u2019 was recorded before Helms\u2019 migration overseas. The Oracle label was based out of the Boston area and was distributed by GRT, and later Capitol Records. The other acts I\u2019ve seen listed for the label appear to have been pop and rock bands, including one with the improbable, Uncle Remus-inspired name of Brother Fox and the Tar Baby<\/strong>. I have seen references that mention Helms performing in and around Boston in the late 60s (this appears to have been issued in 1969) and he seems to pop up in the UK around 1972.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s a cool record, and I hope you dig it.<\/p>\n

See you on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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