{"id":2145,"date":"2012-01-08T15:07:36","date_gmt":"2012-01-08T20:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.lunarpages.net\/?p=2145"},"modified":"2012-02-21T14:42:20","modified_gmt":"2012-02-21T19:42:20","slug":"lloyd-w-williams-be-mine-tonight-bw-i-need-you-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=2145","title":{"rendered":"Lloyd W. Williams – Be Mine Tonight b\/w I Need You Now"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Listen\/Download – Lloyd W. Williams – Be Mine Tonight <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

Listen\/Download – Lloyd W. Williams – I Need You Now <\/em><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/del><\/p>\n

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

I hope everyone had themselves a nice weekend.<\/p>\n

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.<\/em><\/p>\n

Last week\u2019s Northern Soul fest was also quite interesting, with an extremely lengthy comments thread at the end of last Monday\u2019s post. I really dig when something I post here generates interesting conversation and this really fit the bill.<\/p>\n

The tune I bring you today is yet another testament to the coolness of my man Tony C<\/strong> over in the UK.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I dipped into my trade box and sent him some goodness as well.<\/p>\n

I\u2019d never heard of Lloyd W. Williams<\/strong> before, so when the package fell through the mail slot and I got a chance to play the record, I was blown away.<\/p>\n

\u2018Be Mine Tonight\u2019 is proof that there is always something cool out there that I haven\u2019t heard yet, which makes the searching all the more fun.<\/p>\n

I haven\u2019t 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.<\/p>\n

\u2018Be Mine Tonight\u2019 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.<\/p>\n

It should be mentioned that this record also has an outstanding flipside, the mid-tempo \u2018I Need You Now\u2019 which sounds like it was recorded a few years earlier.<\/p>\n

I can\u2019t find any indication that the talented Mr Williams ever made another record.<\/p>\n

I hope you dig both sides of this one, and I\u2019ll be back on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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