{"id":4431,"date":"2013-12-03T12:58:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-03T17:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4431"},"modified":"2013-12-03T12:58:00","modified_gmt":"2013-12-03T17:58:00","slug":"gloria-taylor-you-got-to-pay-the-price","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funky16corners.com\/?p=4431","title":{"rendered":"Gloria Taylor – You Got To Pay the Price"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Today\u2019s selection is another one of those \u201cdidn\u2019t know I had it until I started rooting around in my own crates\u201d records.<\/p>\n

I have no idea when I picked up this 45, whether it was part of a bulk purchase in a lot, or another one of those 25 cent come ups that I pulled out of a box because the artists name was familiar.<\/p>\n

What I am pretty sure of, is that when I bought it, I never gave it a proper spin, because if I had, I would have recognized a long time ago that it was both very groovy, as well as a cover version of song I already knew.<\/p>\n

Fortunately, when I finally did give Gloria Taylor\u2019s<\/strong> \u2018You GotTo Pay the Price\u2019 a thorough listen, I realized that it was a cover of the Al Kent<\/strong> <\/a>song of the same name.<\/p>\n

Al Kent\u2019s original version of the song, released in 1967 (I wrote up its flipside \u2018Where Do We I From Here\u2019 back in January) was done as an instrumental, and has over the years gathered a following on the Northern Soul scene.<\/p>\n

Gloria Taylor (sometimes billed as Gloria Ann Taylor<\/strong>), was an Ohio-based singer who recorded just over a dozen 45s (and a rare LP) between 1968 and 1976 for a variety of Detroit and Nashville labels.<\/p>\n

Taylor was apparently from Toledo, Ohio, and was discovered by (and later married to) producer Walter Whisenhunt<\/strong>, who ended up producing most of her recorded output.<\/p>\n

Her version of \u2018You Got To Pay the Price\u2019, originally released on the King Soul label, and then on Silver Fox in 1969 takes the song at the same general tempo as the original. Taylor\u2019s vocal ranges from a soulful contralto to flashes of super-high soprano, the part of her range that she seemed to favor on most of her other records.<\/p>\n

\u2018You Got To Pay the Price\u2019 was Taylor\u2019s first (and biggest) hit, making it into the R&B Top 10 (Pop Top 50) in October of 1969.<\/p>\n

She had two more chart hits, \u2018Grounded\u2019 in 1970 (R&B #43) and \u2018Deep Inside You\u2019 in 1974 (R&B #96).<\/p>\n

Taylor has had some songs released on various funk and soul comps. Her Silver Fox 45s are fairly inexpensive and easy to come by, with the smaller label singles getting progressively more expensive, and the LP bringing in hundreds of dollars.<\/p>\n

That said, I hope you dig the record, and I\u2019ll see you all on Friday.<\/p>\n

Keep the faith<\/strong><\/p>\n

Larry<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n

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