Laura Rain and the Caesars - Rise Again

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: LRKLP01
Barcode: 7427064892601
Release Date: 20 May 2022
Genre: Retro Soul

01: I Am (Who I Want to Be) - Laura Rain and the Caesars
02: Rise Again - Laura Rain and the Caesars
03: I Can Fly - Laura Rain and the Caesars
04: Bring It on Back - Laura Rain and the Caesars
05: Diamond in the Rough - Laura Rain and the Caesars
06: I'm Yours - Laura Rain and the Caesars
07: Runnin' in Circles - Laura Rain and the Caesars
08: We Can Do Better - Laura Rain and the Caesars
09: Super Hero - Laura Rain and the Caesars
10: Take My Hand - Laura Rain and the Caesars0

Limited edition LP (500 copies) on LRK Records

Another identifier for the LP album is that as well as LRK-LP01 it has a different Cat number on the spine LRK-LP02

Also on a CD but the CD has 5 bonus tracks which are not on the Vinyl LP

I Am (who I want to be) is a slightly different mix to the 45. The version on the LP is the string version"Im Yours" was played a few times on the Craig Charles Radio 2 show and it was selected in "The best of 2022 so far mixtape" on Radio 2

I Am and Rise again were played by Janice Long (RIP) on her BBC Wales show

I Am was played for a month on Jazz

Rise Again was also played on Jazz FM and was Nigel Williams's "Breakfast track of the wee

David White also spun " I am " and "I'm Yours" on his BBC radio Cornwall show

Rise Again was played on BBC Manchester by Karen Gabay

https://www.soulandjazz.com/ picked Rise Again as the best Soul album of the week

https://soulstrutter.blogspot.com/ Rise Again was Soulstrutter's selection of the week

The daily express gave the album "Rise Again" 4 stars and a great review

“Rain is able to convey an inspiring vocal as the song evolves, with her soprano lifting through the melody, encouraging the listener that”
Soultracks —

“Like those proverbial London buses, these days great soul albums seem to come along in twos! Hot on the tail pipe of Mamas Gun’s ‘Cure The Jones’ ( see our review) comes an excellent ‘Rise Again’ from LAURA RAIN and the CAESARS.”
soulandjazzandfunk —

“The long-awaited debut album for LRK by Laura Rain & The Caesars”
Soulstrutter —

“Vocalist Laura has one of those big voices perfectly suited to Sould and R&B”
Daily Express Dave Esson —

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Bob Davis — Soul Tracks

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Tom Hyslop — — Rockmrtom blog

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Ian Levine — Northern Soul Forum

““From the first note, they don’t disappoint as they deliver some of the finest soul blues rolling out of Motor City in years.””
Marty Gunther — Blues Blast