VARIOUS ARTISTS - LOVERS' SPECIAL REQUEST EP

Format: 12" 45RPM / PICTURE SLEEVE
Catalogue No.: BK092
Release Date: 23 Aug 2024
Genre: Roots/Lovers Rock

Restock: 14 Oct 2024

A1 Christine Lewin - In The Mood
A2 Marvin James - I'll Be Around 
A3 Don't Let It Go To Your Head  
B1 In The Mood Instrumental
B2 I'll Be Around Instrumental
B3 Don't Let It Go To Your Head Instrumental

Recorded in the mid-80s, a decade after the first advent of UK lovers rock and tailor-made for bass-heavy sound system playback, Christine Lewin’s cover of Tyrone Davis’s ‘In The Mood’ transformed his sensual after-hours classic into a female-led hit that became a staple on Lovers playlists both then and now. Similarly, Tricia Dean’s cover of Jean Carn’s soul favourite ‘Don’t Let It Go To Your Head’ follows the same formula from producers Kpiaye and Smokey, synth-led rhythms reflecting the times rooted firmly in a local London scene. Marvin James's under the radar vocal cover of The Spinners' 'I'll Be Around' gets a reissue on vinyl for the first time backed up by the sought-after Kpiaye instrumental mix aka 'Dub mix by Surgeon McEdit'.