#1119 Reincarnation – Future Force / So Close To You – Arthur

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Listen:https://youtu.be/DXtbSIkD22U?si=TiSIGM9CgHDuHDKH https://youtu.be/RbNfEg-3AfA?si=pgS5U1jIKqPjiJuDSeven years after their last Americana compilation for BBE Music, The Mighty Zaf and Mark GV Taylor present two more rare blue eyed soul cuts from across the pond: So Close To You by Arthur, and Reincarnation by Future Force.

Taken from his first and only solo album, 1981s Joy, So Close To You is a sweet, folk- tinged song written by Arthurs guitarist Dean Devener and voiced by Maye Cavallaro. Hailing from New York, a diamond dealer by day and a bassist by night, Arthur joined his first band in 66. He was living in the tiny community of Inverness, just North of San Francisco when he recorded So Close To You, which featured mainly local musicians from the West Marin area. Between around 1980 and 2010, if someone told me Id see any interest let alone money from my album, Id have thought they were hallucinating says Arthur. In 2010, the DJ son of a friend of Arthurs saw an original copy of Joy hanging on the wall of A-1 records in New York, priced at $50. Soon afterwards, compiler Mark Taylor tracked Arthur down on Facebook and the pair met in London, where by happy coincidence Arthur had a brief flight stopover. We met Mark in a coffee place just outside security and sold him the box of records. I thought he looked like a cop, not a jazz DJ… more

About the compilers:
The Mighty Zaf began his journey at the famous London store Reckless Records, before becoming a respected private record dealer. These days you can find him behind the counter at Love Vinyl in London, the store he co-owns with BBEs graphic designer Jake Holloway. Mark GV Taylor began collecting records as a schoolboy, started DJing internationally in 1990 and hasnt looked back since. Hes also a former contributor for Straight No Chaser and compiler for Blue Note Records.