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--> Hello my friends. I remember several years ago when my friend Nicolas Drosos gave me a CD which included a radio show from England. The radio internet show was called Soul24-7.com . I heard it immediately and later I heard the song " One for the road ". I was hearing it for one hour continuously. I called my friend George Polychroniou , who is a huge collector in Greece. George said to me : " You are crazy ". As I remember, I tried to find the title of this song but nothing. I searched the song as " One for the road or One from the road " in the web, but I didn't find anything. This album was an unknown album in the world. Several days later, I came in contact with my friend and collector John Ridley . I asked him if he had the album. The fact that I got a positive answer was very exciting because I finally had the opportunity to hear this masterpiece. Later in 2006, I saw the album for the first time on ebay. It was sold for ove

This album was one of my top secrets. I had the opportunity to find it in 2009. In my opinion, it is one of the best modern soul albums. I had first seen the single  " It's over / Special love " on Firmus Records on ebay. I think, if I remember right, it was in 2007. Since then I tried to collect anything concerning Betty Richardson.  Betty Richardson started singing professionally at the age of 15 with her sister Jackie. She went on a solo career and she also joined the Silhouettes with the arranger, composer and pianist Doug Riley . They appeared at the Toronto nightclub, the Blue Note. She was also original cast member of the musical Hair in Toronto and Australian Hair company. When the musical " Hair " closed, Betty worked with Wayne St.John and they recorded some songs in the mid 70s in Toronto. Wayne St.John had previously collaborated with Betty on " Hair ". She did many TV music/comedy series with Martin Short , Andy Williams , Ge

Kenny Colman is a great jazz vocalist. He is more known in the USA than in Europe. He has been performing for over of five decades in the jazz music scene. Many great musicians have spoken concerning the talent of Kenny Colman. In 1979, Kenny Colman released a jazz album on Kett Records. There are not many info for the album because the vinyl is rare and hard to find. The album was released under the name " I need you ". However it is worthy to note that the album was released on CD. The CD doesn't mention anything except for the songs of the album. I found some information concerning the musicians. Dave Moscoe on keyboard, Donald Dean on drums, John Kurnick on guitar, Rick Ricardo on Conga/Percussion, Sammy Dee on sax. Produced by Kenny Colman. I have chosen two tracks. First an amazing song entitled " Laura " and the famous song " Feel like makin love " which was original recorded by Roberta Flack in 1974. This song h