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Great Cover Versions Part 4 .... : Tavares "My Love Calls" (Capitol) 1979 .... speaking of gifted Southern Soul singers/songwriters Sam Dees comes up trumps with this beautifuly crafted ballad .... the Tavares offer perfect execution and better the composer's demo from 1977 ....

Henry Fiol "Oriente" (SAR Records) 1980 .... the floating piano touches of Alfredo Valdes .... this track a firm part of my Salsa Top 20 selection ....

Tommy Olivencia "Maria La Belicosa" (Inca Records) 1978 .... another winner guaranteed ....

Love the neckties too 👹 ....

Great Cover Versions Part 3 .... : Jackie Moore "Set Me Free" (Atlantic unreleased) 1974/2015 .... seeing the light of day even later than the also unreleased take from Esther Phillips .... prove that Atlantic - beneath Aretha Franklin - had no clue how to handle great female soul voices ....

Anders Jormin more in the foreground and the presence of Tony Oxley works wonder here ....

Tommy Olivencia "Buena Suerte" (Inca Records) 1976 .... Lalo Rodriguez singing his heart out ....

Jimmy Lewis "Message To The Ladies" (Hotlanta) 1974 .... remarkable Southern Soul singer/songwriter .... the bassgroove contributed by impeccable Henry Davis ....

Sergio Fiorentino plays Bach, Beethoven, Scriabin and Rachmaninov "live" @ Alice Tuly Hall on April 6th, 1997 .... marvelous ....

Great Cover Versions Part 2 .... : Phoenix Express "You Make My Life A Sunny Day" (Kent unreleased) 1971/2002 .... soulful vocals (actually by duo Eddie & Ernie) injecting more emotions compared to the excellent version of Jacqueline Jones ....

Great Cover Versions part 1 .... : Harvey Scales "Universal Love" (Casablanca) 1978 ....the previous communication with "John L" made me think about an loose ongoing series of outstanding cover versions which stand above the original .... starting with a close call, as the original release by Z.Z. Hill is excellent as well ....

Sergio Fiorentino plays Schumann and Chopin "live" @ Teatro Verdi on February 15th, 1981 ....

Today`s closer .... :

Matchbox Twenty „She`s So Mean“ (Atlantic) 2012 ….

Earlier .... : Treasure trove of Southern S-O-U-L ....

Culture Club „The Best Of Culture Club“ (Virgin Records) 1989 ….

NP .... :

Eliane Elias „Sings Jobim“ (Somethin‘ Else) 1998 ….

Earlier today .... : .. :

https://tompkinssquare.bandcamp.com/album/searching-in-grenoble-the-1978-solo-piano-concert Worth a mention ....

Chamaco Ramirez "Adivinalo" (Inca Records) 1979 .... the voices of Chamaco Ramirez, Tito Allen, Adalbert Santiago and Jorge Maldonado are a perfect fit ....

Luigi Texidor "Decencia" (Nuestra) 1980 .... a phenomenal singer embedded in this taylor made Papo Lucca arrangement ....

Cachao "El Son No Ha Muerto" (Epic/Crescent Moon Records) 1994 ... actor Andy Garcia produced this labor of love nearly three decades ago .... ❤️wonderful❤️ ....

This looks appealing ....

We are on the same page .... it is well documented, that the quality of his demos - similarly to Dan Penn - was rather an obstacle, as quite some established artists didn't have the guts to try out his songs .... btw the Fame demos are also testament to the fabulous studio musicians ....