Late Night Tales Presents Automatic Soul

It is 1983 and you’ve just stepped into your Ford Capri with your girlfriend Julie. You live in Harlow, but in your head you’re really somewhere near Salou in Spain, next to your yacht. But the thing you really love is soul and they play nothing but at Sups in Loughton. OK, so It’s not 1983 at all. It’s 2014, but listening to this electrofied soul, will put you back in the zone. Tom Findlay, one half of Grammy-nominated Groove Armada, has put this collection together: a stamp of authenticity in itself. Tom has also put a few of these through the edit wringer, reworking many of the tunes for maximum towelling sockability. You’ll probably recognise a few tunes. There’s Mtume’s incredible ‘Juicy Fruit’, still sounding advanced and modern, while ‘I Specialize In Love, mixed by disco legend Tee Scott, is even older yet sounds equally perky. The 1980s was a period that was pretty much owned by Minneapolis thanks to Prince and former cohorts Jam & Lewis and the latter weigh in with a pair of killer productions, Thelma Houston’s ‘You Used To Hold Me So Tight’ and Alexander O’Neal’s ‘What’s Missing’. And since this is Late Night Tales, there is always our exclusive cover version, this time done by Findlay and Tim Hutton’s Sugardaddy, who’ve delivered an ace version of ‘Don’t Look Any Further’.Grab yourself a bar stool, order a cocktail, take a sip and make believe you’re lying on a shagpile carpet with the soul star of your dreams.

Track List:

1. Juicy Fruit
2. Don't Look Any Further (Feat. Ronika)
3. Fool's Paradise
4. Don't Stop the Music
5. Heartbreaker (Part I, Part II)
6. Rumors
7. You Know I Love You
8. I'll Be a Freak for You
9. I'll Be Good
10. Serious
11. Change of Heart
12. You Are in My System
13. I Owe It to Myself
14. What's Missing
15. You Used to Hold Me So Tight
16. You're My Last Chance
17. You and Me Tonight
18. I Can Feel Your Love Slippin' Away
19. Touch Me (All Night Long) (Feat. Fonda Rae)
20. I Specialize in Love