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Funky Bond-theme thrills in this take on Arthur Hamilton’s classic fifties torch song, Cry Me A River, as Betty Black fronts The Family Fortune on Malachi Trout’s Skyline Recordings label. The last time something of this ilk came out – apart from the late sixties golden era – was probably the late nineties so we seem to be operating on a thirty year cycle for soaring
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BETTY BLACK feat. THE FAMILY FORTUNE: Cry Me A River (Vinyl 7″)
FLYING FISH: Play For Me/ Oh My Dayz (2013)
Rating: The A-side of the current 45 from Flying Fish is a hectic Pulpfusion remix but frankly this one’s all about the flip – Oh My Dayz – the best bit of boom-bap soul I’ve heard since The Snugs dropped Strugglin’ back in 2007. Sparse stabs of dark horns and a tight break create a smoky atmosphere over which Leah Smith weaves a tale of a bloke she’s just met who’s ‘kind of cute’ but a
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