Rare Northern Soul: 4th Kingdom "Call It Dope”/“Gotta Get To You” Janion 1972
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NORTHERN SOUL RARITY - 4TH KINGDOM- JANION 102
“CALL IT DOPE”/“GOTTA GET TO YOU”
Classic Northern Soul/Funk rarity on the Janion label from 1972. 4th Kingdom featured Brooklyn, NY R&B singers Dennis Pendarvis (1953-2018), Eulis Mason (1938-2016), Keith Williams and Harlem singer-songwriter-producer J. R. Bailey (1937-1985). All four worked with various vocal groups including the Velours, Flamingos, Cadillacs, Martells and others, spanning the 1950s into the 2000s. New York City label owner and producer Bill Moore produced the disc.
THIS COPY: is excellent and grades in Mint minus (M-) condition. This is a stick copy on maize-colored labels. There is minor ring wear on both labels but no ink, stickers, or label tears.
PROVENANCE: This copy was in the 60-year collection of a Massachusetts disc jockey and collector whose focus was on 1950s and early '60s vocal groups. It had been stored in his library for more than 35 years. It came to him from the collection of another local disc jockey, Ken Rapoza, of WEEI and WRKO, who had died in an accident in 1987.
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