Ty Karim - Lighten Up Baby / All At Once - Kent Repro 11 funk which debuts here

which debuts here

It has been a “bubbling under” sound on the northern soul scene until quite recently - when the demand and price rose in tandem and has now crossed over to most northern soul dancefloors

Charles Spurling remembers Connie as a good looking

Nancy Wilcox’s ultra-fast version of Willie Kendrick’s ‘He’ll Be Leaving You’ is one of the biggest northern soul hits of recent years

Sourced from an unreleased 1979 LP project recorded in Jackson

Ty Karim - Lighten Up Baby / All At Once - Kent Repro 11 funk which debuts hereTy Karim is one of the finest Los Angeles singers to have never scored a hit in her own country. Her records are rightly lauded in Europe though and we present two of the best on her producer and partners Romark label in our Repro series. Lighten Up Baby is a rare classic stomper from the heyday of Northern Soul. It was actually a one off Car A Mel release in 1966 but it was recorded as part of Kent Harris Romark set up. All At Once, on the other