A Good Thing Goin'!
Artist Various Artists
Format:Vinyl / 12" Album
Label:Ace
Catalogue No:CHD1634
Barcode:0029667021715
Genre:60s
No of Discs:1
Release Date:25 Oct 2024
Weight:236g
Dimensions:313 x 10 x 314 (mm)
“A Good Thing Goin’!”, the latest in our current series of gorgeously packaged 12-inchers, drops this month. The album opens in fine style with ‘What About You’ by the great sounding Mousie & the Traps. Darlene Love kicks off the second side with ‘Let Him Walk Away’, a song written by Jackie DeShannon with noted arranger Jack Nitzsche, no less. Darlene Love, one of the most beloved vocalists of the classic girl group era, also sings lead on the Blossoms’ terrific previously unissued ‘You Had A Good Thing Goin’’, while Jack Nitzsche produced the Satisfactions’ lush ‘Baby I’m So Glad It’s Raining’ and Karen Verros’ castanets-driven version of the Crystals’ ‘Little Boy’.
Other highlights include Brenda Holloway’s silky pre-Motown gem ‘Constant Love’, the Puffs’ hip dancer ‘I Only Cry Once A Day Now’, the Fran-cettes’ latin-flavoured ‘Late In The Evening’ and Linda & the Vistas’ Shrine Records rarity ‘Bad Apple’. As usual in the series, the swanky inner sleeve features a picture-packed 3,000-word track commentary by long-serving compiler Mick Patrick.
SIDE ONE
1. HOW ABOUT YOU – Mousie & The Traps
2. LITTLE BOY – Karen Verros
3. YOUR KIND AIN’T NO GOOD – The Mirettes
4. I ONLY CRY ONCE A DAY NOW – The Puffs
5. YOUNG GIRL – Charmaine
6. YOU HAD A GOOD THING GOIN’ – The Blossoms
7. BABY I’M SO GLAD IT’S RAINING – The Satisfactions
SIDE TWO
1. LET HIM WALK AWAY – Darlene Love
2. DO IT – Pat Powdrill
3. WEST SIDE PARTY – The Pets
4. BAD APPLE – Linda & The Vistas
5. LATE IN THE EVENING – The Fran-Cettes
6. CONSTANT LOVE – Brenda Holloway
7. I KNOW ABOUT HER – The D.C. Blossoms
