BALTIMORE, Md. — Omnivore
Recordings
continues its restoration and reissue of the mid-’60s
Baltimore-based R&B/soul label Ru-Jac
Records with True
Enough: Gene & Eddie With Sir Joe at Ru-Jac,
the first-ever compilation of single sides by Washington D.C.’s
sensational soul duo Gene & Eddie.
Also included are the rare sides by Sir Joe,
otherwise known as Joe Quarterman, producer/songwriter/artist, who
produced and wrote many of the Gene & Eddie sides for Ru-Jac.
The compilation is
scheduled for September 2, 2016
release on CD, blue vinyl LP (with download card) and digital.
Emerging from the very
active East Coast ’60s soul scene, Gene, Eddie and Joe had been in
bands and recording from the early part of the decade. They formed,
or joined, regional acts with names like The
Nightcaps, The Knights, Don Downing, The El Corols and
The Maidens,
sharing stages with bigger, national artists such as Major
Lance, Garnet Mimms, Joe Simon, The Soul Children,
and The Emotions.
For all their ambitions,
wider, national success never found them, and with only one local
chart hit to their name, “It’s So Hard,” they eventually all called
it quits to pursue other endeavors. However, these restored tracks
give us a window onto a time when East Coast doo-wop met the soul
explosion and got a little funky as it headed into the early
’70s.
Featuring rare photos and
extensive liner notes, this is the definitive musical history of
Gene & Eddie and Sir Joe Quarterman — True Enough!
Omnivore’s
Ru-Jac reissue initiative launched with the March 25 release of Mr. Clean: Winfield Parker
at Ru-Jac.
Track
listing:
1. I
Would Cry
2. I Tell
You
3. Nobody
Beats My Love (Sir Joe)
4. If You
Give Up Your Love (Sir Joe)
5. You
Don’t Fool Me
6. Let Me
Go Easy
7. It’s
So Hard
8. Sweet
Little Girl
9. Let Me
Go Easy (Alternate Version)
10. She’s
True Enough 11. Baby, I’d Drop Every Thing (Sir Joe)
12. Every
Day (I’ll Be Needing You) (Sir Joe)
13. It’s
No Sin
14. You’ve Got To Love Me Sometimes
15.
Darling I Love You
16. Why Do You Hurt Me
Bonus
Tracks:
17. It’s
So Hard
(Eddie & Gene
and the Nightcaps)
18. Check
You Later
(Eddie & Gene and the
Nightcaps)
19. A Guy
For You* (Sir Joe)
20. You
Don’t Fool Me (Stereo Mix)*
21. Let
Me Go Easy (Stereo Mix)*
*Previously
unissued
LP consists of tracks 1-16 with download card of entire CD program
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