Name: Best Of The Wand Years
Brand: Maxine Brown

Bonus disc

Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

KENT514

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Rough Trade Exclusive

Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2022-12-09

Signed copies

Signed copies: No

Supplier GB

Tax rate GB

Standard:20

UPC / Barcode

029667007719

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1 / Extended format: No / LP / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Maxine Brown

Genre GB

Funk / Soul

Label GB

Kent

Ace Records Spotlight

Back In Stock

Maxine Brown has been popular in the black music world since her 1960 debut hit "All In My Mind". That was credited as one of the first soul records but it was not until she moved to Wand Records in 1963 that her career really took off. This golden period for her included her signature hit "Oh No Not My Baby"&nbsp;and other beautiful ballads like&nbsp;"It’s Gonna Be Alright" and "Gotta Find A Way". These are loved in the UK but it was the more obscure uptempo Wand releases that turned her from an admired artist into a soul goddess on the Northern Soul scene.

The first 70s “discovery” was "One In A Million", quickly followed by "Let Me Give You My Lovin’"&nbsp;and "One Step At A Time". In the 80s the depth of her catalogue was appreciated and the LP-only Van McCoy beauty "I Wonder What My Baby’s Doing Tonight" gained plays along with the raucous "Yesterday’s Kisses", and the pulsating "Little Girl Lost". 

Then, at just the right moment, Kent Records raided the Scepter-Wand vaults for the sublime dancers "It’s Torture", Ashford and Simpson’s "I Want A Guarantee" and Otis Redding’s self-produced stomper&nbsp;"Baby Cakes".

Best Of The Wand Years

Music GB