The Impressions – Abc Rarities CD (Kent)

OK, so this CD includes the whole of the Versatile Impressions album, which was their last ABC album and may well not be considered their best work. But this is a whole lot more! In fact the first twelve tracks are vintage Curtis, at the height of his composing and musical powers. Almost all of these titles have not seen the light of day since their first vinyl release and several have never been released at all. This has taken a team of us, using Peter Burns’ comprehensive discography, to piece together the various locations for the tapes – and we didn’t have to use one disc dub in the end, although it came perilously close for one title! – Ace Records