Irene And The Scotts – I’m Stuck On My Baby / The Chantels – Indian Giver 45 (Deptford Northern Soul Club) 7″ Vinyl

Two brass-powered monster tracks from Deptford Northern Soul Club Records. Irene And The Scotts 1967 SMASH Records 45 goes for around £150 a copy. A Detroit soul side arranged by the legendary Dennis Coffey, produced by Motown man Bob Babbitt and co-written by Ray Monette (later a member of Motown act Rare Earth). Featuring the mysterious Irene’s punchy torch vocal backed by Chicago soul band The Scott Brothers. Rife with brass stabs and a glorious sax break, an absolute floor filling gem.

Backed with The Chantels’ Indian Giver from 1966, which first appeared on the Verve label (a copy of which would now fetch around £275 a throw).
A super-rare soul side from the Bronx-based all-girl doo wop pop outfit who found the funk in the mid-‘60s. Delivered over a hypnotic backbeat, ‘Indian Giver’ is a horn-laden uptempo groove with a drummer on double-time. An absolute handclapping, split-inducing dance classic.