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Lost Soul: Lomax Alliance & Solo Singles & Demos 1966-1967 *

Jackie Lomax
2 discs

0. DISC 1:
1. Peaches 'N Cream [Demo] - (previously unreleased)
2. Who Do You Love #2 [Demo] - (previously unreleased)
3. Try as You May - (previously unreleased)
4. See the People - (previously unreleased)
5. Golden Lion [Demo], The - (previously unreleased)
6. You Better Get Going Now [Demo] - (previously unreleased)
7. Hey Tazi - (previously unreleased)
8. Enter into My World - (previously unreleased)
9. Don't You Think It's Time [Demo] - (previously unreleased)
10. Sweeter Than Honey [Demo] - (previously unreleased)
11. Front Page Model [Demo] - (previously unreleased)
12. Give What You Take [Demo] - (previously unreleased)
13. Take Me Away [Demo] - (previously unreleased)
14. Honey Machine [Demo] - (previously unreleased)
15. Genuine Imitation Life - (previously unreleased)
16. One Minute Woman - (previously unreleased)
0. DISC 2: BADGER: WHITE LADY (LP 1974):
1. Dream of You, A
2. Everybody Nobody
3. Listen To Me
4. Don't Pull The Trigger
5. Just The Way It Goes
6. White Lady
7. Be With You
8. Lord Who Give Me Life
9. One More Dream To Hold
10. Hole Thing, The
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Additional Info

Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): RETROD 869
Credits

Producer Alistair Hepburn; Mark Stratford
Engineer Dave Siddle; Ken Laxton; Roberta Grace; Roy Halee
Audio Remasterer: Simon Murphy .
Audio Remixer: Bob Potter.
Recording information: Sea Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, LA (1966-1967); Sea Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, LA (1967); Sea Saint Recording Studio, New Orleans, LA (1974).
Photographers: Alistair Hepburn; Jackie Lomax; Lee Friedlander.
Jackie Lomax, who began his career as the lead singer and bass player for Liverpool's the Undertakers in the mid-'60s, has always had a soulful voice, a bit like his contemporary Steve Winwood (the two actually also look strikingly similar), but his considerable talent never translated as well as Winwood's into international commercial success. But the quality was always there, as this interesting two-disc set clearly shows. The first disc collects singles and demos from the Lomax Alliance (the Undertakers essentially morphed into the Lost Souls and then into the Lomax Alliance) as well as some Lomax solo releases tracked in 1966 and 1967, including seldom-heard gems like "Peaches `N Cream," "Try as You May," "Don't You Think It's Time," and "Sweeter Than Honey," all of which combine blue-eyed soul with a kind of British Invasion template. The second disc here features Lomax's mid-'70s group Badger's second LP, White Lady, which was produced by the great Allen Toussaint and released in 1974, and highlighted by the marvelous "One More Dream to Hold" and the effortlessly funky "Don't Pull the Trigger." It's all wonderful stuff, and one can't help but puzzle over why this strong singer never broke through to a wider audience: the heart, soul, and quality have always been there. ~ Steve Leggett