The Trips - There's That Mountain - Soundville : HSJ-101 A-RE 2 (45s)

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The Trips - Love Can't Be Modernized A-RE 2 mix - Soundville : HSJ-101 A-RE 2 (45s)
The Trips - There's That Mountain - Soundville : HSJ-101 A-RE 2 (45s)

A Northern Soul Holy Grail anthem - giving up the improved HSJ-101 A-RE 2 mix on the flipside. That the Sir Graham team sharpened up an already mighty fine slab of Northern Soul Crossover

A certified Northern Soul Rarest Of The Rare with an envious pedigree!

This is the release with the machine stamp matrix, that delivers the hand-etched HSJ-101 A-RE 2 matrix mix with "Love Can't Be Modernized" sung by a different lead singer?, to the machine stamped A 101 - A mix.

Both sides considered "Grails" in their own right. "There's That Mountain " a monster Northern Soul anthem that has been a "vinyl ghost" for over 50 years. The years before its time "Love Can't Be Modernized" carrying just as much NS esteem being one of Crossover Northern's biggest prizes.

I've always been a avid admirer of Soul-scholar Tim Ashibende's investigations into rare-soul artists, rare records and their history. It would be careless of me it I didn't share the man's thoughts on the highly elusive A-RE 2 mix.

"John, as a long time Len Jewell fan, I was amazed when I learned from you that there were two different ‘mixes’ and numbers of this, so massive credit to you for highlighting that, where no one else previously ever had.

But let me add a bit of additional(interesting) trivia here John, if I may. Once you had pointed out to me, the different mixes I went back to study my copy and to play it, (and other copies; on YouTube etc) so here’s what I think I can add to what you’ve described.
I’m not sure whether the vocalists are different on ‘Love… ‘ If you listen to it close to fade out, there’s a little ad-libbed laugh which sounds the same. My view is that a second vocalist would do his own thing there, and not copy the same ad lib as an ‘original/alternative’ vocalist. So for me the jury is out still on whether the vocalists are different; I’m really not sure. Is it that the recording levels are different on each maybe, coz vocally other than volume they sound pretty similar to my ears.
Anyway that aside, the real noticeable and interesting difference, which I’ve never heard anyone mention is this. On the version I have, at the bridge/break at around 1 minute 37 in, the vocal ceases, and the sax then comes in. However on the version you have, doesn’t the sax break come in at the same time point (approx 1.37), but accompanied with the vocalist ad-libbing… “Come on here Jack n blow”, then a couple of “yeah’s” thrown in here and there? For me that’s what makes this mix the superior version; mine doesn’t have that, unfortunately.

That sort of random ad-libbing is something black American singers do so well, and it’s a regular feature of a lot of Rare (and not so rare) Soul. It always sounds so natural, spontaneous, and unforced, and adds real ‘street speak’ authenticity in my view.
To further add to the trainspotter trivia; not sure if collectors have spotted this too, but the first bootleg of ‘There’s that mountain’ / ‘Love can’t…’ on Soultown, featured the mix with “come on Jack….”Assuming it was Simon Soussan behind that, was it because he had your mix of it, not the other? Or (like some other stuff he seemingly legally ‘leased’) did the ‘booted/reissued’ version on SoulTown come from LJS himself from tape? Food for thought" Tim Ashibende a rare soul historian... with no equals.

My thoughts are that the "Hangra" dream-team of Arthur Wright arranging, produced by Len Jewell's teammate Henry "Hank" Graham affectionately know as "Sir Graham" lyrics from the imaginative pens of Jimmy Conwell & Godoy Colbert that five aside team crafting some of the finest Northern Soul ever committed to vinyl in California.

Ridiculously sought after, off-the-scale rare, so seldom coming to market, condition is neat and clean, listen.
Condition Report
Be aware of the production team's label notation X RE-DO on the a-side label, strong gloss Excellent plus vinyl - a piece very valuable L.A. Northern Soul history.




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The Trips - There's That Mountain - Soundville : HSJ-101 A-RE 2 (45s)