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Harvey Scales – Trying To Survive (2LP) [Numero Group NUM087]

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  • Glamour Girl
  • (On The Street Of) New York City
  • Independency
  • I Want To Apologize
  • Ten Thousand Years
  • The Clock
  • Every Step Of The Way
  • Can’t Have Me
  • Love That One
  • Canadian Sunset
  • Midnight Til We Meet
  • Forever Crying
  • Outcast (Gypsy Girl)
  • Yesterday
  • Broadway Freeze
  • (It’s Too Good) Too Good To Be True
  • Trackdown
  • Get Down
  • Love-Itis
  • Don’t You Ever Let It End
  • Welcome Home
  • Trying To Survive
  • Bump Your Thang
  • Rock The World
  • Groove On Sexy Lady
  • Love Thief
  • Follow The Disco Crowd

 

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Harvey Scales – Trying To Survive (2LP) [Numero Group NUM087]

 

From his early ’60s days as hip shaker Twistin’ Harvey to his late ’70s nights on the light up dance floor in search of a “Disco Lady,” Harvey Scales survived scrapes with the pop charts, bankrupt record companies, walk outs, sit ins, strikes, price hikes, lay offs, and under table payoffs over a 40 year career.

Compiled here for the first time are Harvey Scales’ Cuca and Magic Touch recordings – 27 slabs of crackerjack R&B, stomping northern soul, divorce-ridden deep soul, feverish funk, and hustling disco spread across 2 LPs and housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket. Bill Dahl’s in-depth notes document the entire sordid affair, with dozens of period photos and ephemeral bits illustrating the accompanying 20-page book. So necessary!