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MARY WELLS - Easy Touch (VINYL LP, 1982) **NEW**

Description: MARY WELLS - Easy Touch (VINYL LP, 1982) **NEW** Time and legions of other soul superstars have obscured the fact that for a brief moment, Mary Wells was Motown's biggest star. She came to the attention of Berry Gordy as a 17-year-old, hawking a song she'd written for Jackie Wilson; that song, "Bye Bye Baby," became her first Motown hit in 1961. The full-throated approach of that single was quickly toned down in favor of a pop-soul sound. Few other soul singers managed to be as shy and sexy at the same time as Wells (Barbara Lewis is the only other that springs to mind), and the soft-voiced singer found a perfect match with the emerging Motown production team, especially Smokey Robinson. Robinson wrote and produced her biggest Motown hits; "Two Lovers," "You Beat Me to the Punch," and "The One Who Really Loves You" all made the Top Ten in the early '60s, and "My Guy" hit the number one spot in mid-1964, at the very height of Beatlemania. Mary turned 21 years old as "My Guy" was rising to the top of the charts, and left Motown almost immediately afterward for a reported advance of several hundred thousand dollars from 20th Century Fox. The circumstances remain cloudy years later, but what is certain is that Wells never remotely approached the success of her Motown years, entering the pop Top 40 only once (although she had some R&B hits). Wells' departure from Motown was so dramatic and unsuccessful that it has tended to overshadow the quality of her later work, which has almost always been dismissed as trivial by critics. True, it didn't match the quality of her Motown recordings -- Smokey Robinson could not be replaced. This is a collection of attractive covers of hits by Frankie Lymon, Stevie Wonder, Melissa Manchester, the Carpenters and Donna Summer. "New" old stock just out of storage. FACTORY SEALED, plastic wrap lightly worn at corners. Satisfaction Guaranteed! FREE MEDIA MAIL SHIPPING TO DOMESTIC ADDRESSES. PRIORITY MAIL available for speedy delivery! International buyers may use eBay's International Shipping Program. And see my other RECORDS for sale HERE and my CDs for sale HERE!

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MARY WELLS - Easy Touch (VINYL LP, 1982) **NEW**

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Artist: Mary Wells

Speed: 33RPM

Record Label: 51 West Records

Release Title: Easy Touch

Case Type: Cardboard Sleeve

Material: Vinyl

Catalog Number: Q 16278

Type: LP

Record Grading: Mint (M)

Format: Record

Sleeve Grading: Mint (M)

Release Year: 1982

Record Size: 12"

Genre: R&B & Soul

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

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