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buy now <\/a><\/p>\n $10.99<\/p>\n This CD collects all of the highlights from the Detroit Emeralds\u2019 \u201970s recordings, including the U. K. hits \u2018Feel the Need in Me,\u2019 \u2018You Want It You Got It\u2019 and \u2018I Think of You,\u2019 making it the definitive career overview of this underrated soul group. Anyone who boogied through the disco era will remember the tune \u2018Feel The Need\u2019 \u2013 it\u2019s right up there with \u2018I Will Survive\u2019, \u2018We Are Family\u2019, and \u2013 dare I say it \u2013 \u2018YMCA\u2019, as one of just a handful of true mirror-ball anthems. What\u2019s more it\u2019s still played today. You can hear it in discerning clubs where the 70s feel still rules. The funky brass stabs and shimmering strings of \u2018Feel The Need\u2019 are a sure guarantee to get the punters off the wall<\/a> and on their feet. But ask those self same punters to name the band responsible for this epic piece of dance floor magic and they\u2019d probably be at a complete loss. More\u2019s the pity \u2018cos the band \u2013 The Detroit Emeralds \u2013 were more than just one hit disco wonders! This new 24 tracker is an attempt to put the record straight \u2013 it contains no less than 11 tracks which were hits in some shape or form both in the UK and in the US, some classy B-sides, a slew of sophisticated album<\/a> tracks and, to complete the picture, two unreleased gems!<\/p>\n Real soul fans know, of course, that the Detroit Emeralds have a long, checkered and sometimes incestuous history. The Emeralds were essentially the brothers Abe and Ivory Tilmon and childhood friend James Mitchell. They began their recording career with Detroit\u2019s semi-legendary Ric Tic label but when Ric Tic folded the band eventually signed with Westbound. Touring in Memphis the boys eventually cut some tracks in Willie Mitchell\u2019s famous studio. The Memphis rough-cuts had vocals and sweetening added in Detroit and the result was the band\u2019s first real hit \u2013 \u2018If I Lose Your Love\u2019. Westbound clearly thought they had found a winning formula and this strange hybrid method of recording was repeated again and again to produce a sound for the group that combined the down-home funk of Memphis with the sophisticated soul of Detroit. This GREATEST HITS<\/a> set perfectly captures that unique sound. Hit followed hit and egos got bigger. By 1974, however, the group had started to fall apart, with two versions of the band on the road at one time! Different combinations of the group gigged and recorded throughout the 70s. Sadly Abe Tilmon died of a heart attack in 1982, and other band members eventually retiring. This new compilation is a testimony to what the Emeralds were at their peak \u2013 an all-round first-rate vocal harmony soul group \u2013 oh and yes \u2013 \u2018Feel The Need\u2019 is included here \u2013 twice!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Republished by Blog Post Promoter<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n \t\t\t<\/div>\n <\/p>\n \t<\/div>\n