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  Marcel King - Reach For Love [FBN 47 UK RSD2023 24-Bit 176.4kHz FLAC] Sucked in by Record Store Day once more, I handed over my hard earned dosh for a couple of limited releases, of which this compilation was one. My vinyl copy of The Durutti Column's  Treatise On The Steppenwolf + Human Avatars  would have featured earlier this week but for a frustrating pressing (or possibly mastering) flaw on side three. Except for that flaw, the Durutti release is one of the best sounding Factory Benelux releases for many a year ....I'll keep you posted soon if I can find a fix to the problem. Marcel King was one of the voices behind Sweet Sensation's mega-selling Sad Sweet Dreamer single in 1974 who found himself on Factory Records to release the splendid Reach For Love single in 1984.  Reach For Love  was one of those dance records which will last in the mind forever. It was never a hit (it should have been huge) but that simple TB-303 bass hook concocted by Bernard S...

Marcel King - Reach For Love [FAC 92 UK 1984 24-Bit FLAC] Reach For Love is one of those dance records which will last in the mind forever. It was never a hit (it should have been huge) but that simple TB-303 bass hook concocted by Bernard Sumner & Donald Johnson underpinning the late Marcel King's sugar-soul voice is a joy to behold. I first ripped this twelve inch single many years ago during a string of Factory Records posts, here is a new 2019 rip in 24-bits - I've gone easy on the mastering volumes so that you can all blare loudly in your own living room discotheques. Enjoy! A1 Reach For Love AA Keep On Dancin