GLORIA JONES / R. DEAN TAYLOR - Tainted Love / There's A Ghost In My House [7" Vinyl]

Format: 7" Vinyl
Catalogue No.: SEV016
Release Date: 20 Sep 2024
Genre: Soul/Northern

New on Outta Sight, an official reissue of the Gloria Jones classic “Tainted Love”. The song originates from 1964, then made a household favourite from 1981 when made a hit by Soft Cell. Gloria’s 1965 release in the USA was originally a B-side to a non-hit, and it took ten years for it to be discovered in the UK where it was played on the Northern Soul scene. It’s the Motown-like rhythms and arrangements that made it relevant. Gloria re-recorded it herself in 1976, and while still not a hit, the song in NME’s Top 500 greatest of all time and Gloria dubbed ‘The Queen of Northern Soul’. She was in a relationship with Marc Bolan at the time of his fatal accident.
This single is coupled with another northern soul favourite, the Holland/Dozier/Holland song “There’s A Ghost in My House” by Motown artist R. Dean Taylor. It was originally recorded in 1966 and reached No.3 in the UK Charts (1974)

Side 1
A1. Gloria Jones - "Tainted Love"
Side 2
B1. R Dean Taylor - "There's A Ghost In My House"

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