{"title":"The Ballads","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"the-gift-of-love","title":"The Gift Of Love","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe only original album by West Coast soul vocal group The Ballads, released in 1969, is still a favourite among soul fans, but has only been reissued on vinyl once before, in 1982. P-Vine is honoured to be able to reissue it on LP with a Japanese obi.  The album is extremely rich and wonderful, with gems such as Gene Chandler's 'God Bless Our Love' and 'The Gift Of Love', as well as Detroit-style dance numbers, and will also include a bonus track that was only released as a single. The album captures the band's cradle period in the 1970s, when they began to fully embrace a sweet soul style.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"P-Vine","offers":[{"title":"Black LP","offer_id":50420377420107,"sku":"2202466","price":44.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/CS1013315-01A-BIG_82c52c58_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726752439"},{"product_id":"i-cant-see-your-love-for-the-tears-in-my-eyes-pt-1-pt-2","title":"I Cant See Your Love (For The Tears In My Eyes) Pt.1 \/ Pt.2","description":"\u003cp\u003eA classic Vee-Jay side from 1965 that originally sneaked out on the Bay Area Wee label. The original goes for around £100, the second Wee press for £75, while the Vee-Jay version is 50 quid a throw. That said, copies are few and far between these days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFeaturing an upbeat, brass-powered Temptations- like harmony with a call and response, a deep sax wail and a piano motif pushing it forward towards a glorious middle eight that breaks into a Gospel roll out. Powered by Ric-Tic-like drum rolls; a euphoric soulful classic split into two essential parts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Ballads were a four-piece from Oakland, across the bridge from San Francisco, featuring Freddie Hughes, who would later sign to Wand. The band themselves almost made it, charting in 1968 with the Willie Hutch-produced ‘God Bless Our Love’ but this earlier recording is the business. Both sides remastered from the original sound source.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Deptford Northern Soul Club","offers":[{"title":"Black | 7\"","offer_id":50484987363659,"sku":"1121663","price":5.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}]}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/collections\/the-ballads.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}