Possibly the most eagerly awaited UK Motown release since Motown Connoisseurs last year comes this superb £6.99 CD from the late Barbara Randolph whose UK/US single from 1967 'I Got A Feeling' remains one of the most in demand songs on the label and has been a firm favourite on the UK northern soul scene for years.

Not a great deal is written about Ms Randolph as she only released two singles during her stint at Hitsville including the aforementioned '45' (which was her only British release) coupled with the excellent 'You've Got Me Hurtin' All Over' which was released in the US as a single in its own right coupled with a cover version of Marvin Gaye's 1964 hit 'Can I Get A Witness'. All three titles open this set, the rest are seeing the light of day for the very first time since they were recorded in 1969.

Barbara sang vocals with the legendary Platters at one stage before moving to Hitsville where she recorded these songs which are equally as good as anything that you will hear from other Motown diva's such as Barbara McNair, Kim Weston, Tammi Terrell, and Brenda Holloway. Ms Randolph sadly passed away last year.

Rather than merely write about her I have decided for this review to include five tracks in full from this CD for you to listen to whilst making your mind up as to whether to buy this disc or not. You don't need this web site to convince you - just listen to the quality of the music by hitting the link below and enjoy.

Finally, I should point out that this release is an extremely important one for Universal Music/Spectrum and I urge everyone visiting this page to buy this piece of Motown magic and experience one fabulous voice who sadly missed out at Motown.