…the Muscle Shoals recordings by Irma Thomas!
Our first ROTM Club pick for 2025 is from New Orleans soul queen, Irma Thomas. The record, on Kairo Records, was made is 1976 in Muscle Shoals, but was never released due to an unfair contract with the singer.
Irma is backed by the classic Muscle Shoals house band and churns out an incredible session that’s as beautiful as deep soul comes. Unfortunately, when a contract was slid across the table by Checker records, the ever astute Irma saw it was unfair in every way so she refused to sign. As a result the session went unreleased until the 1980’s when a limited British and Japanese version was put out with a poorly sequenced track listing. Now, these sessions can be heard at last!
This is a very limited edition with excellent sound and an old school “tip on” cover. Record Club Members will be getting a copy of the LP + one of our new bumper stickers. Shipping out in mid-January.
