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       Girl You Need A Change Of Mind
       By: humboldt Date: February 19, 2024, 4:41 pm
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       'Girl You Need A Change Of Mind' was single release split over
       two sides. Taken from the album 'People ... Hold On' and written
       by Leonard Caston & Anita Poree. It was actually a small US pop
       hit reaching #87 but it faired much better on the R&B chart
       peaking at #13.  I had never really knew anything about Anita
       but it appears she was well respected as a writer, arranger etc.
 (HTM) https://www.soulandjazzandfunk.com/news/anita-poree-dies/
 (HTM) https://www.discogs.com/artist/728445-Anita-Poree?superFilter=Writing+%26+Arrangement
 (HTM) https://youtu.be/lRpHw4XthlA?si=46bHA2iKlURupw7w
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       Re: Girl You Need A Change Of Mind
       By: Roger Date: February 20, 2024, 7:20 am
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       I shall have to put on my "music historian" hat here ...
       "Girl You Need A Change Of Mind" has a rather curious history
       ... the LP was released in May '72 and it seems that the song
       got picked up by DJs in New York's emerging and very
       "underground" disco scene (this being back in the days when
       "disco" meant a venue rather than a style of music) with the
       eventual US 45 release at the beginning of '73 no doubt being
       spurred by this.
       We had to wait even longer for the 45 in Britain as the UK
       release wasn't until late '74, well after the success of "Keep
       On Trucking" and "Boogie Down".
       Roger
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