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Back To Stay/Keep It In The Family (plus bonus tracks)

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A 2CD package of early 70s Leon Haywood albums – Back To Stay and Keep It In The Family – plus bonus singles on each CD! Back To Stay is Leon's first record for 20th Century, and a record that has a smoother soul feel than some of his 60s recordings. The album shows Leon emerging more as a straight soul singer – instead of the singer/instrumentalist he'd appeared as on some of his other albums – and the sound of the tracks is in a sweet LA pop soul mode, similar to some of the other 20th Century albums coming out at the time. Leon arranged and produced – and titles include "La La Song", "One Way Ticket To Loveland", "Make me Yours", and "Long As There's You (I Got Love)". Singles include "I Wanta Do Something Freaky To You", "I Know What Love Is", Believe Half Of What You See" and "Come And Get Yourself Some". On Keep It In The Family, Leon's moving from the rawer soul of his earlier days, but he still hasn't hit the sly LA funk sound of his "Freaky To You" years. The record's a good batch of tracks that show the LA sound of the 60s turning into the smooth slinky one of the 70s – and Gene Page is at hand to handle the arrangements and musical backing for Leon, who produced the record himself. Tracks include "Keep It In The Family", "Long As There's You (I Got Love)", "BMF Beautiful", and "When It Comes Down On You In The Middle Of The Night". Singles include "Don't Push It, Don't Force It (Let It Happen Naturally)", "Who You Been Giving It Up To", "Just Your Fool" and "Consider The Source".  © 1996-2013, Dusty Groove, Inc.