Willie Hutch - Soul Portrait / Season For Love.

Willie McKinley Hutchinson better known as Willie Hutch was born on 6th December 1944 in Los Angeles. He was an American singer, songwriter as well as a record producer. In 1969, he signed with RCA Records and put together out the two albums we proudly present to you today.

His debut album Soul Portrait will show you what a self-contained act WILLIE HUTCH really is. He wrote every tune on the album while also arranging, conducting and contracting for it. WILLIE HUTCH is the type of artist who has complete control over his product, from start (when he spends hours working and re-writing his tunes) to finish (where, in the studio, he has assembled all the elements necessary to obtain that very special sound). And you can’t ask for more than that. The album features 11 songs, with a great mixture of beat ballads and soul dance tracks, and includes Northern Soul favourite `Lucky To Be Loved By You', and “A Love That’s Worth Having”, as sampled by 9th Wonder for the Murs song “Dreamchaser”.

“Seasons For Love” includes the gorgeous single “When A Boy Falls In Love”, remixed at the time and previously only available as a 7” RCA 45 release in two parts, now beautifully remastered as bonus tracks for this first ever CD reissue.

First time on CD from the original master tapes + 2 bonustracks

Track listing :

Soul Portrait (1969)

 1 Ain't Gonna Stop (3:06)   
 2 You Can't Miss Something That You Never Had (2:32)
 3 A Love That's Worth Having (2:47)
 4 Good To The Last Drop (3:00)  
 5 That's What I Call Lovin' You (1:54)  
 6 You Gotta Try (2:26)   
 7 Let Me Give You The Love You Need (2:34)  
 8 Lucky To Be Loved By You (2:50)  
 9 Keep On Doin' What You Do (2:18)  
 10 Your Love Keeps Liftin' Me Higher (2:32)  
 11 Do What You Wanna Do (3:12)

Seasons For Love (1970)
 
 12 Season For Love (3:06)   
 13 The Twelfth Of Never (2:25)  
 14 Trying To Understand A Woman (2:27)  
 15 When A Boy Falls In Love (2:38)  
 16 The Shortest Distance (0:36)  
 17 Hurt So Bad (3:16)   
 18 Walking On My Love (3:02)  
 19 Wichita Lineman (3:21)   
 20 Let's Try It Over Again (2:09)  
 21 The Magic Of Love (2:47)   
 
BONUS TRACKS :

 22 When A Boy Falls In Love (45 Version Part 1) (2:49)
 23 When A Boy Falls In Love (45 Version Part 2) (2:44)
  
Label : Expansion
    Exp2CD38
Ean  : 50194216038025