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Jackie Lomax - how can someone this good, still be unknown?

Alistair Hepburn | United Kingdom | 08/27/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Jackie Lomax is a long-lost/never found gem. One of the best white R&B/soul voices to have come out of the sixties and seventies, he was unappreciated at the time and unheard of today and what a shame that is for lovers of great blues/soul/pop music. After the Undertakers, Lomax Alliance, his spell on Apple records, his time with Heavy Jelly, his two Warner Brothers albums and one album as a member of Badger, he signed with Capitol in 1975 and this, his second album for them appeared in 1977. DID YOU EVER HAVE THAT FEELING? was released in the USA but didn't receive a European release. Its cover was designed by Klaus Voorman who played bass on his Apple recordings and did the artwork for the Beatles' REVOLVER. I remember being slightly disappointed by this album the first time I heard it but it grew in stature with every play and rapidly became one of my favourite Jackie Lomax LPs. Every track is good but ONLY FOOLS, PART OF MY LIFE, ROOM TO MOVE and FLOATING are excellent. Toshiba-EMI in Japan have given us all a chance to listen to the album again and hopefully, it will be appreciated more than it was in the mid-70s. This and its predecessor LIVIN' FOR LOVIN' are long overdue for re-issue/re-appraisal and a welcome addition to any CD collection. I wonder if Jackie Lomax will be getting any royalties from this issue though? I hope so."