Artist: Harvey Scales
Title: Trying To Survive
Format: 2× Broadway Freeze Vinyl LP
Edition: Ltd Ed, Indie Exclusive
Number of Tracks: 27
Release Date: 11 Jul - 2025
Record Label: Numero Group
Genre: Funk/Soul - R&B
Country of Origin: United Kingdom
Catalogue: NUM087LPC2
EAN: 0825764108799 / B0FH33T9NP
Tracklistings: 1 - Glamour Girl | 2 - (On The Street Of) New York City | 3 - Independency | 4 - I Want To Apologize | 5 - Ten Thousand Years | 6 - The Clock | 7 - Every Step Of The Way | 8 - Can'T Have Me | 9 - Love That One | 10 - Canadian Sunset | 11 - Midnight 'Til We Meet | 12 - Forever Crying | 13 - Outcast (Gypsy Girl) | 14 - Yesterday | 15 - Broadway Freeze | 16 - (It'S Too Good) Too Good To Be True | 17 - Trackdown | 18 - Get Down | 19 - Love-Itis | 20 - Don'T You Ever Let It End | 21 - Welcome Home | 22 - Trying To Survive | 23 - Bump Your Thang | 24 - Rock The World | 25 - Groove On Sexy Lady | 26 - Love Thief | 27 - Follow The Disco Crowd
Release Notes: From his early-’60s days as hip shaker Twistin’ Harvey to his late-’70s nights on the light up dance floor in search of a “Disco Lady,” Harvey Scales survived scrapes with the pop charts, bankrupt record companies, walk outs, sit ins, strikes, price hikes, lay offs, and under table payoffs over a 40 year career. Compiled here for the first time are Scales’ Cuca and Magic Touch recordings, 27 slabs of cracker jack R&B, stomping northern soul, divorce-ridden deep soul, feverish funk, and hustling disco spread across 2 LPs and housed in a deluxe gatefold jacket.. Bill Dahl’s in depth notes document the entire sordid affair, with dozens of period photos and ephemeral bits illustrating the accompanying 20 page book. So necessary.