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Gwen Guthrie – Good To Go Lover

Deluxe re-issue of the Gwen Guthrie’s Top 20 US R&B album which spawned the dance/soul hit ‘Outside In The Rain’ and a potent reading of the Bacharach-David classic, ‘(They Long To Be) Close To You’. Centred around the now-classic dance and soul anthem ‘Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On But The Rent’, her debut album ‘Good To Go Lover’ followed the song’s huge international success, a #1 US R&B and Top 50 pop hit. Featuring four bonus tracks including the non-album B-side, ‘Save Your Love For Me’, a duet with Surface. Including notes by renowned US writer Justin Kantor with quotes from ‘Pic’ Conley and musician Onaje Allen Gumbs. Already established as a songwriter of note (thanks to hits by Ben E King, Roberta Flack and Angela Bofill) and an in-demand New York City session and jingle singer, Oklahoma-born, New Jersey-raised Gwen Guthrie began her own solo recording career in 1981. Dubbed “The First Lady Of The Paradise Garage” (the popular New York gay club) as a result of her dynamic performances at the venue, dance hits such as 1985’s ‘Padlock’ and work with reggae musicians/producers Sly And Robbie helped establish Gwen as a hit-maker in her own right.

Tracklist

1. (They Long To Be) Close To You
2. Outside In the Rain
3. Good To Go Lover
4. You Touched My Life
5. Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On But the Rent
6. I Still Want You
7. Stop Holding Back
8. Passion Eyes
9. Ain’t Nothin’ Goin’ On But the Rent (Us 12″ Club Mix)
10. Outside In the Rain (Us Single Edit)
11. Save Your Love For Me (Us Nonalbum ‘B’ Side)
12. (They Long To Be) Close To You (Us Single Edit

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