NIGHT BLOOMIN JASMIN / TRICKY TOO

Best known for Gonna Hang On In There, its storming Northern Soul flip side, the more subtle Night Bloomin Jasmin also has admirers on the rare soul scene. Modernists, in particular, will go for the suave jazz-elegance of this recording which is even scarcer than its original A side - due to being one of two different flips. The unrelated, bar the LA source of origin, Tricky Too by pianist Gus Jenkins is a laidback instrumental groove, written as a sequel to his 1956 smash hit Tricky. Completed with a hip brass section, it failed to get a release until Ace bought the catalogue, unearthed the tape and slotted it into the 2012 Mod Jazz Forever CD.