WISHFUL THINKING / IT TAKES A LOTTA TEARDROPS

Hodges, James & Smith were the mainstays of Mickey StevensonAEs post-Motown recordings and he gave them this fabulous Mikim Publishing song, written by Vicki Basemore and the redoubtable Leon Ware. Superbly orchestrated, after a dramatic intro, it hits an uptempo rhythm that epitomises the great girl soul sounds of the early 70s u somewhat reminiscent of the SupremesAE aeUp The Ladder To The RoofAE. Kim Weston was MickeyAEs most prolific solo act throughout his career and aeIt Takes A Lotta TeardropsAE is another triumph for her, albeit one that has only surfaced recently. It is another Basemore/Ware song from the late 60s which imitates the Motown sound exquisitely.