Operated by a pair of cutthroat radio promotion men, Chicago's Twinight label made its strides via "friendola" - the trading of favors, not dollars, for local radio airplay. Much of the outfit's 56-single output - excepting the work of bona fide hitmaker Syl Johnson - was written and recorded by moonlighting on-air talent eager for a leg up in the Second City's notoriously crooked record racket. Twinight's Lunar Rotation spins 40 former tax write-off tracks on 2 CDs - or 54 cuts on 4 LPs - into works of true soul beauty revealed by the light of a new day.

Chalk up another shoot-the-moon collection of long-lost soul to the master excavators at the Numero Group. Upping the ante to a two-disc set accompanied by trivia-filled liner notes, Twinight's Lunar Rotation is a treasure chest--40 tracks of sweaty, sassy R&B goodness, churned out by the prolific and independent Chicago-area Twinight Records in the late '60s and early '70s. Committed to producing anything they thought could sell or merit radio airplay, the producers at Twinight generated ballads, minor gems like George McGregor and the Bronzette's "Temptation Is So Hard to Fight," hip-shaking instrumental soul workouts and smoky psychedelic guitar grooves. Tight funk ensembles Pieces of Peace and the Dynamic Tints come off like a mini-Tower of Power, and the teenaged Mystiques (discovered at a high school talent show) capture the urgency of adolescent obsession with "Put Out the Fire." This lunar rotation is worth taking for a spin. --Ben Heege

TRACKLISTING:

CD 1

1. Stormy - The Devastator (1:57)

2. Annette Poindexter & the Pieces of Peace - Mama (2:28)

3. Dynamic Tints - Package of Love Part I (2:38)

4. Nate Evans - Main Squeeze (3:14)

5. Krystal Generation - Satisfied (2:48)

6. Velma Perkins - Yes, My Goodness Yes (2:50)

7. Renaldo Domino - Not Too Cool to Cry (3:20)

8. George McGregor & the Bronzettes - Temptation Is Hard to Fight (2:42)

9. Mystiques - So Good to Have You Home Again (2:58)

10. Sidney Pinchback & Schiller Street Gang - Soul Strokes (2:40)

11. Pieces of Peace - Pass It On Part I (2:34)

12. Dynamic Tints & Pieces of Peace - Be My Lady (2:46)

13. Renaldo Domino - Let Me Come Within (2:23)

14. Perfections - Which One Am I (2:35)

15. Harrison & the Majestic Kind - Can You Find Me Love (2:24)

16. Josephine Tayler - Is It Worth a Chance (2:27)

17. Notations - Lonely People (2:38)

18. Kaldirons - To Love Someone (That Don't Love You) (3:19)

19. Radiants - My Sunshine Girl (3:19)

20. Chuck & Mae - Powerful Love (2:41)

CD 2

1. Notations - A New Day (3:10)

2. DynamicTints & Pieces of Peace - Rosemarie (2:20)

3. Kaldirons - You and Me Baby (2:37)

4. Elvin Spencer - Lift This Hurt (2:39)

5. Perfections - Why Do You Want to Make Me Sad (2:52)

6. Mystiques - Put Out the Fire (2:39)

7. Johnny Williams - Breaking Point (2:58)

8. Mist - Life Walked Out (2:27)

9. Renaldo Domino - Nevermore (2:33)

10. Nate Evans - Pardon My Innocent Heart (3:38)

11. Schiller Street Gang - Rd Me (2:51)

12. Krystal Generation - Is It Meant To Be (2:32)

13. Annette Poindexter & Pieces of Peace - Wayward Dream (2:55)

14. Velma Perkins - I'll Always Love You (2:50)

15. Harrison & the Majestic Kind - Tearing Me Up Inside (2:41)

16. Josephine Taylor - I've Made Up My Mind (2:57)

17. Jo Ann Garrett - Goin' Man Huntin' (2:30)

18. Notations - I Can't Stop (2:46)

19. Renaldo Domino - Two Years Four Days (2:22)

20. Jimmy Jones - Yesterday's Mistakes (2:58)



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