Jack Ashford

Its work is particularly valuable to the Northern Soul enthusiasts because it produced a stream of powerful, sometimes overlooked singles.

Key figures included Jack Ashford, Mike Terry, Mike Valvone and Dave Hamilton and a singer-songwriter Lorraine Chandler.

Now Chandler wrote songs with Ashford and also recorded as a solo artist.

Lorraine Chandler and Tell Me You're Mine.

Players who, despite Barry Gore, the strict rules and threats of fines routinely slipped away after hours to record for cash in hand at indie labels like Revelotte.

Chief among them were members of Motown's legendary house band the Funk Brothers, an ensemble featuring bass genius James Jamerson, drummer Benny Benjamin, Jack Ashford on tambourine and vibes and bandleader Earl Von Dyke on keys.

Session logs from these indie dates were rarely kept and wouldn't have featured moonlighting Motown stuff anyhow.

But given the quality of the rhythm section on these records, it is likely that at least some of the Funk Brothers were involved.