New release from my 1980s funk band World Series

World Series live, 1984

My more devoted readers (bless you) may remember I wrote about my jazz funk band from the 1980s - World Series - and how our first single was re-released in 2019. 

The initial revival of World Series was remarkable enough, but it has gained momentum, and now another of our songs is featured on a new compilation album entitled 'The Voice of Love’. 

The Voice of Love is (it says here) “a collection of British sophisti-pop and jazz-funk from the 1980s” released by Henry Jones' California-based archival record label Smiling C. 

World Series, a feature of the Britfunk scene in London in the mid 80s, recorded this song, Take My Love, as their follow up single to the double A-side Try It Out / Head Over Heels, re-released in 2019.

Take My Love features Mark Ambler on piano and synthesiser, Mike Frankel on guitar and vocals, Keith Mawson on bass, Richard Newell (me) on drums and Pablo Cook on percussion.

Check it out on Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIzq7VKgsIc

Test Pressing's review of The Voice of Love LP described it as "offering up a dreamy window into the smooth sounds of the UK underground at the time." World Series provided "the lush jazz-funk and R&B sounds of 52nd Street."

Smiling C have sold out of their initial run of the LP, but you can still get your copy here: https://boomkat.com/products/the-voice-of-love-ee688565-87e5-4ab2-a6cd-d0fd96e4b7ee and you can buy the Digital Album here https://smilingc.bandcamp.com/album/the-voice-of-love And four World Series songs, including Take My Love, are on Spotify https://open.spotify.com/artist/7N3SSM1fpu0kkHQTBixHC6

If you have any trouble getting hold of a copy, let us know. Enjoy!

 are both available on Spotify.

If you'd like to buy the vinyl version of Try It Out / Head Over Heels by World Series, click on the link below. Enjoy!
https://chuwanaga.bandcamp.com/album/try-it-out-head-over-heels?fbclid=IwAR0FH8IF386eFKmUvJqejUMJtRiwysNcrb_OXTJD9JpOzyEv1YrEzx6sChY