Motown Treasures

Kim Weston ‘Live in Detroit 1978'  E.P.

PRESS RELEASE - posted on FB by a guy called Paul Stuart.

A decade on from her time at Motown records, this newly unearthed recording of Kim Weston live from Detroit’s Paradise Theatre demonstrates just why she is so highly revered as one of the greatest vocalists the city (and arguably, the world) has ever produced.

Here we hear Kim continuing to show us the jazzier sound that she adopted after leaving Motown, with tributes to the great Dinah Washington, as well as performances of two of her mid 1970’s releases: ‘Nobody Had to Tell Me’ which was released with The Hastings Street Jazz Orchestra in 1976 and her own composition, ‘Detroit (That’s My Home Town)’, released as a single on her own RAHKIM label in 1975.

This 1978 Easter Day performance comes from a time where Kim’s focus was on giving back to her community. Two years prior, Detroit Mayor Coleman Young had declared July 18th 1976 as “Kim Weston Day” in honour of her voluntary work and countless appearances at benefit concerts in the city. “I’m called the benefit queen!” jokes Kim after her first number on this set, before thanking the promoters for a paying gig. “I’m only serious” she laughs, but it is true that, like many unsung heroes of black music, Kim has never been particularly well paid for her incredible talents. Her records, which continue to sell, don’t benefit Kim financially, so is the reason that 100% of the money taken in from sales of this new live E.P. will benefit Kim directly.

The E.P. will be available to order on CD from 1st December 2020 at £7.99 / $9.99 plus P+P. The CD will come with the download code for a free digital copy in an effort to please both collectors and the more modern music fan.

Payments will be made to myself and I will be transferring the takings to Kim after we have sold some CD’s! I will make the payment details available on here from next week.
I will also post some images and similar things between now and then so watch this space!

Here is the front cover, featuring a painting by my friend here in the UK, Chris Gleeson. I am proud to say that I own the original and that Chris has been very kind to let us use the image.

Who’s looking forward to receiving their copy??!! 😀

Kim is very excited!

NB. No link given yet regarding ordering this!

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Hi Bill, sorry but I don't know anything about the guy or the CD. No one here has shown any interest. Let me know what you think about it once you get it.

Thanks Bill. I have heard it but I have to be honest and admit it's not my cup of tea but am happy that Kim is benefiting from the sales.

Pleasant enough, fairly typical Jazz/R&B "Supper-Club" fare I suppose.

I liked the last song "Detroit" a lot, and Kim sounded like she was really enjoying singing it ... this seems to be the version that was released as a single, in 1975 according to 45Cat ...



Seems she co-wrote and produced the song too ...

https://www.45cat.com/record/rs101us



Roger