“Tell Me It’s Just A Runour Baby” is a club anthem and yet another enigma. Again, Motown did not consider it worthy of release in America, but instead, thanks to demand from Northern Soul fans, it was released in the UK on Tamla Motown in 1973. We are proud to release the official 50th Anniversary edition. SEV014

A. Isley Brothers – My Love Is Your Love Forever
AA. Isley Brothers – Tell Me It's Just A Rumour Baby (stereo mix)

Brothers O’Kelly, Rudolph and Ronald, from Cincinnati, Ohio, need no introductiion to the Northern Soul scene. Their now legnedary Motown output may not have hit in Detroit but it has been a staple of UK club land “forever”.

Our top-side – “My Love Is Your Love” – is perhaps the most treasured of their rare soul recordings and, incredibly, was not deemed worthy of a release at the time. It first appeared in 1972 on the UK EMI budget imprint Music For Pleasure on the album Tamla Motown Presents The Isley Brothers (Side 1, track 3). It had to wait a further 40 years before finally being released on 45 as part of the 2013 Motown 7s Box Set.

Here we spotlight her – unreleased at the time – “Something’s Wrong”, a long-time dance floor hit that was included in the 2013 Motown 7’s box set. Now, 10 years on, thanks to Motown, we present the first ever stand-alone single coupled with her legendary version of the Frank Wilson classic “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)”.

• TWO INCREDIBLE MOTOWN ANTHEMS
• OFFICIAL 50TH ANNIVERSARY 45 REISSUE OF THE CLUB CLASSIC “TELL ME IT’S JUST A RUMOUR BABY”