Lance Ellington - Pleasure and Pain The Lost Tapes (2022)

Languishing in the bottom of boxes and safely locked away for posterity this album originally penned in 1987 and produced at Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis' Flyte Tyme studios in 1990 found huge love in British Soul clubs off the cassette demo before emerging on the A&M label. This is a remastered version of that album that has never officially been released digitally at any stage even though you'll find YouTube clips of tracks ripped from vinyl and the original CD and hugely overpriced copies of the Album on eBay etc.

So, as 2020 lock downs brought Lance and Peter back together again after 30 years, albeit over the internet, they not only made new versions of tracks from this album to be released later in 2022 but also new material, new versions of old material and a decision to release to digital the old material. Phew! In 1991 Lance and Pete followed their own paths down ultimately different but hugely successful music careers after their debut never reached the original commercial expectations of success, but the music got critical acclaim and still holds up. Pleasure and Pain for sure. The lost tapes are found.