{"product_id":"5060767445891-1","title":"GSF FREE SOUL | VINYL RECORD (LP)","description":"\u003cp\u003eVarious Artists, - NEW YORK'S BEST KEPT SOUL SECRET   - Features legendary Northern Soul classics courtesy of Anderson Brothers, Skull Snaps and Connie Laverne  - Produced by hit makers George Kerr and Motown veteran Mickey Stevenson   - Starring the Whatnauts and Eddie \"Hey There Lonely Girl\"Holman.  Rare Seventies Big City Street Soul     In 1971, film producer David Gil and his business partners Robert S Sinn and Paul Frankenberg launched a film company called GSF. Over the next few years, it would be involved in a small number of productions. But, in 1971 the movie business was kind of old-hat, music was where it was at, and so GSF Records, a well-funded label, headed by Larry Newton was formed. Today Newton is largely remembered for his attempts to prevent Louis Armstrong from recording 'What A Wonderful World' but that didn't stop him from growing ABC from a second division company to an industry leader. As he approached his 52nd birthday he was unveiled as GSF Records' president a full-service music company, involved in records and publishing across all genres. Through a joint venture with drummer Bernard Purdie the label targeted the R\u0026amp;B charts and soul \u0026amp; funk dominated GSF's release schedule.  Black music ruled and this was reinforced by the hiring of Lloyd Price as head of A\u0026amp;R (veteran R\u0026amp;B star), and producers George Kerr (All-Platinum), Mickey Stevenson (Motown) and Jerry 'Swamp Dogg' Williams. No wonder then, unintentional as it was, that GSF left behind such an extraordinary legacy of rare soul treasures.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"VARIOUS ARTISTS","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48241369809141,"sku":"5060767445891","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0681\/9325\/5669\/files\/5060767445891_942b6294-fedb-4a84-a805-2cc53ae8bd5d.jpg?v=1780879854","url":"https:\/\/thevinylvista.com\/products\/5060767445891-1","provider":"Vinyl Vista","version":"1.0","type":"link"}