Newban is a band that hailed from Westwood, California, and was made up of Sharon Bryant, Jonathan Lewis, Porter Carroll and Joseph Phillips alongside Mark Slifstein, Keith Johnson, Albert Jones and Gregory Press. After the release of their first single they rammed themselves Atlantic Starr but then put out a couple albums in 1977, Newban and Newban 2. That’s the backstory sorted, and so to this reissued 7″ which kicks off with the deep cut funk of ‘If I Could (Make You Mine)’, a tune with sung-spoken lyrics and rousing horns. ‘Rhythm & Rhyme’ is smoother and more seductive, with a quieter soul sound seducing as it unravels.
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