HELENE SMITH - I Am Controlled By Your Love LP Farbe:Black Vinyl Unusual drum grooves drive the

Unusual drum grooves drive the eight songs forward

Sharrock may not have been successful financially (as though that might be a primary motivating goal for any true artist)

The key to any great split EP is that both bands share the same kernel of inspiration

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HELENE SMITH - I Am Controlled By Your Love LP Farbe:Black Vinyl Unusual drum grooves drive theTeenage melancholy from the original Miami Sound Machine. Backed by the infamous FAMU Marching 100 Band and Frank Williams' crack shot players The Rocketeers, I Am Controlled By Your Love compiles sides from Helene Smith's '60s tenure with the Deep City, Lloyd, Reid, and Blue Star labels. A sweltering album of 12 deeply soulful, alternate universe hits from the First Lady of Miami Soul!