Shorty Long-'Here Comes The Judge [Expanded]' & 'The Prime Of Shorty Long' [UME]

[Motown Eddie]

These are streaming/download releases. Info from SecondDisc.com-
As the debut act on Motown's Soul imprint - meant for less pop and more blues-based artists - Frederick Earl "Shorty" Long issued a surefire classic in the R&B canon: "Devil with the Blue Dress On," a rollicking number he co-wrote with Motown songwriter/producer William "Mickey" Stevenson. [Mitch Ryder and The Detroit Wheels made it a Top 5 smash two years later.] No less a Motown artist than Marvin Gaye questioned why Long - one of Motown's only self-produced acts besides Smokey Robinson & The Miracles - wasn't promoted as fiercely as other acts on the roster, and a boat accident in 1969 sadly ended his too-brief life. Now, his two albums, 1968's Here Comes the Judge [featuring the Top 10 title track and here offering two outtakes as bonus cuts] and the posthumous The Prime of Shorty Long [1969] are ripe for rediscovery, a decade after the Kent Soul label released all this material on CD in England.

Here Comes The Judge:
‎Here Comes The Judge [Expanded Edition] by Shorty Long on Apple Music
Here Comes The Judge [Expanded Edition] by Shorty Long on Amazon Music - Amazon.com
The Prime of Shorty Long:
‎The Prime Of Shorty Long by Shorty Long on Apple Music
The Prime Of Shorty Long by Shorty Long on Amazon Music - Amazon.com

[Roger Polhill]

You had me very excited Eddie until I checked it out and there is nothing new.That`s a shame but I live in hope.No doubt others will be more interested and I hope that they sell well.

[jboy88]

Even though I already have both albums on vinyl and CD [via the ace/Kent collection], I’m glad they’re finally making Shorty Long’s records available on streaming platforms. Very long overdue considering the plethora of 60s Motown albums that have been released digitally by this point. Even some of the UK anthologies are available for streaming.

[mysterysinger]

If there's nothing new then I shouldn't need to buy these but I would buy an individual CD of "The Prime Of Shorty Long" should one become available [[Japan maybe).

In the meantime - Shorty Long sends you greetings of the season.