• Imperials – Black Is Soul
    • Al Senior Pone – Hold My Hand
    • 1. Imperials – Black Is Soul
    • 2. Al Senior Pone – Hold My Hand

    "Black Is Soul" originally released in JA on a small run blank label 7", then released in the UK on Pama's Bullet outlet. Flip side is a reggae remake of Paul Perryman's "Just To Hold My Hand", a Doo Wop classic from 1956.

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