Norma Jenkins - Patience is a Virtue (1976/2018) [Official Digital Download]

The only album ever cut by Norma Jenkins – a New Jersey singer with a surprisingly great ear for a deep soul groove! Norma's got a sound that's richer than most of her east coast contemporaries – a really robust approach that's almost more like some of the best southern soul singers of the period, and captured beautifully here, in ways that make us wonder why she never recorded more albums after this. The set's put together by producer George Kerr, right in the middle of a rich run of work for other artists in the 70s – and arrangements are by Bert Keyes and Andrew Smith – balancing equally between midtempo groovers, and some mellow tracks that are especially great. Titles include "Reachin' Out In Darkness", "Love Jones", "I Did It For Real", "Can You Imagine That", "I Fooled You", "It's All Over Now", and "You've Been Here Since Then".

Tracklist:
1. Love Jones 06:39
2. I Fooled You (Didn't I) 03:29
3. I Did It for Real 03:40
4. Can You Imagine That 03:50
5. Gimme Some (Of Your Love) 04:30
6. Reachin' out in Darkness 03:12
7. It's All over Now 03:11
8. You've Been Here Since Then 04:54

Digitally remastered