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A1	I Never Thought (I'd Be Losing You) Written-By – Louis Smith , Marvin Smith	3:06
A2	Wild & Free Written-By – Curtis Mayfield	3:42
A3	Chicago Disco Written-By – Barbara Acklin, Marvin Smith, Sylvia Lance, Wales Wallace	3:04
A4	Do The Mess Around Written-By – Raymond Smith , Sylvia Lance	3:02
A5	How My Love Goes Written-By – Bruce Davis , Cameron Davis, Doug Davis , Glen Davis	3:44
B1	Think About The Love We Had Written-By – Jamal Trice, William Bickelhaupt	3:35
B2	Troubles Written-By – Harry Belafonte	3:53
B3	Love Pains Written-By – Jesse Boyce, Sanchez Harley	3:44
B4	It's All Over Written-By – Kenny Lupper*, Sylvia Lance	5:06

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Motown Record Corporation
• Copyright (c) – Motown Record Corporation
• Recorded At – P.S. Recording Studios
• Recorded At – Paramount Recording Studios
• Mastered At – Kendun Recorders

Credits

• Arranged By – James Mack (tracks: A1 to A5, B2, B4), Kent Washburn (tracks: B1, B3), William Bickelhaupt (tracks: B1, B3)
• Design – Norm Ung
• Engineer – Bill Odszewski, Bill Schulenburg, Peter Haden, Roger Dollarhide
• Mastered By – John Golden
• Photography By [Liner] – Jim Shea
• Producer – Kent Washburn (tracks: A1, A4 to B1, B3), Major Lance (tracks: A1 to A5, B2, B4), Otis Leavill (tracks: A1 to A5, B2, B4), William Bickelhaupt (tracks: B1, B3)
• Typography [Lettering] – Bill Franks

Notes

Recorded at: P.S. Recording Studios, Chicago, Illinois & Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California.
Mastered at Kendun Recorders, Burbank, California
℗ © 1978 Motown Record Corporation
Printed in U.S.A.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Side One Label): S7-751R1A
• Matrix / Runout (Side Two Label): S7-751R1B

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
S7-751R1	Major Lance	Now Arriving ‎(LP, Album)	Soul	S7-751R1	US	1978
S7-751R1	Major Lance	Now Arriving ‎(LP, Album)	Soul	S7-751R1	US	1978
S7-751R1	Major Lance	Now Arriving ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Motown Record Corporation	S7-751R1	Canada	1978
STML 12094	Major Lance	Now Arriving ‎(LP, Album)	Motown	STML 12094	UK	1978
S7-751R1	Major Lance	Now Arriving ‎(LP, Album, Promo)	Soul	S7-751R1	US	1978

He does Mayfield's "Wild & Free" but fails to outshine the original. The best songs on Now Arriving are the two party jams, "Chicago Disco," and "Do the Mess Around"; you can do a mean Errol Flynn on the latter. The single "I'd Never Though" has no bite and little charm, but he displays his versatility on Harry Belafonte's "Troubles. The rest is unmemorable.

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Complete your Major Lance collection. referencing Now Arriving, LP, Album, Promo, S7-751R1. It's a hodge-podge affair and a little uneven, but there are some nice grooves in there as his classic Chicago soul gets an updating that isn't quite full-on disco or funk but has enough of both to pass for either in '78. Having another Mayfield grad and childhood buddy named Otis Leavill on board helped as well.

Major Lance (April 4, 1939, 1941 or 1942 – September 3, 1994) was an American R&B singer. After a number of US hits in the 1960s, including "The Monkey Time" and "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um", he became an iconic figure in Britain in the 1970s among followers of Northern soul. Although he stopped making records in 1982, Major Lance continued to perform at concerts and on tours until his death in 1994.

Major Lance - Now Arriving (Re Up. ip.

I'm already under your spell And I think that you can tell That I took the bait And now you want me to wait Another day. Well, you act so unconcerned And you're having so much fun Leading me around Putting me down 'Cause you know you can. You give me love pains My heart is in a strain I can't keep from walking away When you change your mind each day.

Major Lance's Greatest Hits Recorded Live at the Torch. Major Lance's Greatest Hits Recorded Live at the Torch is an album by soul artist Major Lance released in 1973 on the Contempo label. It was recorded live in front of a sell-out audience at the Torch, Tunstall, Stoke-On-Trent, on 9 December 1972 and has been described as "perhaps the best Northern soul album ever made", and "a one-off gig when everything came together in perfect harmony".

Now Arriving from Major Lance (1978) (LP). This is a scan done by us, but as we have often several items in stock, it may be from a different item.