Come Back Charleston Blue with Margie Joseph, acetate

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This very rare american 1 sided 45 rpm acetate is dated from August 8th, 1972. This 2:05 min track is the last one included on the soundtrack called Come Back Charleston Blue. It was written by Al Cleveland / Donny Hathaway / Quincy Jones and sung as a duet with Margie Joseph. Catalog number is 6899.

Interview on KMPC in Los Angeles (1972)

According to Billboard magazine (2 Sept. 1972), Donny Hathaway was interviewed by Wink Martindale on KMPC in Los Angeles when he was promoting Come Back Charleston Blue soundtrack.

Come Back Charleston Blue, Canadian 45 rpm (1972)

Canadian version of this duet single with Margie Joseph. It was published in 1972 on Atco Records (#6899). Taken from the soundtrack (Atco LP 1970), Come Back Charleston Blue was written buy Donny Hathaway, Quincy Jones & Al Cleveland, produced by Donny Hathaway & supervised by Quincy Jones.

Come Back Charleston Blue, pressbook (1973)

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This is the US original pressbook for the promotion of the movie Come Back Charleston Blue released in June 1972. The soundtrack was written by Donny Hathaway, "this young performer who had been scoring so heavily in the record field and in concerts teamed with Roberta Flack, is a decidedly hot name".

Come Back Charleston Blue, US promo LP (1972)

The original promotionnal US pressing was published in 1972 on Atco Records (#SD-7010) in USA. A CD version was published in 2008 on Warner UK.

Mojo #170, UK (2008)

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A positive review of Donny Hathaway's soundtrack Comeback Charleston Blue in Mojo magazine, published in January 2008