THE BRIEF ENCOUNTER - "Just A Little Notion" (Twenty-Seven 7" 1974)

We just can't live without The Brief Encounter, a stunning group out of North Wilkesboro, North Carolina. Not a poor recording in sight - just pure class from start to finish. The group could have received a lot more attention if Capitol records had decided there would be space for another super group in addition to Maze, unfortunately it didn't happen so. With their quality recordings no wonder the singles that only got limited pressing on the Capitol label are going up in price these days. Their first and lone album on Seventy Seven is virtually impossible to track down. Welcome reissues in Japan and the UK in 2011 finally made it available to a wider audience. One out of several other gems that only saw a 7" release is the outstanding ballad "Just A Little Notion" with the heavy drums and the soaring lead vocals - unbelievable class! If music were to be valued as an  art form equal to the greatest painters this single should be valued  like "Guernica" - if you get what I mean!