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ERUPTION

“I CAN’T STAND THE RAIN” 

(Donald Bryant, ANN PEEBLES, Bernard Miller)

Ariola 7686

No. 18   July 8, 1978

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“What we really want to develop is a real kind of British soul music,” explained Lintel in an interview with

Blues & Soul.  “[We] could be the Beatles of soul music!”  Ah, but that was not to be.  After Eruption’s

debut single, Lintel–the one with a single name–became a pop memory.

For a brief period, however, Lintel (lead vocals), Precious Wilson (lead vocals), Eric Kingsley (drums),

Horatio McKay (keyboards), and the Petrineau brothers, Gregory (guitar) and Morgan (guitar), were Eng­

land’s Eruption, a bottom-heavy funk/dance unit.  They were Jamaica-born and London-based and bred.

Early in 1976, after three months of rehearsals, the band’s manager entered them in the RCA-sponsored

“Soul Search”–Eruption grabbed top honors.

One of “Soul Search”‘s judges, Philly record produc­er Billy Jackson, approached the band to cut some

sides for RCA’s Ariola subsidiary.  Eruption’s factory-fresh debut “Funky Love” failed to chart, but “One

Way Tick­et” and “I Can’t Stand the Rain” (a reworked version of ANN PEEBLES’s 1973 hit) were smashes

in England, both going Top 10.  Only the latter disk made the United States pop listings.

About this time, someone must have whispered “solo career, solo career” in Precious Wilson’s ears, for in

a wink, she was gone.  So ends our tale of fickle fame.  Eruption ceased to emit, and aside from the limited

success of “I’d Be Your Friend” (R&B: #40, 1986), Pre­cious Wilson still hopes to hit the big time.