Manuel B. Holcolm

I Stayed Away Too Long / Kick Out

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• 01 I Stayed Away Too Long
• 02 Kick Out (Instrumental)

While the original record label says the song was written and produced by Diamond Jim & G.Current, Manuel Holcolm says that he had a little more creative input than it was credited for. Diamond Jim ran the studio and was apparently a gentleman of questionable reputation. In fact he ended up getting himself shot in a Detroit nightclub (Watt’s Club Mozambique) in the early 1970s. Holcolm says the song, released in 1969, is about returning home from Vietnam and finding your lady couldn’t wait for you... Originally comped on Luv N'Haight's Detroit-centric ''Searching For Soul'' as the lead-off track, this is the first time it's been reissued on 7in format with instrumental on the B-side.