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Limited edition Record Store Day 2014 7" 45RPM Vinyl reissue of this absolute classic! 

American artist Gloria Jones recorded the original version of "Tainted Love", which was written and produced by Ed Cobb. It was the B-side to the 1965 single "My Bad Boy's Comin' Home", which was a commercial flop, failing to chart in either the US or the UK. Before Jones recorded the song, Cobb had offered it to The Standells, which he managed and produced, but they rejected it.

However, in 1973, British club DJ Richard Searling purchased a copy of the almost decade-old single while on a trip to the United States. The track's Motown-influenced sound (featuring a fast tempo, horns, electric rhythm guitar and female backing vocals) fit in perfectly with the music favoured by those involved in the UK's Northern Soul club scene of the early 1970s, and Searling popularised the song at the Northern Soul club Va Va’s in Bolton, and later, at Wigan Casino.

Both sides have been heavily bootlegged since coming onto the Northern Soul scene. Whilst Tainted Love is probably best known by virtue of Soft Cell’s cover version, the flipside Come Go With Me is an equally upbeat and compelling dancefloor record.

New and unplayed (note: these were not supplied shrinkwrapped) , this single has a '60s style push-out centre - perfect for a jukebox !

Tracklisting : Tainted Love / Come Go With Me              Cover : White, card