Emandolynn Music presents Volume 1 Rare Soul, featuring unreleased, and rare soul music from the catalog of Philadelphia based songwriter/producer Manny Campbell and his production company Emandolynn Music. Volume One features music rare/unreleased music from Alice Taylor, The Nu'rons, The Rotations, and The New Establishment.

Alice Taylor was a session singer for Emandolynn Music in Philadelphia, background for several groups during 'Philly Soul' era (The Delfonics, Dramatics, etc). Alice Taylor recorded 2 demos at the famous studio The Sound Room in Upper Darby, Pa with Manny Campbell and Charles Bowen for Emandolynn Music/Stage-Art label. They only pressed dj/promo copies (less than 500) and never formally released her music due to her conflicts w/ her management. Alice Taylor didn't record any other music professionally, and settled into family life.

The Nu-Rons, were a family group consisting of two sets of brothers and cousins, the four young men in question being brothers Daryl Howard and Raymond Gibson (Daryl’s mother registered him under his father’s surname of Howard and Raymond under her maiden name of Gibson) together with Otho Bateman and Charles Bateman. They were all born and raised in Salem, New Jersey and from the age of ten and eleven began singing with a fifth member and Gibson brother Rudolph in a group called The Gospel 5. They eventually decided to crossover to secular music and as a group known for their energetic dance routines they came up with the new performing name of ‘The Nu-Rons’ (taken from the word ‘Neuron’ which is a cell that transmits nerve impulses). However Rudolph was soon to leave the group due to physical illness. Also Daryl Howard and Charles Bateman had also been part of a working group known as The Devotions prior to becoming The Nu-Ron’s. Following hours of practice The Nu-Rons eventually felt confident enough to put their own shows together and began to perform at local dances and parties around New Jersey and Philadelphia, often being used as a non-paid warm up act for bigger named artists. They moved between several different managers including Jimmy Bishop (Duo Dynamic Productions) until they came under the tutelage of WDAS radio DJ Georgie Woods (his wife Gilda being the owner of the Dion and Top & Bottom record Labels). It was Georgie who introduced them to Manny Campbell, who invited them to an audition at his and partner Charles Bowen’s Emandolynn studio in Chester P.A. The song The Nu-Rons chose to audition with was the self penned “I’m A Loner”, the audition went well, as during late January/early February of 1970 Manny and Charles took The Nu-Ron’s into the Sigma Sound Studio’s with Tom Bell and the TSOP musicians to record “All Of My Life” and “I’m A Loner” which was released on the Nu-Ron label in April of the same year. During 1975 the Nu-Ron’s entered the Sound Room studio in Upper Darby P. A. to record two more Campbell and Bowen songs, “Disco Hustle” and “Can’t Do Enough Girl”. “Disco Hustle” was a new song prevalent to the shift towards the disco boom in Philly. While the b-side “Can’t Do Enough Girl” was a sweet soul ballad previously recorded during a demo session in 1971. The Nu-Ron’s “All Of My Life” faired reasonably well locally in Philly although it would be through the record later finding it’s way to England and into the hands of first Northern Soul and later Crossover DJ’s that the 45 would achieve it’s greatest notoriety. While in recent years with the shift to a more funk orientated sound, their song Disco Hustle recorded under the artist name of ‘The Nu’Rons & Co has too grown in demand.

The Rotations were an obscure Cleveland, OH, group who debuted on Debrossard Records with the infectious but poorly promoted "I Can't Find Her" in 1970. They began gigging in Ohio and Pennsylvania and were rediscovered in Harrisburg, PA, by a club-owner who also headed Soulsville Productions. Soulsville leased a finish single to Law-Ton Records in New York, but "If I Could Be Like Columbus" b/w "Don't Ever Hurt Me" (written and produced by Phlly's Manny Campbell and Charles Bowen w/ arrangements by late great Bobby Martin) in 1971 didn't make an impact. Nothing else surfaced for the group led by Sonny Thompson, who also featured Bobby Star (who led "Don't Ever Hurt Me"); the other members are unknown. It's possible that they cut other singles, two on Frantic Records are often attributed to them, but nobody seems to know for sure. Producer/songwriter Manny Campbell referred to the teens as "voracious party animals who may not be still around 'cause they lived life so hard."

The New Establishment was a Philadelphia soul group who where also used by Emandolynn Music as session singers or used to demo music with the several production contracts from Manny Campbell and Charles Bowen for Emandolynn Music Co. in 1970. These two singles were originally recorded as demos for United Artist the group changed its name to The Randalls on Avalanche 45.