Previously unreleased, this 1972 pair of Calvin Harris’
masterfully crafted Earl Wiley-produced sweet soul demos
might’ve stayed totally unknown, if it weren’t for Ed Cody’s
devious forethought. An engineer at Chicago’s Stereosonic
facility, Cody duped himself a submaster reference copy of the
complete session. In ’73, Wiley heard “Love Won’t Pay The
Bills” on 45—credited to a group called Elevation—and instantly
recognized the Cody-engineered track as his own. Nearly 40
years later, through Numero Group research into Stereosonic,
Cody, and Wiley, a cache of Cody masters presented themselves
for new evaluation. The alternately buoyant and sobering odes
to domesticity reproduced here finally grant honey-voiced
Harris and the talented Wiley their long-deserved due.
