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Hi-Tension: "If It Moves You" (Island, 1978)

Hi-Tension was a British soul group featuring vocalist David Joseph, who as a solo artist later had an underground disco hit with "You Can't Hide". This EW&F-style floater appears on their lone, self-titled LP. I guess they had a following in England, although it's hard to know-- other than Heatwave, which was partly American, none of the UK soul stuff of that era made much of an impact in the US.

A few years ago, Soul Jazz did a compilation of British soul stuff from 1974-1982, which I've never gotten around to checking out. For a mix of more recent (i.e., mostly late-80s to present) UK soul, check out the Soul by the Pound mix by the homie DJ mOma that's hosted over at my man DJ Elwood's blog.