In 1966, Andrew “Mike” Terry arranged both sides of a single on Karate Records, “Could it Be” b/w “Set My Heart at Ease” for Mikki Farrow; he also co-write “Could it Be” with Jack Ashford. In 2013, “Set My Heart at Ease” was reissued on Pied Piper Records backed with a song by September Jones called “I’m Coming Home”.
Both songs are now recognized as classic “Northern Soul”. Northern Soul is a term for music and dance styles that actually grew out of the Mod movement in England, so the reference in this case is more to the recordings that originally led to this movement: obscure American soul music having the Motown influence that were typically not hit songs. On dustygroove.com is this comment about the Mikki Farrow song: “‘Set My Heart at Ease’ is an upbeat groove from Mikki Farrow – produced perfectly by the Pied Piper team, who build things wonderfully in a very short space – and really out-Motown Motown with the groove!”
“Could it Be” appears on a British compilation CD called Northern Soul Satisfaction that is subtitled “30 Tracks from Northern Soul’s Golden Era”. The song is also on a 2013 CD on Kent Records called Pied Piper Presents A New Concept In Detroit Soul. The website popsike.com lists numerous auctions of this Mikki Farrow 45 at prices as high as $1,111.
(July 2014)
