STEP BY STEP
TIME AFTER TIME B/W SHE'S GONE (NUMERO GROUP)
Soaring falsetto lead from 13-year-old Johnnie Gee, who, alongside brothers Jerome and Dewitt and a handful of kids from their Milwaukee stomping grounds, formed Step By Step in 1969.
Gee and company's 1972 sweet soul double sider for Jim Kirchstein's regional powerhouse Cuca Records is among the rarest singles produced by the Sauk City outfit over its 13-year run, barely making it outside of Wisconsin before appearing on Home Schooled: The ABCs of Kid Soul.
Both sides have been remastered from the original analog Cuca 1/4" tape, with two previously unreleased songs tacked onto the digital version.