AL WILSON – THE SNAKE 7″ – Nr MINT/EXC+ FUNK NORTHERN SOUL

Al Wilson – The Snake
(Arista Records   BELL1436)

Vinyl in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
(there are some surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality apart from some light pops/crackles at the start)

Allen LaMar Wilson (June 19, 1939 – April 21, 2008) was an American soul singer known for the million-selling number one hit “Show and Tell”. He is also remembered for his Northern soul anthem, “The Snake”.

“The Snake” is a song written and first recorded by civil-rights activist Oscar Brown in 1963; it became a hit single for American singer Al Wilson in 1968. The song tells a story similar to Aesop’s fable The Farmer and the Viper and the African American folktale “Mr. Snake and the Farmer”.

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