Sweet Soul Music: Voices From The Shadows

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Inspired by Peter Guralnick's great book Sweet Soul Music, this 15-track CD collects obscure singles and album cuts by artists both well-known (Aretha Franklin's cover of the Johnny Ace ballad "My Song") and lost to the ages (the Invincibles' sweet-soul "Heart Full of Love," the gospel-drenched "Crying in the Streets" by George Perkins and the Silver Stars). As consistent as any such set, Sweet Soul Music is a disc that anyone who cares about the genre will listen to hundreds of times with no drop in fascination. --Rickey Wright

Sweet Soul Music: Voices From The Shadows,Various Artists,Warner Bros / Wea,60's,Country-Soul,Deep Soul,Memphis Soul,Pop,R&B,Soul,Soul-Blues,Soul/R & B Collections,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,Southern Soul

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Average customer rating: Sweet and deep soul pretty darn good It doesn't get much better... One of those great discs... if you found this, please read on

Sweet Soul Music: Voices From The Shadows Various Artists Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Southern Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Memphis Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music Soul | Compilations | R&B | Styles | Music 1960s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1960-1969 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000002LR9 Release Date: 1992-05-26

Tracks:

1. True Love Travels On A Gravel Road - Percy Sledge
2. Nickel And A Nail - O.V. Wright
3. My Song - Aretha Franklin
4. Crying In The Streets - Silver Stars
5. Separation Line - Laura Lee
6. Some Kind Of Wonderful - Soul Brothers Six
7. Rainbow Road - Arther Alexander
8. She's About A Mover - Otis Clay
9. Heart Full Of Love - Invincibles
10. Hold On (To What We've Got) - James Carr
11. Losing Boy - Eddie Giles
12. I Paid For The Party - Enchanters
13. I Stayed Away Too Long - Solomon Burke
14. Greatest Love - Judy Clay
15. It's In The Wind - Don Covay & The Good Timers

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Inspired by Peter Guralnick's great book Sweet Soul Music, this 15-track CD collects obscure singles and album cuts by artists both well-known (Aretha Franklin's cover of the Johnny Ace ballad "My Song") and lost to the ages (the Invincibles' sweet-soul "Heart Full of Love," the gospel-drenched "Crying in the Streets" by George Perkins and the Silver Stars). As consistent as any such set, Sweet Soul Music is a disc that anyone who cares about the genre will listen to hundreds of times with no drop in fascination. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews:

Sweet and deep soul.......2005-01-30

Here is an excellent compilation of rare and deep soul sounds from a variety of familiar sources (i.e. Aretha Franklin, James Carr, Percy Sledge, the Soul Brothers Six and two underrated soul divas: Judy Clay and Laura lee, whose names may not be so familiar to music fans.When this disc was first issued, it served as a companion piece to the book of the same title by Peter Guralnick, the noted author, who examined the roots and growth of southern or deep soul. However, this disc of deep and often heartbreaking soul classics is able to stand on its own merits as a primer of the best of what Sixties soul music offered. Don't be misled by the high prices some merchants are asking for this disc, it can still be found at reasonable prices, not much above what one would normally pay for a compact disc. I've still seen copies in retail stores around the country including Memphis, TN. Shop around before you buy!

pretty darn good.......2003-08-11

there are some great tracks here, particularly by
Aretha Franklin adn Laura Lee........................

It doesn't get much better..........2002-10-29

If you have read Peter Guralnick's book, I don't have to tell you
to get this CD in your hands. You probably already have it. For those who love Soul Music (or think they know Soul Music), if you
don't know the songs on this release, do yourself a big favor: order this CD and Guralnick's book. It's one thing to be informed
and entertained by the book. It's quite another to actually hear some of the performances the author is talking about. These are the songs that didn't quite make the cut on Soul radio stations, but, and in their own way, added up to have the impact of a "Cold
Sweat" or an "In The Midnight Hour"! For just a few highlights, "True Love Travels On A Gravel Road" shows Percy Sledge's way with interpretation. He colors the song so well with
his voice that you believe he really has a girl with cotton dress whirls. Percy's performance flat-beats that by Elvis. "A Nickel and A Nail" would rate as O.V. Wright's best-ever performance (and that's saying something). Guralnick raved over it so much that I took it with a grain of salt. Then I heard the song: the utter desperation in O.V.'s voice; the alarming, threatening horn blasts that warn of danger; the mournful background vocals that sound like they were recorded at someone's wake. It's the sound of a tragedy in the course of happening. It's a masterpiece. "Rainbow Road," sounds like it could have been Arthur Alexander's autobiography. Then there is the majestic, almost regal air of James Carr's voice on "Hold On To What We've Got." So many songs could have been chosen from Solomon Burke's catalog (I'm partial to "I Feel A Sin Coming On"), but the inclusion of "I Stayed Away Too Long" was a masterstroke. Let's just say that Solomon's performance is every bit the equal of a very real song by Clarence Carter. Don Covay achieved more reknown as a songwriter, but he was a good singer, as well. His humor on record is somewhat like that ofJoe Tex, but "It's In The Wind" shows that he could cry with the best of them. Those are some of my favorites, but all of these cuts are classics. If you start listening to this album, you'll want to finish it and probably repeat it a time or two.

One of those great discs..........2001-12-12

... that is 10 times better than you thought it would be when you bought it. There are no filler cuts, and it's one of those albums where you pick it up every few months, play it non-stop for a few days, and come up with a new favorite track (Separation Line is the latest choice)

if you found this, please read on.......2000-01-19

I don't know how anyone will find this, but if you do and like soul music, don't miss this disc. There are songs here that are impossible to find anywhere else, and the mastering is the best I've ever heard, and that's the truth. I have a few of these cuts other places, and the sound there doesn't hold a candle to the sound here. I give 5 stars rarely and grudgingly, but I would give this collection 6 stars if I could. Worth it for the original version of Some Kind of Wonderful (boy, is it! ) alone. Snap this up before it's gone!

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