1965-75-Giant of Southern Soul

Track Listings
1. Youre Gonna Make Me Cry
2. Poor Boy
3. Gone For Good
4. Eight Men Four Women
5. Fed Up With The Blues
6. Heartaches Heartaches
7. What About You
8. What Did You Tell This Girl Of Mine
9. Ill Take Care Of You
10. Why Not Give Me A Chance
11. Ace Of Spades
12. Afflicted
13. When You Took Your Love From Me
14. I Was Born All Over
15. A Nickel And A Nail
16. Dont Let My Baby Ride
17. He Made Woman For Man
18. Drowning On Dry Land
19. Id Rather Be Blind Crippled And Crazy
20. Ive Been Searching
See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews
Amazon.com
If comedy is tragedy happening to someone else, then deep Southern soul is tragedy happening to someone with a terrific rhythm section. Although the late O.V. Wright was never a huge star--the closest he came was "Eight Men, Four Women," a No. 4 R&B hit in 1967--he's remembered as the quintessential deep-soul moaner, an intense, gospel-trained singer who could make romantic torment sound like the agonies of the damned, and like it was worth it anyway.

Wright collaborated with most of the Memphis soul greats, notably producer Willie Mitchell, guitarist "Teenie" Hodges, and impresario-songwriter Don Robey; you can hear the way he milked every vowel for emotional overload inspired the young Al Green. And, although he never struggled with the spiritual/secular divide as publicly as Green, he began and ended his career singing gospel. This collection covers the decade Wright spent at the Backbeat and ABC labels (cutting off just before he moved over to Hi), including nine of his consistently fine B-sides. --Douglas Wolk

Product Description
UK compilation for a truly incendiary deep-soul performer. Featuring 25 tracks culled from 45s from 65-75 (virtually all of his U.S. chart hits), cut for the Backbeat & ABC labels & produced by the legendary Willie Mitchell. Tracks include, 'You're Gonna

1965-75-Giant of Southern Soul,O.V. Wright,Connoisseur --DNA--,Soul/R & B

1965-75-Giant of Southern Soul

1965-75-Giant of Southern Soul
1965-75-Giant of Southern Soul
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Deep and dark soul
 1965-75-Giant of Southern Soul

Manufacturer: Connoisseur --DNA--
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005NJHF
Release Date: 2001-10-09

Tracks:

  1. Youre Gonna Make Me Cry
  2. Poor Boy
  3. Gone For Good
  4. Eight Men Four Women
  5. Fed Up With The Blues
  6. Heartaches Heartaches
  7. What About You
  8. What Did You Tell This Girl Of Mine
  9. Ill Take Care Of You
  10. Why Not Give Me A Chance
  11. Ace Of Spades
  12. Afflicted
  13. When You Took Your Love From Me
  14. I Was Born All Over
  15. A Nickel And A Nail
  16. Dont Let My Baby Ride
  17. He Made Woman For Man
  18. Drowning On Dry Land
  19. Id Rather Be Blind Crippled And Crazy
  20. Ive Been Searching
  21. Im Going Home (To Live With God)
  22. What More Can I Do (To Prove My Love To You)
  23. Henpecked Man
  24. Nobody But You
  25. Slow And Easy

Amazon.com

If comedy is tragedy happening to someone else, then deep Southern soul is tragedy happening to someone with a terrific rhythm section. Although the late O.V. Wright was never a huge star--the closest he came was "Eight Men, Four Women," a No. 4 R&B hit in 1967--he's remembered as the quintessential deep-soul moaner, an intense, gospel-trained singer who could make romantic torment sound like the agonies of the damned, and like it was worth it anyway.

Wright collaborated with most of the Memphis soul greats, notably producer Willie Mitchell, guitarist "Teenie" Hodges, and impresario-songwriter Don Robey; you can hear the way he milked every vowel for emotional overload inspired the young Al Green. And, although he never struggled with the spiritual/secular divide as publicly as Green, he began and ended his career singing gospel. This collection covers the decade Wright spent at the Backbeat and ABC labels (cutting off just before he moved over to Hi), including nine of his consistently fine B-sides. --Douglas Wolk

Album Description

UK compilation for a truly incendiary deep-soul performer. Featuring 25 tracks culled from 45s from 65-75 (virtually all of his U.S. chart hits), cut for the Backbeat & ABC labels & produced by the legendary Willie Mitchell. Tracks include, 'You're Gonna

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Deep and dark soul.......2001-11-21

This is a marvellous attempt to create a coherent view of the recordings that O.V.Wright made for Backbeat records- and includes both "A' and "B' sides. The most striking points about the material is how well it was chosen. Most views of Wright's work concentrate on the dark and emotional side of his output. Here is an attempt to show the width of what was recorded at this time, from the sanctified sound of "I don't want to sit down" ( Sister Rosetta Tharpe?) and the frankly sensual "Slow and Easy". Of course "the hits" are there as well "Eight men and four women" and "Ace of Spades", but it's the lesser known stuff that I've been reprogramming, a marvellous version of Johnny Copeland's "I was born all over", Brook Benton's "I'll take care of you" (nod to Bobby Bland as well!) and the desperation of "When you took your love from me". It'd be difficult not to mention the part that Willie Mitchell played in all this. The material was well chosen, but the arrangements that he provided both here and on the "Hi" material add so much to the moods that are on display. Add the sparseness of the arrangements to what someone else ( but I can't recall who!) described as "his whippet thin voice" and this adds up to something special. It good to be reminded how much neglected material was being created in "deep soul" at this time, and this collection is a good reminder of the breadth of what O.V.Wright did. If you're even remotely interested in "soul" then this collection is a must have!

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