Deep Soul, Vol. 1

Track Listings

1. You Got the Love - Rufus & Chaka Khan

2. Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight

3. Groove Me - King Floyd

4. You're a Big Girl Now - The Stylistics

5. (If You Let Me Make Love to You Then) Why Can't I Touch You? - Ronnie Dyson

6. Dedicated to the One I Love - The Temprees

7. Show and Tell - Al Wilson

8. Let's Do It Again - The Staple Singers

9. You Got Your Hooks in Me - The O'Jays

10. Get Dancin' - Disco Tex & the Sex-O-Lettes

11. Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton

12. Can This Be Real? - The Natural Four

13. Superfly - Curtis Mayfield

14. Right on the Tip of My Tongue - Brenda & the Tabulations, Brenda & the Tabulations

Deep Soul, Vol. 1,Various Artists,Priority Records,Funk,Pop,Pop-Soul,Quiet Storm,R&B,Smooth Soul,Soul,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues,Urban

Deep Soul, Vol. 1

Deep Soul, Vol. 1

Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities 1968-1974, Vol. 1
Average customer rating:

Great raw soul!

An explosive missile to the past...

So, so hot

If this ain't funky enough for you...

Essential Listening for Every Music Fan!!!

Cold Heat: Heavy Funk Rarities 1968-1974, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Now Again
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Wheedle's Groove: Seattle's Finest in Funk & Soul 1965-75

Texas Thunder Soul 1968-1974

Texas Funk: Black Gold from the Lone Star State 1968-1975

ASIN: B0007A2G6Y
Release Date: 2005-03-22

Tracks:

The Thing/Carleen & The Groovers
Free Your Mind/Amnesty
The Stretch (edit)/Detroit Sex Machines
Loaded To The Gills (edit)/Michael Liggins & The Supersouls
Go For Your Self (edit)/Kenny Smith & The Loveliters
Slipping Into Darkness/Dayton Sidewinders
James Brown Medley (I Made A Mistake/Lowdown Popcorn edit)/The Apollo Commanders
Cold Heat/Lil' Lavair and The Fabulous Jades
The Cissys Thang/The Soul Seven
Color (original 7" version)/L.A. Carnival
Don't Go/The Aristocrats
Drugs Ain't Cool (instrumental)/Ebony Rhythm Band
Mr. Chicken ---- (alternate take)/The Soul Seven
Street Scene/Leon Mitchison
Scorpio/Kashmere Stage Band
The Sad Chicken/Leroy & the Drivers

Album Description

Compiler Egon's follow up to the definitve Deep Funk compilation The Funky 16 Corners (Stones Throw, 2001).

Contains rare and never-before-heard tracks by many artists featured on The Funky 16 Corners including Carleen and The Groovers, Kashmere Stage Band, Soul Seven and Ebony Rhythm Band.

Another expertly assembled survey into America's late 60s and early 70s funk scenes of restored and remastered from rare 45s and master tapes for near perfect sound quality.

Nearly 80 minutes of both classic and unreleased funk and soul music by some of the movement's unsung heros-packaged with 28 page archival booklet, complete with bonus, CD only tracks.

Customer Reviews:

Great raw soul!.......2007-01-12

We've all heard enough Sly, PFunk, etc. Not that there's anything wrong with that...THEY ROCK. But, it's nice to know that there were so many funky people that didn't get on the Top 40. This CD compilation has a ton of very cool stuff. It's worth owning just for the Supersouls' Loaded To The Gills(though I wish I could hear the whole thing! A few of these tracks are edited, but not in a bad way). Put it on and DANCE.

An explosive missile to the past..........2006-06-17

Wow. I just picked this up, yesterday. This s__t is so hip! Collects many obscurites from around the country, all high energy, smokin' funk. You dig funk at all, this collection rules!

So, so hot.......2006-04-28

A HUGE thank you to the people who rated this album. It is gold.
For non-funk-o-philes, which I am, all I can say is: imagine all of your favourite 70s shows and then amplify the theme songs by about 1000, and you'll get close to where this little beauty will take you.
I have bought a fair bit of stuff off Amazon, and this is the first CD that I really reckoned everyone else should know about.
Whoever it was that wrote that "if you want to pay a fistfull of bucks for funk" list knows what they are about. I have played this thing thrice over and it just gets better.
Do yourself a favour, buy it, whack it on your headphones and wander the city Shaft-style ... people will puzzle about your slightly odd head gyrations while you're cruising the vege aisle, but that's because they don't know better yet.
Don't ask me to describe the choons, I can't, all you need to know is that your life is lesser without them.

If this ain't funky enough for you..........2006-02-03

If this 80 minute power house of rare and raw late 60s early 70s funk doesn't do something for you, something is wrong... It is the type of stuff that some funk searching DJs wet their pants for and do nothing but dream of... that one rare obscure ultra funky find that NO ONE ELSE has. Well, now this label has reissued it... can't say how long it will remain in print, but I can tell you this, unless you happen to be an expert of expert collector on EXTREMELY rare funk, odds are this collection is going to be a gem that will remind you that no, you haven't heard it all... and maybe more juice like this is hiding in yet other vaults waiting to surface!!!

Begining in the nasty James Brown "Mother Popcorn" era, the groups also reflect the influences of other funky soul powerhouses from the era including Archie Bell and The Drells, Dyke and the Blazers - - and of course the JBs themselves and the emerging Memphis sound. "Down Home" Funky drumming, driving bass, biting bluesy syncopated rhythm guitar and yes, quite a few Hammond organs epitomize the sound. Tunes range from horn driven instrumentals to hard core soul shouting.

Surprises include a funky James Brown Apollo melody as well as super funky version of War's SLIPPING INTO DARKNESS that actually outfunks the original ! My favorite includes the Lyn Collins sounding ultra bumpin' masterpiece DON'T GO, by the Aristocrats long before they were a really dirty joke...There's also a bit of ultra funky psychadelic soul in the form of the Ebony Rhythm Band and The Soul Seven. Finally its topped off with a real cool wa wa driven/early Kool and the Gang sounding STREET SCENE and a nice slick sounding version of SCORPIO.

All in all this is some ultra rare groove juice from the vaults that you definitely don't want to let pass you by !

Essential Listening for Every Music Fan!!!.......2006-01-09

A treasure! A jem! The title says it all! Heavy funk rarities is an absolute must have purchase and listen to any one who: likes to party, is a musician, music historian or anyone who is just a plain old music fan. Really cool beats and melodies that you could dance, sing and hum to all day long!

Stax: Top of the Stax, Vol. 1: Twenty Greatest Hits

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This is a KILLER collection
Keep your Motown, I'll take Stax
Funky R&B @ it's best
GOLDEN YEARS OF SOUL
Love (of Soul) Keeps Them Together

Stax: Top of the Stax, Vol. 1: Twenty Greatest Hits
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Stax
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Stax: Top of the Stax, Vol. 2: Twenty Greatest Hits
Atlantic Soul Classics
The Very Best of Booker T. & the MG's
Soul Comes Home: A Celebration of Stax Records
Stax 50th Anniversary Celebration

ASIN: B000000ZMQ
Release Date: 1990-06-12

Tracks:

Hold On, I'm Comin' - Sam And Dave
Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
Respect Yourself - The Staple Singers
B-A-B-Y - Carla Thomas
Woman To Woman - Shirley Brown
I'll Be The Other Woman - The Soul Children
Cheaper To Keep Her - Johnnie Taylor
That's What Love Will Make You Do - Little Milton
I Forgot To Be YOur Lover - William Bell
Mr. Big Stuff - Jean Knight
(Do The) Push And Pull, Part I - Rufus Thomas
Green Onions - Booker T & The MGs
Starting All Over Again - Mel And Tim
In The Rain - The Dramatics
So I Can Love You - The Emotions
(Sittin' On) The Dock Of The Bay - Otis Redding
I'll Take You There - The Staple Singers
Who's Making Love - Johnnie Taylor
I've Been Lonely For So Long - Frederick Knight
Theme From 'Shaft' - Isaac Hayes

Customer Reviews:

This is a KILLER collection.......2006-11-10

When you listen to this, you cannot help but say to yourself "how incredible the talent roster was for this record label". Not only did you have this very special array of vocalists but, for the most part, it was the same house band playing on all of these memorable songs.

Stax will always have their nemesis, Motown, but they should not be considered competitors. Both labels were great yet they were apples and oranges, completely different. Motown was pretty and melodic while Stax was funky and dirty. Stax also had a much more muscular sound, musically, so their house musicians got a lot more accolades. I enjoy Motown but I love Stax!

There is no need to talk about song highlights since these are all classic hits. The nice thing here is that Stax gave you variety. You have funk, you have duets, you have love gone bad, you have man hating female vocalists, you have bluesman, you have thumping bass and greasy guitar, you have killer horn sections, you got Jean Knight singing "Mr Big Shot"...this has everything...pretty, hard, loud, soft etc.

For the Stax fanatic, you will know all the songs but most people are not fanatics they are simply just loooking for a great compilation. If that is you, you will say to yourself "I did not know all of these great artists and songs came from the same label".

This cd works on many levels. It is a great compilation of classic soul songs, it satisfies the hard core collector who wants all of these tunes, it operates as a GREAT party cd/driving cd and lastly, it is a piece of history that showcases how the South interpreted soul.

If you like this then there is a part II with slightly more obscure tunes, a lot funkier and bluesier, yet just as satisfying.

DO NOT BE FOOLISH, BUY THIS!

Keep your Motown, I'll take Stax.......2005-10-29

When all my friends were digging Motown I was digging Otis and Johnny and Sam and Dave and Eddie and Carla and so on and so on.
Motown is good. It's black folks making music for white folks, but Stax was black folks and white folks making music for folks who like their R&B stripped down and basic and raw. There never was and never will be a singer better than Otis Redding. There will never be a back up band better than Booker T and the MGs or the Bar Kays.
Stax (an amalgam of Stewart and Axton the founders) and the affiliated Volt label put out the best ever music. It stands the test of time. It was a moment in time that was brief but golden. This album is just a sample but if it peeks your interest, and if you love soul music, it will, then go from here and appreciate Otis Redding and Johnnie Taylor and Eddie Floyd and all the great talents that passed through the Stax/Volt studios and came under the guiding inflence of the legendary Steve Cropper and company.

Funky R&B @ it's best.......2003-12-20

I love R&B music of the 60s and 70s. Although I live in Memphis, I have always enjoyed Motown music the most and never bothered to study the Stax music made right here in Memphis. Wow! The body of Stax records is incredible and it's interesting to listen to this music and compare to Motown's music. The sounds are both great but very different. I strongly recommend this album and encourage you to listen and compare to the writers and musicians from Motown. It competes very favorably.

GOLDEN YEARS OF SOUL.......2003-04-22

Immerse yourself in the gorgeous Stax sound from the golden years of soul! Every one of these 20 tracks is a gem, from Sam And Dave's opening number to Isaac Hayes' shimmering Theme from Shaft (1971). Eddie Floyd's Knock On Wood has been much covered, for example by Amii Stewart in the late 1970s, while Mr Big Stuff, also from 1971, is the only track of Jean Knight's besides her later 1980s hit My Toot Toot that I'm familiar with. And what a voice and attitude she has! The instrumental hit Green Onions is well known to all, as is Otis Redding's classic Dock Of The Bay. Little known classics include Mel & Tim's Starting All Over Again and In The Rain by The Dramatics, the latter with thunder and rain sound effects. My favourites on this essential album include The Staple Singers' addictive Respect Yourself and I'll Take You There, a delicious marriage of gospel and soul. The Stax sound was a bit more rootsy than Motown, but the melodies were just as beautiful. This precious music just improves with age.

Love (of Soul) Keeps Them Together.......2000-02-24

The Stax/Volt story has two acts: the first, when the label was run by Atlantic Records and featured the royalty of Southern soul (Otis Redding, Sam and Dave, Carla Thomas, Booker T. & The MGs) and act two, when Atlantic took its share of the label's masters and, after a short period of continued success, the label faded away.

The reunion of one of popular music's richest libraries occurred some years later. "Top Of The Stax" becomes a one-disc, 20-year joyride of classic R&B from the label's first #1 (Booker T & The MG's groovin' "Green Onions") to its last (Issac Hayes' sweeping signature song, "Theme From Shaft.") Along the way, you hear from father Rufus Thomas (the salacious "Push and Pull") and daughter Carla (the sweet "B-A-B-Y"). Johnny Taylor shows up with two ceritified gold hits, the hard-hitting "Who's Making Love" and the bouncy "Cheaper To Keep Her." The Dramatics and the Soul Children chime in with two Quiet Storm ballads, and Little Milton slaps the blues with the R&B Top 10 "That's What Love Will Make You Do." You'll know these songs; they've been covered by every rock n' roll bad boy from Mick Jagger to Billy Idol to the Blues Brothers. But nothing beats the originals heard here. Highly recommended.

The Complete O.V. Wright on Hi Records, Vol. 1: In the Studio
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there's only one o.v. wright

What could be better?

The Complete O.V. Wright on Hi Records, Vol. 1: In the Studio
O.V. Wright
Manufacturer: Hi Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00000JWSI
Release Date: 1999-08-24

Tracks:

Rhymes
Without You
Into Something (Can't Shake Loose)
I Feel Love Growin'
Precious, Precious
Time We Have
You Gotta Have Love
Trying to Live My Life Without You
Medley: God Blessed Our Love/When a Man Loves a Woman/That's How ...
Bottom Line
I Don't Do Windows
That's the Way I Feel About 'Cha
Your Good Thing (Is About to End)
Let's Straighten It Out
I Don't Know Why
No Easy Way to Say Goodbye
Little More Time
Since You Left These Arms of Mine
Long Road

Tracks:

We're Still Together
I Found Peace
It's Cold Without Your Love
Baby Baby Baby
I'm Gonna Stay
Hurt Is On
Today I Sing the Blues
Mirror of My Soul
Sacrifice
Fool Can't See the Light [*]
I'm Gonna Be a Big Man Someday [*]

Album Description

Subtitled 'In The Studio', this double disc set features three entire LPs and four bonus tracks. The record 'We're Still Together' is on CD for the first time. All of the tunes presented in this collection were produced by Willie Mitchell. The albums included are 'Into Something (Can't Shake Loose)', 'The Bottom Line' & 'We're Still Together'. The extra cuts are 'Rhymes', 'Without You', 'A Fool Can't See The Light' & 'I'm Gonna Be A Big Man Someday'. A combined total of 30 tracks. Double slimline jewel case. 1999 release.

Album Details

Remastered Tracks Recorded Between 1976-79 Includes 'into Something I Can't Shake Loose', 'tryiing to Live My Life Without You' and Bonus Track 'fool Can't See the Light'.

Customer Reviews:

there's only one o.v. wright.......2006-07-16

those people who say that his later music recorded on the Hi label is not as good as his earlier output on the Don Robie BACKBEAT label, are wrong. Just listen to the man's voice and interpretation of his material. Besides, how can any music produced by willie Mitchell be bad? Plus, you have backup by the Hi Rhythm Section (the Hodges Brothers plus the great Howard Grimes on drums, with his trademark emphasis on the second and fourth beat), and The Memphis Horns! If you like soul music, then you will love this CD.

What could be better?.......2000-07-11

For those of us obsessed with "Deep Soul" you'll just have to have this because it's all of O.V. Wright's Hi Records cuts. Sure his voice is a little weaker here, and he's clearly under the influence at times, but some of the stuff he belts out are so hauntingly beautiful you'll just have to have it.

Even better, make sure you pick up the 2nd live disc as a companion. Truly wonderful.

Tracks:

Green Onions - Booker T. and The Mg's
Philly Dog - Mar-Keys
If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song) - Eddie Floyd
Knock On Wood - Eddie Floyd
The Shake - Otis Redding
Yesterday - Carla Thomas
B-a-b-y - Carla Thomas
I Take What I Want - Sam And Dave
When Something Is Wrong With My Baby - Sam And Dave
Hold On I'm Comin' - Sam And Dave

Customer Reviews:

A Classic Live Album.......2003-01-17

One of the most classic live albums I've ever heard with Booker T and the MG's, the great Otis Redding, Eddie Floyd, horn players the Mar-Keys (featuring future Memphis Hornsmen Wayne Jackson and Andrew Love), Carla Thomas and Sam and Dave all in top soulful form playing live in London.

Average customer rating:

Highly recommended!

Groovin' High, Vol. 1
Kruder & Dorfmeister , Silent Poets feat. Menelik , and Deep Freeze Productions
Manufacturer: Sonic Images
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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G-Stoned
DJ-Kicks: Kruder & Dorfmeister: !K7046cd
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ASIN: B000008QAD
Release Date: 1995-10-24

Tracks:

Hi Jack - Marden Hill
In The Meantime - UTE
Fresh In My Mind - A Forest Mighty Black
Definition - Kruder & Dorfmeister
La Vie - Silent Poets
Sometimes - Deep Freeze Productions
Stop It - Solar System
Make A Stand - Vibrazioni Productions
Heavy Knowledge - Mighty Truth
Wicked Funk - Kwanzaa Posse
Crescent - Nobukazu Takemura

Customer Reviews:

Highly recommended!.......2005-07-29

It is difficult for me to find that this cd is litle known and nobody has recommended it. If you appreciate grooves and modern jazz don't hesitate to buy it. And with that little price it will be one of your best ever-buys!

DJ Enrie Presents Work It: Deep House, Vol. 1

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DJ Enrie Presents Work It: Deep House, Vol. 1
DJ Enrie
Manufacturer: P.R. Records
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0000018KA
Release Date: 1996-05-07

Tracks:

Work Dat Ass
Horny'er'
Don't Sit
Banda Music
La Fiesta
Latinos In The House
Let Me Be Your Fantasy
Feel Good
JAX Back
Time To Work
Work That 95'
La Bala
Bomba
Feels So Good
You Used To Hold Me
Luvin'
Round We Go
Get Away
Sweet
Boom Boom Boom
There's A New Beat
Pants Are Saggin'
Get On The Floor
Remember The Time
Getto Muzik
Who Came To Party
R U Sleeping

Eccentric Soul, Vol. 1: The Capsoul Label

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What A Flashback!
GO ON FOOL !
Sock it to em Soul Brother!

Eccentric Soul, Vol. 1: The Capsoul Label
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Numero
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Good God! A Gospel Funk Hymnal

ASIN: B0006H4FP8
Release Date: 2005-03-01

Tracks:

You're All I Need To Make It - Johnson
Who Knows - Marion Black
I'm Gonna Keep On Loving You - Kool Blues
Sock It To 'Em Soul Brother - Bill Moss
Too Far Gone - Four Mints
You Can't Blame Me - Johnson
Number One - Bill Mos
Row My Boat - Four Mints
Without Love - Ronnie Taylor
I Want To Be Ready - Kool Blues
Your Love Keeps Drawing Me Closer - Johnson
Hot Grits!!! - Elijah & The Ebonites
I Can't Take It - Ronnie Taylor
Can We Try Love Again - Kool Blues
You're My Desire - Four Mints
A World WIthout You - Johnson
Go On Fool - Marion Black
Pure Soul - Elijah & The Ebonites
Sock It To 'Em Soul Brother - Bill Moss

Amazon.com

How does a record become a hit? As history has shown, for every chart-topper, there are easily 10 equally well-made and compelling songs which never become widely-known. Case in point: Eccentric Soul: The Capsoul Label, documenting the tiny Columbus, Ohio label's output during the 1970s. The selections included here are closer to the gritty sounds of Stax than to high-polished Motown soul, but the musicianship and performances would not sound out of place next to the same era's familiar classics from Memphis and Detroit. The Kool Blues' "I'm Gonna Keep On Loving You" apes Sam & Dave's back-and-forth vocal approach, while Four Tops-style harmonies are the template for the Four Mints "Too Far Gone" and "Row My Boat". This collection is an unexpected surprise for the adventurous soul-lover looking to discover something new from the old days. --Ben Heege

Album Description

Short for 'Capital City Soul,' the Columbus Ohio Capsoul label's history spans only five short years throughout the 1970's. Founded by Bill Moss, a local singer and DJ at WVKO in Columbus, Capsoul released just a dozen 45's and one highly sought after LP resulting in a few regional hits. Numero 001 is a compilation of nineteen tracks spanning the label's all but forgotten history.

Customer Reviews:

What A Flashback!.......2006-07-16

Having been born and raised in Columbus during the 60's and 70's all I can say is that I'm flabbergasted. This music creates a visceral sensation that takes me back to the day when Bill Moss (The man with the red hot sauce) along with motivational speaker Les Brown (The man about town) were the voices of WVKO radio. Now living in Los Angeles after thirty years I thought I would never hear the sounds of "Johnson, Hawkins, Tatum & Durr" or "Elijah & the Ebonies" again. I feel like I'm crusin' down old Mt. Vernon Avenue again! Great CD.

GO ON FOOL !.......2006-06-19

At last, there is a cd with "Go On Fool" by the mysterious Marion Black which so little is known of him. With his beautiful voice, one wonders why he wasn't heard of time and time again. But nevertheless, it's so wonderful to find this song on a cd. Plus, the flip side "Who Knows". I still have the original 45 of it released on the Avco record label. The label, that featured stars like : The Premiers, The Softones, The Stylistics, Congress Alley, and Donnie Elbert.

Sock it to em Soul Brother!.......2005-05-25

At first, the listener may be put off by the sound quality and the fact that some tunes (particularly those by the 4 mints) have funky fast paced instrumetnal backing that poorly matches the midtempo singing.

However, upon repepated listening, this can be very appealing as hardcore, grassroots, down-in-the dirt funky little-known underground soul. Granted, this stuff will never make oldies radio, but the overall rawness and lack of polish compared to the more professional soul recordings then made at Motown and Philly International gives the whole thing an appealing sort of ghetto charm.

This is particularly true with "Sock It To Em Soul Brother," where the lead singer talks about meeting Martin Luther King and other Black heroes of the day.

To the lovers of little known soul, "eccentirc" is right! But give it a chance and you'll enjoy it.

Super Dude: The Mercury Years, Vol. 1...Plus

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An early 70's gem
More Like Mediocredude

Super Dude: The Mercury Years, Vol. 1...Plus
Don Covay
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Get Ready: Definitive Performances 1965-1972 [DVD] - The Temptations

ASIN: B0007PL8FY
Release Date: 2005-04-04

Tracks:

Overtime Man
I Stayed Away Too Long
I Was Checkin' Out She Was Checkin' In
Hold You to Your Promise
Memphis
Pinch Hitters
Somebody's Been Enjoying My Home
Bad Mouthing
Leave Him, Pt. 1
Leave Him, Pt. 2
Money (That's What I Want)
Don't Step on a Man When He's Down
Sweet Thang [*]
Daddy, Please Don't Go Out Tonight [*]
Why Did You Put Your Shoes Under My Bed [*]
Stop By [*]
Bad Luck [*]
Hitching a Ride [*]

Customer Reviews:

An early 70's gem.......2006-08-12

Ron's two-star review couldn't be further off the mark. It's the ballads that are the stunning highlights of this album as well as Don's Mercury label follow-up 'Hot Blood.'

'I Was Checkin' Out She Was Checkin' In' is one of the all-time classic cheatin' soul songs. How many people thought it was the Rolling Stones hitting an unexpected high when they first heard this on the radio? (Mick Jagger owes an unpayable debt to Don Covay for usurping his vocal sound and style). 'Leave Him' simmers for eight wonderful minutes, but it has to be 'Somebody's Been Enjoying My Home' that floors the Soul pathos-o-meter into the red... Don itemizes all the evidence of another man in his abode culminating with, "He even had the nerve to rob my Frigidaire. What made me so mad he drank my last six-pack of beer. Lord!"

A great album. And the funky stuff is pretty good too.

More Like Mediocredude.......2005-05-25

It's not all bad, but most of it is. The first two cuts are very promising and funky. They really bring a whole new dance element to Don's music that wasn't present before. But once he tries to do a ballad, the album starts to fall apart. "I Was Checking Out" is a truly immature look at adultary that is downright grating. I don't know if he was trying to be funny or ironic, I just know that it does not work. The next track he tries to return to funk, but with only marginal results. His cover of Memphis is interesting, but the song is so tired, even his completely new approach can't really help it. "The Pinch Hitters" is slightly entertaining until you realize it is the exact same song as "Overtime Man." "Somebody's Been Enjoying My Home" is also a replicate, only this time of the lousy "Checking Out."

Now, for a monument to self-indulgence, 8 minutes of "Leave Him." I don't how anyone can listen to this entire song more than once or twice. Then, he tries to do a cover of "Money." He uses a music style similar to The Wiz here, but again, the song is just too overcovered. Finally, the album ends on a decent, yet generic soul ballad. In a great marketing move, RPM has put half the tracks from the second Jefferson Lemon Blues Band album, "Different Strokes" on here. The other half of the tracks will be attached to a reissue of Don's album "Hot Blood." I had high hopes for this section because I'd read good reviews of "House of Blue Light. "Sweet Thing" is absolutely great, classic Don Covay. "Shoes" and "Hitching A Ride" are decent, but lean more toward Don's new funk sound. They are nothing like the raw blues found on "House of Blue Light," however. I loved Mercy/Seesaw and after receiving House of Blue Light today, I am liking that album, too. Superdude sounds like a weak comeback album in comparison. It just sounds childish.

Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1

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How could I have missed this cd?
this is great stuff...................
These are real treasures
Dave Godin's Goldmine
DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY

Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures: Taken From Our Vaults, Vol. 1
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Kent Records UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1997-05-25

Tracks:

I'm Never Gonna Live It Down - The Knight Brothers
Easy As Saying 1-2-3 - Timmy Willis
Lights Out - Zerben R. Hicks & The Dynamics
Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand) - Irma Thomas
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The Turning Point - Jimmy Holiday
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You're On Top - The Untouchables
It's Not That Easy - Reuben Bell & The Casanovas
Cry Baby Cry - Van & Titus
I Still Love You - Jean Stanback
Try To Leave Me If You Can (I Bet You Can't Do It) - Bessie Banks
Songs To Sing - Raw Spitt
How Much Longer (Must I Wait) - Lee Moses
Nothing's Too Much (Nothing's Too Good) - Billy Young
I Feel Like Crying - Sam & Bill
I'm Goin' For Myself - Eddie & Ernie
Tried So Hard To Please Her - The Knight Brothers
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You Got Me - Jaibi

Product Description

1. The Knight Brothers - I'm Never Gonna Live It Down
2. Timmy Willis - Easy As Saying 1-2-3
3. Zerben R Hicks & The Dynamics - Lights Out
4. Irma Thomas - Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)
5. Jean Wells - Have A Little Mercy
6. Dori Grayson - Try Love
7. Brendetta Davis - I Can't Make It Without Him
8. Kenny Carter - Showdown
9. Larry Banks - I'm Not The One
10. Jimmy Holiday - The Turning Point
11. The Incredibles - Standing Here Crying
12. The Just Brothers - She Broke His Heart
13. The Untouchables - You're On Top
14. Reuben Bell & the Casanovas - It's Not That Easy
15. Van & Titus - Cry Baby Cry
16. Jean Stanback - I Still Love You
17. Bessie Banks - Try To Leave Me If You Can (I Bet You Can't Do It)
18. Raw Spitt - Songs To Sing
19. Lee Moses - How Much Longer (Must I Wait)
20. Billy Young - Nothing's Too Much (Nothing's Too Good)
21. Sam & Bill - I Feel Like Cryin'
22. Eddie & Ernie - I'm Goin' For Myself
23. The Knight Brothers - Tried So Hard To Please Her
24. Pearlean Gray & The Messengers - The Love Of My Man
25. Jaibi - You Got Me

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

How could I have missed this cd?.......2004-06-21

How could I have possibly missed this cd? I thought that I was quite an afficionado of soul music, but I have been humbled. I have been brought to my knees. The pulse of soul music is in Dave Godin's fingers. This collection of songs is the reason that I've continued to return to soul music throughout the years. And after listening to this collection, I will never stray far again. I've been purchasing Northern Soul collections for the obscurities, but this cd is in a class of its own.

this is great stuff..........................2003-07-09

this is some of the greatest "unknown" soul music ever recorded. If you get this CD plus the "Soul Gems" CD, you've got all the great soul you're ever gonna need......

These are real treasures.......2002-03-04

I ordered this CD but wasn't sure if the songs would really be all that great. I have a lot of soul music and consider my self quite an expert. Boy was I surprised. Dave Godin is the man. He has found wonderful gems that get better and better with each listening. I have listened to this CD three times over the last few days. I have Vol 2 and 3 still go go.

If you really like deep soul, this is the CD to get.

Dave Godin's Goldmine.......2001-08-24

In my mind Godin rhymes with Goldmine - there is no other name for such a "1001 Nights-Cave" full of riches,long forgotten and known only to serious collectors.I find very touching that Godin's love for soul music did not diminish with decades and he was ready to share his passion with new generations of listeners (who surprisingly made this compilation bestseller).It sounds almost like happy end,considering that these songs were never big hits when originaly released and the only explanation why "Showdown" (for example) did not reach mass audience could be the explosion of soul sound back in 1960's,when big names simply eclipsed singers like Kenny Carter.This CD demands careful listening,and its not easy to select favourites - my first reaction was actually to return CD in shop,as I was not prepared for such a exhibition of raw emotions (later I properly cryed in my beer,while listening).Excellent liner notes just round up this exciting compilation whose main purpose for me is to discover less known names and open a few more doors in the world of music I would not known otherwise.

DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY.......2001-03-09

The great reviews are phony hype. This is terrible stuff except for a few cuts. Don't be tricked by seeing Irma Thomas on this disc. Almost everyone else singing is unknown cause they did not have any talent or were recorded on a bad day.DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY. same for the rest of the series.

In Yo' Face!: The Roots of Funk, Vol. 1/2

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In Yo' Face!: The Roots of Funk, Vol. 1/2
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Release Date: 1994-04-19

Tracks:

Sookie Sookie - Don Covay & The Jefferson Lemon Blues Band
Tramp - Lowell Fulsom
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Some Kind of Wonderful - Soul Brothers Six
Soul Dance Number Three - Wilson Pickett
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Cissy Strut - The Meters
Everything I Do Gohn Be Funky (From Now On) - Lee Dorsey
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Polygram's "Funk Essentials" series told the history band by band: a two-CD set by Parliament, single-CD sets by Kool & the Gang, Cameo, the Bar-Kays and Con Funk Shun, plus an extra CD of odds and ends. Rhino's five-volume In Yo' Face: The History of Funk, by contrast, tells the story chronologically, from James Brown's 1970 "Sex Machine" to Zapp's 1980 "More Ounce to the Bounce." The Polygram approach gives you a more in-depth look at such key acts as Parliament and Kool & the Gang, but the Rhino strategy allows a broader overview. Rhino allows for the broadest possible definition of funk, including such questionable acts as Natalie Cole, George Duke, George McCrae, and the Dramatics. On the other hand, the series showcases such founding fathers as James Brown, Sly Stone, and the Isley Brothers, plus a dozen assorted P-Funk tracks. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews:

Loved the whole series.......2001-10-01

this whole collection was right on time many great acts&jams that still whip up on anything going for grooves today easily.as tight as the fro on the cover is the music.

Funkin good.......1999-10-13

This is a great series of CDs. Not a bad one in the bunch. Start here and go all the way to Vol. 5.

Good Record.......1999-09-11

The tracks on here are well put together...let me just say downright funky!...some are tight but that's alright...I love this music...If you want to expand your 60's and 70's funk, soul r&b collection. Get this record

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