Great Southern Soul from an Underrated Talent
John L. Hughes, Jr. | Nashville, TN | 12/08/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"THE SPRING YEARS is an almost-perfect Joe Simon compilation documenting his most successful years with the Polydor-distributed Spring Records. The sound is great and the liner notes are pretty detailed. However, Simon's last top 20 r&b hit is missing (1978's "Love Vibration") while "You Don't Have To Play No Games" is here although it stalled at #62 on the r&b charts. Had "Games" been replaced by "Vibration", this compilation would have included all of Simon's top-20 r&b hits with Spring."
RYTHYM & BLUES FUNKY MONKEY'S LISTENING CORNER
berlioz damon | melbourne, fl usa | 07/29/2009
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I bought the CD as a gift for my father. He can't listen to it enough. It's a great day when one can find true classic r&b albums at their finger tips. (And the price isn't anything to sneeze at for an added bonus.)"