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Various Artists
Hard to Find 45s on CD: Sweet Soul Sounds
Genres: Blues, Pop, R&B

Track Listings (20) - Disc #1
1. Sweet Soul Music - Conley, Arthur
2. Funky Street - Conley, Arthur
3. (There's Gonna Be A) Showdown - Gamble
4. Just One Look - Carrol, Gregory
5. Cry to Me - Russell, Bert
6. The Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven - McCoy, Van
7. Open the Door to Your Heart - Banks, Darrell
8. She's Looking Good - Collins, Rodger
9. I'm the Lover Man - Williams, Jerry [1]
10. Dry Your Eyes [new stereo] - Coates
11. Part Time Love - Hammond, Clay
12. Slip Away - armstrong
13. Stand by Your Man - Sherrill, Billy [Pr
14. Reconsider Me - Lewis
15. Expressway to Your Heart [Long Ending] - Gamble, Kenneth
16. (I Wanna) Testify - Clinton
17. You're the One [Complete] - Stewart, Sylvester
18. Trapped by a Thing Called Love - LaSalle, Denise
19. Somebody's Watching You - Stewart, Sylvester
20. Love Land - Lee

CD Details

All Artists: Various Artists
Title: Hard to Find 45s on CD: Sweet Soul Sounds
Members Wishing: 8
Total Copies: 0
Label: Hit Parade
Release Date: 1/13/2008
Genres: Blues, Pop, R&B
Style: Soul
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1

Synopsis

Album Description

This is the first-ever soul collection in Eric?s famous oldies series. "Sweet Soul Sounds" includes such classics as Clarence Carter's cheating epic, "Slip Away," and Archie Bell's dance ultimatum, "There's Gonna Be A Showdown." But the great joys of this collection are the hard-to-find gems previously unavailable to most collectors - songs like "(I Wanna) Testify," featuring a pre-P-Funk George Clinton, and two soul classics making their CD debut: Denise LaSalle's "Trapped By A Thing Called Love" is one of the last great Old School soul songs, recorded in 1971 as soul music was morphing into funk and disco; it appears here on a U.S. CD for the first time ever. And, Little Sister, a female trio featuring Sly Stone's younger sibling, is represented by two cuts, one of which - "You're the One (Parts 1 & 2 )" - has never been available on any CD anywhere! "Sweet Soul Sounds" includes 20 HITS (16 of them were Top Thirty Pop and 17 made Top Ten R&B). All tracks have been digitally mastered to the exacting standards of Eric Records - in true stereo wherever possible. CD includes an 8-page booklet with detailed liner notes on each song written by renowned soul authority, Randy Poe.

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CD Reviews

And the nostalgia continues...

Matthew G. Sherwin | last seen screaming at Amazon customer service | 06/11/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Hard to Find 45's on CD: Sweet Soul Sounds has great soul music that is great even though it has been unfairly overlooked with the passage of time. The quality of the sound is excellent and I love that artwork, too!

Barbara Pennington opens up the album with a fantastic hit, "Twenty Four Hours A Day." I love it! This has that classic early soul flavor mixed with a great beat that really gets you moving on that dance floor! Barbara Pennington really delves into this song to make it her own and she sings it with lots of positive energy, too. Evelyn Thomas sings "Weak Spot" with lots of energy, too--and those guitars really fits in well as the percussion helps to mark the beat. Evelyn Thomas could sing right alongside the bets of them--too bad she isn't remembered properly today. There's another hit when L.J. Johnson performs "Your Magic Put A Spell On Me;" "Your Magic Put A Spell On Me" has an awesome beat that is great for dancing even today and this is truly anything but elevator music. Edwin Starr also makes good with his hit tune called "Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache;" Edwin Starr always sang well and just one listen proves it! The female backup vocalists enhance the number even further.

The Fantastic Four sing and play "Ain't No Soul Left In Old Shoes;" this tune has a great beat that mixes soul with a type of `60s rock and roll beat that electrifies this tune! Richard "Popcorn" Wylie also does a great job on "With This Ring;" it's terrific! James Wells also does great on "Baby I'm Still The Same Man;" James sings this really well and his excellent diction makes his performance all the better. "Baby I'm Still The Same Man" is easily a major highlight of this album. Barbara McNair also does a wonderful job on "You're Gonna Love My Baby;" this is one fine tune that Barbara really does up right!

The Valadiers do "What's Wrong With Me Baby" with all their hearts and souls; this is a huge highlight of this CD and I think you're going to really like "What's Wrong With Me Baby." Frances Nero contributes her hit "Out On The Floor" to this album; and "Out On The Floor" will get you dancing if nothing else does! Frances Nero sure could sing well.

Saundra Edwards scores a hit with her number entitled "There's Nothing Else To Say;" "There's Nothing Else To Say" is good, classic soul and it fits in well on this CD. The album also ends well with The Elgins performing "Nothings Worse Than Being Alone." "Nothings Worse Than Being Alone" also has that classic soul sound to it and it leaves you wanting more!

Overall, this CD has some incredible soul music and fans of soul music will love this album.

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