soulpope Posted December 31, 2023 Report Posted December 31, 2023 Great Cover Versions Part 16 .... : O.V. Wright "Afflicted" (Back Beat) 1970 .... Charles Brimmer "Afflicted" (Hep' Me Records) 1970 .... With admirable boldness Charles Brimmer tackles the song made immortal by O.V. Wright the very same year .... although a hopeless undertaking his effort results in a great cover version .... Quote
soulpope Posted January 2 Report Posted January 2 Terry Collins "The Show Must Go On" (Kwanza) 1973 .... a fantastic Deep Soul epos unknown to many .... btw not to be confused with the same titled Sam Dees song.... Quote
soulpope Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 Joshie Joe Armstead "Won't You Join The Band (On The Caravan)" (Preacher Rose) 1974/1991 .... unreleased Deep Soul epos from her Gospel Truth sessions which saw the light of day via a 500 pieces limited press 45 only .... facilitated by UK record dealer Rod Dearlove .... what a stunner .... Quote
soulpope Posted January 5 Report Posted January 5 (edited) Pep Brown "Are You Leaving Me" (Lava) 1972 .... written by Al Green .... amazingly Pep Brown 's version is superior .... Edited January 5 by soulpope Quote
soulpope Posted January 7 Report Posted January 7 V.A "The Heart Of Southern Soul Vol. 2 - No Brags Just Facts" (Ace) 1995 .... superb compilation feat some unreleased tracks .... highly recommended .... Quote
soulpope Posted January 8 Report Posted January 8 Eddie Giles „I Can`t Get Over You“ (Alarm unreleased/Vivid Sound) 1973/1979 …. heartwrenching Deep Soul of the highest order .... easily the best performance bar none by Eddie Giles, which was left in the can nevertheless .... Quote
soulpope Posted January 9 Report Posted January 9 https://www.soul-source.co.uk/articles/soul-articles/transcripts-of-interview-with-ernie-johnson-and-john-dixon-r264/ Quote
soulpope Posted January 13 Report Posted January 13 Con Funk Shun „Who Has The Time“ (Mercury) 1977 … Felton Pilate soars .... btw soundwise Con Funk Shun outdoing Earth, Wind & Fire here .... a bit .... Quote
soulpope Posted January 15 Report Posted January 15 Great Cover Versions 18 .... : Lynn Collins " If You Don't Know Me By Now" (People) 1975 .... obviously it`s hard to tackle the epic original from Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes, but Lynn Collins supported by "Team James Brown" is holding up well .... Quote
soulpope Posted January 16 Report Posted January 16 Reuben Bell "Meet Me Half Way" (Alarm) 1977 .... songwriter Jerry Strickland, producer Wardell Quezergue, impassioned background ladies and Reuben Bell suffering heavily from despair .... nothing could go wrong .... Quote
soulpope Posted January 23 Report Posted January 23 Eddie Hinton "Hard Luck Guy" (Zane Records) 1999 .... great deepsoul tracks have a perfecting timing for the horns to kick in .... that`s the case here and Eddie Hinton sings his heart out .... recorded in 1977 und unreleased for more than two decades .... Quote
soulpope Posted January 24 Report Posted January 24 Lindell Hill „Remone“ (Arch) 1968 …. "blue eyed soul" (who would have thought ?) wrapped in perfect production by Steve Cropper @ Memphis .... Quote
danasgoodstuff Posted January 25 Report Posted January 25 On 1/23/2024 at 6:08 AM, soulpope said: Eddie Hinton "Hard Luck Guy" (Zane Records) 1999 .... great deepsoul tracks have a perfecting timing for the horns to kick in .... that`s the case here and Eddie Hinton sings his heart out .... recorded in 1977 und unreleased for more than two decades .... This. Quote
soulpope Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 Joe Johnson „The Blind Man“ (Malaco) 1973 …. a taylor made Wardell Quezergue pruduction @ Malaco Studios .... and Joe Johnson bares his soul .... btw there is a considerable resemblance with another Malaco Studios/Wardell Quezegue deep beauty aka "When A Man Cris" by Joe Wilson .... Quote
soulpope Posted January 31 Report Posted January 31 Speaking of Joe Wilson "When A Man Cries", this and more despair and misre is collected on subject ACE/Kent Deep Soul compilation released in 1999 .... still available and highly recommended .... Quote
soulpope Posted February 8 Report Posted February 8 The question of questions .... excellent Southern Soul with Gospel injections recorded in the late 60`s/early 70`s .... Quote
soulpope Posted February 11 Report Posted February 11 Hodges, James, Smith (& Crawford) "Early Years And Unheard Pearls 1970-1973" (Kent) 2021 .... intriguing mix of Soul & Funk and the voices are top notch .... another quality reissue/archive release from Ace/Kent .... Quote
soulpope Posted February 11 Report Posted February 11 Superb demos recorded by Southern Soul singer/songwriter Tommy Tate @ Malaco and Muscle Shoals Studios in the 1980`s .... some of these were covered by Bobby Bland, Johnny Taylor, Little Milton, Otis Clay & Dorothy Moore and as good as they are, the demos are the real deal .... Quote
soulpope Posted February 12 Report Posted February 12 V.A "King's Serious Soul: Too Much Pain" (Kent) 2001 ....a treasure trove of Deep(est) Soul from the vaults of King and sublabels Federal/Deluxe .... painstakingly selected tracks and terrific mastering (have most of these as original 45`s and the sound improvement is staggering) .... highly recommended .... Quote
soulpope Posted February 14 Report Posted February 14 Candi Staton "You Don`t Love Me No More" (Fame) 1972 .... superb Deep Soul .... from her 3rd and last great LP on Fame, which will be reissued on CD/Vinyl soon .... : https://www.acerecords.co.uk/candi-staton-2 Quote
Gheorghe Posted February 15 Report Posted February 15 As a jazz only player I have only side informations about pure Soul, but what I heard last Friday you Soul Fans should hear and purchase. My wife and me spent an evening off at Porgy and Bess to listen to my old friend Paul Zauner with his wonderful soul band "Sweet Emma Band" featuring the very strong singer Chanda Rule, former Harlem Gospel singer now having a solo carreer living in Viena . Have a look at some tracks and buy them their latest album on Paul Zauner´s label "PAO Records". And they have a long haird organ player from Cehoslovacia, who is really a gas. the whole band is tops and the singer too. It´s mostly Soul, some Blues, and a shot of jazz (the last tune unsually is an Ellington tune). Quote
soulpope Posted February 15 Report Posted February 15 4 minutes ago, Gheorghe said: As a jazz only player I have only side informations about pure Soul, but what I heard last Friday you Soul Fans should hear and purchase. My wife and me spent an evening off at Porgy and Bess to listen to my old friend Paul Zauner with his wonderful soul band "Sweet Emma Band" featuring the very strong singer Chanda Rule, former Harlem Gospel singer now having a solo carreer living in Viena . Have a look at some tracks and buy them their latest album on Paul Zauner´s label "PAO Records". And they have a long haird organ player from Cehoslovacia, who is really a gas. the whole band is tops and the singer too. It´s mostly Soul, some Blues, and a shot of jazz (the last tune unsually is an Ellington tune). Pauli Zauner still going strong 😍 .... Quote
Gheorghe Posted February 15 Report Posted February 15 2 minutes ago, soulpope said: Pauli Zauner still going strong 😍 .... Yeah I have known him as early as in the 80´s . After the Sweet Emma Band stuff last week we had some talking and woodsheddin´ about tunes we could play together, what tunes he might like to play with us, and I was astonished that he remembered a gig I had 40 years ago and Universitatea Veterinară which was somewhere in sector 3 of Viena, not far from a railway , I think that´s a neighbourhood where they have "rechte Bahngasse" and "linke Bahngasse" and I had totally forgotten about it. It was with a Bulgarian Saxophonist his name was Boșidar Sotirov (can´t write well ortografically) , anyway I was astonished that a guy who is mostly busy with booking and havin a label and so would remember a gig I had completly forgotten. It must have been in those years, when jazz was "in" at Universities, and kids who studied would hear jazz in those Audimax-es they had. Quote
Gheorghe Posted February 15 Report Posted February 15 31 minutes ago, soulpope said: Quite impressive .... Indeed, wonderful !!!! Quote
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