It had been a decade since Big Maybelle's commercial peak with the OKeh and Savoy labels in the late '50s, and her life, which included heroin addiction and diabetes, hadn't been an easy one. Enter Jack Taylor, who brought her into the studio again for his Harlem-based Rojac Records in 1966, presented her with material that challenged her, and delivered her into a wonderfully creative autumnal period at the end of her career. Rojac was the last label Big Maybelle would record for before her early death in 1972 at the age of 47. There's great stuff here, including her re-imagining of ? & the Mysterians' "96 Tears," a lush "Turn the World Around the Other Way," a wonderfully bouncing version of "Careless Love," and the poignant the-bar's-closed jazz ballad "I Am Lost," among others. Big Maybelle was one of a kind, really, and these intimate tracks show that she never lost her feel no matter what the world threw at her. (Steve Leggett, Allmusic)
trax:
01 96 Tears 02 Love Is A Hurtin' Thing 03 Turn The World Around The Other Way 04 Mama (He Treats Your Daughter Mean) 05 Keep That Man 06 Don't Pass Me By 07 Careless Love 08 It's Been Raining 09 I Can't Wait Any Longer 10 Quittin' Time 11 Heaven Will Welcome You Dr. King 12 Old Love Never Dies 13 No Better For You 14 Big Sweet Daddy 15 Blame It On Your Love 16 Why Was I Born 17 The Masquerade Is Over 18 Maybelle Sings The Blues 19 It's A Man's Man's World 20 That's Life 21 How It Lies 22 Cold Heart 23 I Am Lost
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BIG MAYBELLE "The Rojac Years 1967-1969"
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BIG MAYBELLE "The Rojac Years 1967-1969"
missing inside notes:
http://www76.zippyshare.com/v/47549617/file.html
Poor Big Maybelle, what a voice, and what a life.
Thanks for this,
Mose
BONUS 1:
SOUL SPECTRUM
Compiled by Dr. Bob Jones & Keb Darge “Real soul for the folks who feel soul”
http://www22.zippyshare.com/v/81565795/file.html
Best-known for his compilations of obscure funk, Scottish DJ/record collector extraordinaire Keb Darge teams up with Dr. Bob Jones, his cohort in Britain's soul club scene, to deliver Soul Spectrum, a collection of equally rare soul sides. Much like Darge's Legendary Deep Funk and Funk Spectrum series, this is a hugely entertaining listen even if you're not an obsessive collector, thanks to Darge and Jones' superb taste and a sure sense of how to get a club audience moving. Following the same format that Funk Spectrum later would, Darge and his co-compiler each select ten of their favorite tracks. Most of these cuts are on the sweeter side of '70s soul, the sort of thing that Britain's Northern soul crowd prizes above all else. There's also some deeper, Southern-style material, and a few sides date from the '60s or the '80s, but for the most part, this is highly arranged, Motown- and Philadelphia-influenced soul, packed with horns, strings, and/or electric piano. Most of it comes from smaller independent labels, so it's not as slickly produced, even on the more disco-flavored tracks. Surprisingly, given his hardcore funk stance, Darge favors that disco-ish sound quite a bit, and his taste proves just as accurate in this area; Jones is more given to unearthing lost gems of female soul, including sides by Ronn Feaster, Kim Tamango, Patti Jo, and Jeanie Tracy, as well as a solo side by Zapp sideman Tony Troutman ("What's the Use"). The whole thing is remarkably consistent, making it an excellent purchase for '70s soul fans interested in digging for lost treasure.(Allmusic)
track listing:
http://www.allmusic.com/album/soul-spectrum-vol-1-compiled-by-keb-darge-and-dr-bob-jones-mw0000587072
BONUS 2:
BOBBY WOMACK - My Prescription (1969)
http://www28.zippyshare.com/v/43637523/file.html
Bobby Womack's second album on Minit Records rivals his first, Fly Me to the Moon. He establishes himself firmly in the mold of his contemporaries: Wilson Pickett, Don Covay, Johnnie Taylor, and other top soul men. An accomplished writer, Womack's never handicapped by poor material, but never hesitates to redo popular songs by other writers. He scores with a funky rendition of "Fly Me to the Moon" (taken from his debut Minit LP), and with poorer results (chart-wise), "I Left My Heart in San Francisco," though aesthetically it's as funky as a bowl of hardened grits. He takes both easy listening songs far from their original molds. "How I Miss You Baby," "More Than I Can Stand," and Sam Cooke's "I'm Gonna Forget About You" made the rotations at R&B stations across America for good reason -- they rock. Bobby "The Doctor" Womack fills this prescription and has you hankering for a refill. (Allmusic)
song info:
http://www.allmusic.com/album/my-prescription-mw0000840568
Thanks
Thanks for soul spectrum!!! Been looking for that forever. Going to really enjoy putting that on this afternoon.
Thanks for the blog, the set of incredibly generous contributors, and the top notch selections from across many genres. Incredible work by all. THANK YOU!
Love Anything by Big Maybelle and this one is interesting.
Unfortunately, there appears to be a drop out on track 1 at the 3 second mark. I downloaded the file 3 times to recheck and it is there all 3 times.
Keep up the great work and I'm still working my way through the 40 CD set of the Blues.
Glenn
Thanks for Bobby Womack!
Thanks for the Big Maybelle, great stuff!
Allan R.
Big Maybelle, siempre enorme. Bobby Womack, fantastico. Saludos desde España.
Very nice! Thanks!
And I'm lovin' the B. Womack bonus too!
Love Maybelle, love Womack!
Thanks for Big Maybelle & the northern soul comp.
Big Maybelle! Too cool!
Thanks for sharing! I get a dropout on trach one "96 Tears" several seconds in.
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