The title of track 21 sums this project up. Al Perkins' swinging slab of Memphis marvellousness, Nothing Is Impossible might well serve as the motto for Kent's long-standing servant of soul, Ady Croasdell, and also for his quest to bring you the greatest dance recordings of the 60s and 70s in the finest possible sound. Having ceaselessly badgered the owners of the Atlantic catalogue for a chance to assemble their best known soul tracks into collections that do much to define the genre they represent, he's at last getting to grips with what they've got in a manner that can only be described as splendid. Having already given us the discotheque-oriented 60s overview that was last month's blockbusting At The Club (CDKEND 168), the erstwhile Harboro' Horace now points your feet a few hundred miles up the motorway with a stack of tracks that have ignited Northern dancefloors for three decades or more. - See more at: http://acerecords.co.uk/still-paying-our-dues#sthash.TmzfbFnw.dpuf
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trax:
1. Please Operator - Tony & Tyrone 2. Feels Good - Bobby Wilson 3. Angel Baby (Don't You Ever Leave Me) - Darrell Banks 4. You Got To Pay Your Dues - The Drifters 5. Catch Me I'm Falling - Esther Phillips w/The Dixie Flyers 6. Take Your Love And Run - Barbara Lynn 7. Send Him Back - The Pointer Sisters 8. Love Don't You Go Through No Changes On Me - Sister Sledge 9. Here I Go Again - Archie Bell & The Drells 10. Thank You Baby For Loving Me - The Soul Brothers Six 11. Crazy Baby - The Coasters 12. Fireman - Vala Reegan & The Valarons 13. Don't You Even Care - Leslie Uggams 14. Bye Bye Baby - Dee Dee Sharp 15. Frantic Escape - The Innocent Bystanders 16. (I've Got To Find) Happiness - The Ambassadors 17. Candy - The Astors 18. What Can A Man Do - Ben E. King 19. Can't You See (You're Losing Me) - Mary Wells 20. Bar-B-Q - Wendy Rene 21. Nothing Is Impossible - Al Perkins 22. Choppin' Around - Jimmy Wisner 23. Bring Your Love Back To Me - Linda Lyndell 24. Today's Man - Mark Putney 25. Coming Home To You Baby - The Crossroads
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"Still Paying Our Dues" Atlantic Northern Soul
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Thanks so much for posting this great comp.
Thank you.
BONUS 1 OF 5
SYL JOHNSON - Dresses Too Short ’68 @320
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Released in the summer of 1968, Syl Johnson’s first full length outing compiles the fruits of his late ‘60s Twinight sides. Included are the seminal, and often sampled, hits “Come On Sock It To Me” and “Different Strokes.” Issued on 150-gram vinyl and housed in a tip-on jacket, Dresses Too Short is the perfect entry point for any exploration of this soul titan’s most fruitful years.
INFO
http://www.numerogroup.com/products/syl-johnson-dresses-too-short
BONUS 2 OF 5
SYL JOHNSON - Total Explosion ’76
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During his eight-year stint with Hi Records, Johnson was in the shadows of both Al Green and Ann Peebles. His albums never flew off the shelves but he could be trusted to release two or three good singles a year. By 1975, Johnson's partnership with Hi Records started to yield even more success. As this album's predecessors had Johnson vacillating between being a romantic and a wretch, Total Explosion explores his unrepentant side with good results. "I Only Have Love for You" is a classic Memphis shuffle and finds Johnson all but boasting about his lack of financial savvy, as he sings, "All I got to give is me." With all of the ill will and venom spewed on Total Explosion, the innocent "Star Bright, Star Lite" just still doesn't ring true. Johnson comes back to his senses on "Steppin' Out." The dramatic, hard-edged track is all anger and domestic unrest as he sings, "Excuse me, excuse me while I get dressed"; you get the feeling he won't be back anytime soon. The album's biggest single was Johnson's slowed-down take on Green's "Take Me to the River." Although the religious/sexual imagery is lost in the translation, Johnson does a good job with it. The best track, the brilliantly arranged "Watch What You Do to Me" has Johnson playing the role of cuckold, and as he sings "I carry my piece, everywhere I go," it certainly made him more a menace than romantic balladeer. Total Explosion was Johnson's most successful album at Hi Records and was one of the best in the label's catalog. (Allmusic)
INFO
http://www.discogs.com/Syl-Johnson-Total-Explosion/release/1652757
http://www.amazon.com/Total-Explosion-Syl-Johnson/dp/B008DX0BDW
BONUS 3 OF 5
SOUL CITIES (Kent 089) LP
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Fine 60’s soul LP that is now out of print.
1. Delicates - Stop Shovin' Me Around (2:39)
2. Sugar Pie Desanto - The One Who Really Loves You (2:20)
3. Nella Dodds - First Date (2:36)
4. Cautions - Fall Guy (2:09)
5. Otis Leavill - Why Why Why (2:29)
6. Platters - Get A Hold Of Yourself (2:29)
7. Benny Gordon - Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got (2:57)
8. Maurice Williams - Look My Way (2:02)
9. Johnny Copeland - Dedicated To The Greatest (2:55)
10. Clarence Reid - I Refuse To Give Up (2:20)
11. Freddie Hughes - Send My Baby Back (3:03)
12. Just Brothers - She Broke His Heart (2:18)
13. Johnny Wyatt - Hang Up The Phone (2:05)
14. Judy Clay - My Arms Aren't Strong Enough (2:05)
15. Intruders - I've Got Love For You (2:18)
16. Charlie Thomas & The Drifters - Midsummer Night In Harlem (3:09)
INFO
http://www.discogs.com/Various-Soul-Cities/release/1142529
BONUS 4 OF 5
JOHNNY HORTON - The Ballads Of Johnny Horton (Bear Family)@320
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During his brief career, Johnny Horton was a singer of exceptional range, knocking out great sides no matter whether they were honky tonk, rockabilly, traditional country, boogie, country-pop or, as is the focus of this Bear Family collection, ballads. (One of his most famous songs is a ballad, a pristine yet haunted version of "Lost Highway" that ranks as one of the most otherworldly sides ever waxed in Nashville.) This is, admittedly, a one-sided portrait of Horton. The Ballads of Johnny Horton misses his first-rate uptempo material like "Honky Tonk Man," focuses almost entirely on B-sides that rarely equaled their better-known flipsides, and oddly, it excludes most of his historical ballads (many of which were hits). Still, for those who look at Horton (correctly) as one of the five or six best voices in country music history and want a great rarities collection without shelling out for a box set, there's a parade of solid material here. As for classics, "Lost Highway" is present, as are two big hits, "When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)" and "North to Alaska." From there, the obscurities outnumber the well-known songs, including a few historical songs ("Comanche [The Brave Horse]," "Johnny Reb," "Jim Bridger") and several tragic-romance stories ("Everytime I'm Kissing You," "Meant So Little to You," "All for the Love of a Girl"). (Allmusic)
1. Whispering Pines
2. Everytime I'm Kissing You
3. You Cry In The Door Of Your Mansion
4. Words (1)
5. All For The Love Of A Girl (2)
6. Lost Highway
7. Journey With No End
8. The Mansion You Stole (1)
9. Betty Lorraine (Betty Lou)
10. Miss Marcy (Billy Boy)
11. Words (2)
12. Another Woman Wears My Wedding Ring
13. Shadows On The Old Bayou
14. When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)
15. Counterfeit Love
16. Comanche (The Brave Horse)
17. The Mansion You Stole (1)
18. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
19. Jim Bridger
20. Done Rovin'
21. All For The Love Of A Girl (1)
22. Johnny Reb
23. Meant So Little To You
24. Tetched In The Head
25. North To Alaska
INFO
http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-ballads-of-johnny-horton-mw0001977529
http://www.amazon.com/The-Ballads-Of-Johnny-Horton/dp/B0036ULAQ4
BONUS 5 OF 5
THE SHIRELLES - Sing the Golden Oldies '64/Spontaneous Combustion '67 ((ACE UK) @320
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All good things must come to an end. Thus it is with tears in our eyes and handkerchiefs in hand that, this month, we bring the curtain down on our series of pairings of the Shirelles’ original Scepter albums. We’d love it to have continued for longer but, unfortunately for us all, the girls just did not release enough long players to make that happen. If you’re looking for someone to blame for that, blame Florence Greenberg – Scepter was her label, not ours.
Few big (or small) girl groups of the 1960s could have achieved the level of success that they did without the pioneering work of Shirley Alston, Micki Harris, Doris Coley and Beverly Lee. The conclusion of the series is with two very rare albums, neither of which has ever been on CD before. Just three years separated the original vinyl release dates of “Sing The Golden Oldies” and the (mostly) live set “Spontaneous Combustion” but both have been out of print for more than 40 years, so it’s a really special pleasure to be the first to welcome them to the digital age. Unlike the girls other albums, neither contains major hits – but equally unlike the others, both offer specific concepts. Both are among the most prized long players among Shirelles collectors the world over. As you might expect, “Golden Oldies” concentrates heavily (but not exclusively) on the doo wop classics that the teenage Shirley, Micki, Doris and Beverly would harmonise when school was out in their Passaic, NJ hometown in the late 50s. “Spontaneous Combustion”, meanwhile, captures significant moments from a live club date in early 1967 and features an altogether more adult group of ladies, laughing and clowning with their audience and singing up a storm as they always did. While the ‘fi’ is not always as ‘hi’ as it might be, live recordings of upper echelon R&B acts from the 60s are far from commonplace and “Spontaneous Combustion” is to be treasured on that basis. As ever, the music is backed up by a booklet that’s chock full of label shots and significant ephemera, and that boasts a sleeve note by Shirelles authority-and-friend Dennis Garvey.
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1. Walkin' Along
2. Tears on My Pillow
3. Lonely Teardrops
4. Church Bells May Ring
5. A Hundred Pounds of Clay
6. Hey Baby
7. I Met Him on a Sunday '64
8. To Know Him Is To Love Him
9. Can't We Be Sweethearts
10. Please Be My Boyfriend
11. My Prayer
12. Runaway
13. Mama Said (Live)
14. Baby It's You (Live)
15. Group and Band Introduction (Musical Bed: Walk Right In - Live)
16. (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction (Live)
17. Knock on Wood (Live)
18. Boys (Live)
19. Tonight's The Night (Live)
20. A Last Minute Miracle (Studio Recording with Audience Overdubs)
21. No Doubt about It (Studio Recording with Audience Overdubs)
22. What'd I Say (Live) (Joe Richardson - Lead Vocal)
23. I Got You (I Feel Good) (Live)
24. When the Saints Go Marching In (Live)
25. I Met Him on A Sunday '66 (Bonus Track)
26. Twist and Shout (Bonus Track)
INFO
http://www.amazon.com/Sing-Golden-Oldies-Spontaneous-Combustion/dp/tracks/B003BL0BL8/ref=dp_tracks_all_1#disc_1
http://acerecords.co.uk/sing-the-golden-oldies-spontaneous-combustion
This is certainly one of the finest set of offerings under one heading in TLZ history. Such a range of tunes and artists, closing with my favorite girl group of them all. Thanks so much to one and all.
Iggy
Thanks
amazing posts how do you do it!!
thanks so much!!
pvc
Diggin' all the soul bonuses!
Shirley Alston, in her post-Shirelles years on the small circuit, used to play every year at my church's carnival and was loudly acclaimed and received by fans of all ages above adolescence. The church stopped scheduling her and a few other things when the carnival stopped making big money, and I stopped going.
I have a few old Kent compilations on LP, some bought back in the day, some recent eBay finds. What a great cache of music, and for some reason never put out on CD. I thank you for 'Soul Cities', one I haven't got.
Mose
Thank you so so much for all this great music. This blog never disappoints.
Thank you for continuing to offer so much great music!
Thank you so much for sharing 'Total Explosion'.
I hope lots of people grab a shovel and dig it!
Thank you for this and all the soul/r&b/r&r! Has anybody got the Nashboro gospel compilation and/or any Reparata & the Delrons?
Thanks again!
loyoyo
Thanks for the Syl!!!
Thanks for the Syl!!!
Dear Sirs,
Link for "Payin Dues" doent work?
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HansPeterExtra
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Hello friends,
re-upload please
"Still Paying Our Dues" Atlantic Northern Soul
Thanks for your inspiration
The link has been down for three days and I inadvertently deleted the copy I had. Please re-upload and, equally important, a very belated thanks for the variety and quality of great music that you provide. I have been introduced via this blog to and purchased the recordings of many artists whom I would otherwise not have an opportunity to hear. Given the paucity of an eclectic mix of music here on radio stations that are dedicated to a specific genre, I rely on your blog and Jillem's blog as my personal eclectic radio stations. Thanks for the effort and dedication you and your collaborators expend to provide so much musical joy.
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