This issue opens with The Futures' 'Ain't No Time Fa Nothing" (1978), likely to be familiar to those around during the 'Rare Groove' explosion of the mid to late 1980s, and is very similar in style to Earth, Wind & Fire. 'Don't Let It Go To Your Head' (1976) by Jean Carn is an absolutely wonderful record, featuring a plaintive yet seductive vocal over a grooving orchestral texture. Laura Lee's 'Crumbs Off The Table' (1972) is a song of a woman's emotional and physical despair, whilst Al Green's 'Love Ritual' (1975) propels along with a quirky guitar and keyboard underpinning. Fans of R&B and Motown will warm to Barbara Acklin's 'Just Ain't No Love' (1969) and Honey Cone's 'Sittin' On A Time Bomb' (1972), and older Hip Hop fans will smile in recognition with the opening of Archie Bell & The Drells' 'Don't Let Love Get You Down' (1976), and may also wonder at the potential of 'Beware' (1972) by Ann Peebles and Bobby Marchan's 'Push The Button' (1974). Much of the material here has been drawn from the Philadelphia International and Brunswick back catalogues, and except for one track (The Jones Girls 'You Can't Have My Love' (1984)) draws predominantly from the 1970s (with two from the late 1960s). Despite this fact the material is varied and, most importantly, is of sufficient quality (in qualitative and mastering terms) to ensure repeated listening. Undoubtedly, 'Crate Diggin' Fever' fits nicely within the expanding 'Back Beats' catalogue, and once again Dewhirst has managed to issue good quality music. Simply Buy. (Dusty Groove)
trax:
1. Ain't No Time For Nothing - The Futures 2. Don't Let It Go To Your Head - Jean Carne 3. Crumbs Off The Table - Laura Lee 4. Work To Do - Average White Band 5. Love Ritual - Al Green 6. Tropical - African Music Machine 7. Stoned Out Of Mind - Maryann Farra & Satin Soul 8. Shake A Leg - Jackie Wilson 9. Ali Shuffle - Alvin Cash 10. Is It Something You Got - Tyrone Davis 11. Just Ain't No Love - Barbara Acklin 12. Sittin On A Time Bomb - Honey Cone 13. Don't Let Love Get You Down - Archie Bell & The Drells 14. You Can't Have My Love - The Jones Girls 15. Picnic In The Park - MFSB 16. Beware - Ann Peebles 17. Don't Leave Me (instrumental) - Holland & Dozier 18. Push The Button - Bobby Marchan 19. Thats All A Part Of Loving Him - Tommie Young 20. Front Row - Romeo Strutt 21. See You Through The Eyes Of A Blind Man - Satisfaction Unlimited
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BONUS 4 OF 6 (Pt. 1)
COUNTRY SOUL SISTERS: Women In Country Music 1952-1978 '12 @320
2012 release, a stunning collection of tracks by female zvountry singers. The album features all the classic artists - Tammy Wynette, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker - as well as many lesser-known singers. Country Soul Sisters is a extensive guide to female country singers from 1952-74. As well as the extensive sleevenotes the accompanying large outsize booklet in card slipcase also includes stunning photography from the Getty picture archive and also includes new interviews with a number of the featured artists.
Country Soul Sisters charts the rise of female singers in country music from 1952 to 1978.
As well as country legends Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, Tanya Tucker and Tammy Wynette, Country Soul Sisters also features artists such as Bobbie Gentry, Nancy Sinatra - who also made country music but existed outside the traditional Nashville framework. Also highlighted are country soul music protagonists such as Jeannie C Riley, Diana Trask and Barbara Mandrell.
Far from the traditional conservative image of country music this album features songs whose lyrics deal with female empowerment and subjects that include child prostitution, abortion, death and angels, workplace sexual exploitation, small town bigotry and more.
It was not until Kitty Wells’ groundbreaking 1952 hit It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels that women were first taken seriously as country artists. Wells’ song was written in reply to a popular country hit (Hank Thompson’s The Wild Side of Life) whose lyrics expressed the dominant view that the only women who frequented bars were those of loose moral fibre. Wells’ musical reply - that in fact it was married men who acted as if they were single that caused good women to take the wrong path – revolutionised the position of women in country music.
Forget outlaw country or alt. country, male dominance of country music meant that female country singers were the original outsiders – simply by nature of being themselves. What is so equally fascinating is how these artists managed to negotiate a space for themselves that was acceptable to the general male conservative hierarchies whilst at the same time remaining true to themselves as both artists and women for their largely female public.
The album comes with extensive sleevenotes charting the rise of female artists in country music from early stars such as Patsy Cline and Kitty Wells up to the astute-minded superstar figures who came to dominate the industry in the late-1960s and 1970s – figures such as Dolly Parton, whose businesses and enterprises include the theme park Dollywood, a film production company as well as the philanthropic ‘Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library’ which has now distributed over 40 million free books to young children in USA, Canada and the UK.
As well as the extensive sleevenotes, the accompanying large 68 page outsize book also includes artists interviews as well as stunning archive photography from the Getty picture archive.
There is also a very limited edition heavyweight double gatefold vinyl edition (complete with full sleeve-notes) and super-loud pressing.
Reviews:
'This superbly presented collection of songs by female pioneers in country music from 1958 to 1978 is a celebration of feminism.' The Times
BONUS 4 OF 6 (Pt. 2)
COUNTRY SOUL SISTERS: Women In Country Music 1952-1978 '12 @320
1. Dolly Parton - Don't Let It Trouble Your Mind
2. Lynn Anderson - Fancy
3. Jeannie C. Riley - I've Done A Lot of Livin' Since Then
4. Bobbie Gentry - Reunion
5. Tammy Wynette - Tonight My Baby's Coming Home
6. Jean Shepard - A Satisfied Mind
7. Nancy Sinatra- Get While the Gettin's Good
8. Tanya Tucker - California Cotton Fields
9. Sammie Smith - Saunders Ferry Line
10. Connie Smith - If It Ain't Love
11. Jean Shepard - Two Whoops and A Holler
12. Billie Jo Spears - Mr Walker
13. Patsy Cline - Ain't No Wheels On This Ship
14. Barbara Fairchild - Color My World
15. Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn - You're The Reason Our Kids Are Ugly
16. Jeannie C. Riley - Harper Valley PTA
17. Jody Miller - A Woman Left Lonely
18. Kitty Wells - Delta Dawn
19. Diana Trask - Show Me
20. Norma Jean - He's All I Got
21. Bobbie Gentry - Ode To Billie Joe
22. Bonnie Guitar - Tender Words
23. Barbara Mandrell - Husband Stealer
24. Diana Trask - I'll Never Do You Wrong
25. Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
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INFO
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BONUS 5 OF 6
BRIAN AUGER & THE TRINITY - Befour 1970 (SHM 2013 Expanded) @320
Brian Auger and his band outdo themselves on this extraordinary album, which boasts playing that is both passionate and of virtuoso caliber, and encompasses just the right repertory. From the opening of the soaring rendition of "I Wanna Take You Higher" through the jazzy interpretation of Gabriel Fauré's Pavane, the Albinoni-based Adagio per Archi e Organo, the impassioned rendition of Traffic's "No Time to Live" (sung by lead guitarist Gary Boyle), and the smooth interpretation of Herbie Hancock's "Maiden Voyage" (featuring some elegant lead playing by Boyle before Auger's organ moves into the foreground), Befour delivers superb musicianship, crossing the lines between jazz and rock with touches of soul and even some lingering traces of psychedelia. The one fully experimental track, "Listen Here," which was cut in a single take of nine minutes and 22 seconds, is a hard, pounding piece driven by Boyle's jagged lead guitar and showing off the band augmented by three additional drummers (Mickey Waller, Barry Reeves, and Colin Allen) and an extra bassist (Roger Sutton) -- it reminds one somewhat of the kinds of experiments that the Nice sometimes attempted a lot less successfully. "Just You and Me" is a worthy finale to the original album, a hard-rocking showcase for each of the players. (Bruce Eder, Allmusic)
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BONUS 6 OF 6
DOROTHY MOORE - Misty Blue '76 (Expanded) @320
A classic album of Southern soul.
A pivotal moment in the development of southern soul – as the album was one of the first really big hits to come out of the growing Malaco scene in Jackson, Mississippi. The style of the record is a mix of older female southern soul styles, plus some of the warmer mellow production that was coming out of the Alston/Miami scene at the same time.
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I was diggin on Crate Diggin Fever on the train, going to work this morning. Thanks, man!
Thanks
Thanks for "misty blue" & "crate diggin' fever"
cheers,Tel
THE SOUL OF O.V. WRIGHT (1992) [Duke - Peacock / MCA]
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This article is a must-read:
Tribute To A Tortured Soul Singer
By Jesse Drucker, WSJ, 20 November 2008
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB122713666134442381
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The Soul of O.V. Wright isn't fancy, but it gets the job done. In that way, this solid 18-track compilation is just like its subject, one of the most underrated deep soul singers of his era. Although the Houston-based Wright had the grit of Otis Redding (minus Redding's occasional tendency to oversing) and the spiritual grace of Sam Cooke's pre-secular work, Wright only managed a couple of major hits on the R&B charts, and not even his best single, 1965's startling, Ray Charles-like ballad "'You're Gonna Make Me Cry,'" crossed over to the pop charts. Regardless, all 18 tracks here are sublime deep soul, from the testifying swing of his first single "'I Don't Want to Sit Down'" to his remarkable work with Willie Mitchell in the '70s. ("'I'd Rather Be Blind, Crippled and Crazy'" is every bit the equal of any of Mitchell's better-known work with Al Green from the same period.) There is plenty more to savor where this came from, but The Soul of O.V. Wright is a terrific introduction to this amazing performer. -- Allmusic
More details at Allmusic
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More details at Discogs
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Much obliged for Crate Diggin' Fever and Country Soul Sisters.
The Smithereens
The Mega Box
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Many thanks to Psyclist for the Mega Box posting. Been looking for these for years!!
Crate Diggin' is just fantastic. Many thanks.
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