"Super Soul Sisters"

Out-of-copyright CD compilations can be a bit of a lottery in terms of content and sound quality but this one hits all its targets with great flair......For a little under six of our English pounds you get 60 vintage soul recordings from the early sixties, from a wide range of female artists. It mixes up up big names (Aretha, Gladys Knight) and the totally obscure (Carrie Grant and the Grandeurs, anyone?), and generally avoids obvious big hits without picking unknown tracks just for the sake of it. These chewns may not be familiar, but many of them are magnificent and none of them are without something worthy of your attention. Whoever is responsible for the selection really, really knows what they're doing. It's worth the six quid just for the opening track, Martha & the Vandellas "I'll Have To Let Him Go", which is jaw-droppingly, house-shakingly brilliant.
As noted, the sound quality is exemplary, with everything sounding fresh and new, and there are some brief but informative, scene-setting liner notes.
An exemplary package and a perfect illustration of How This Sort Of Thing should be done. Snap it up. (The Guardian)trax 1:
1. I'll Have To Let Him Go - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 2. Your Love Is Important To Me - Betty Everett 3. Tear After Tear - Patti LaBelle & The Bluebells 4. You'll Lose A Good Thing - Barbara Lynn 5. Your Love - Claudine Clark 6. Every Beat Of My Heart - Gladys Knight & The Pips 7. If I Knew - Yvonne Fair & The James Brown Band 8. Don't Let Her Take My Baby - Mitty Collier 9. I Know (You Don't Love Me No More) - Barbara George 10. It's Raining - Irma Thomas 11. Castle In The Sky - Gerri Granger 12. He Who Laughs Last - Freda Payne 13. A Handful Of Memories - Baby Washington 14. My Little Angel - Johnnie Mae Matthews 15. Promise Me Anything - Maxine Brown 16. Little Bit Of Lovin' - Gigi 17. Love's Burning Fire - Beverly Ann Gibson 18. Time Out For Tears - Annie Laurie 19. How Come - Birdie Green 20. Trouble In Mind - Aretha Franklin
trax 2:
1. Letter Full Of Tears - Gladys Knight & The Pips 2. Hush Heart - Baby Washington 3. You Better Come Home - Varetta Dillard 4. I Done Got Over It - Irma Thomas 5. Just For A Thrill - Aretha Franklin 6. River Of Salt - Ketty Lester 7. Bad Boy - Fontella Bass 8. You're Driving Me Crazy - Dorothy Berry 9. Hey Fool - Brenda Holloway 10. Tremblin' - Birdie Green 11. Freddy Blue Eyes - Claudine Clark 12. My Life - Maxine Brown 13. Take All Of My Life - Carrie Grant & The Grandeurs 14. Who Wouldn't Love A Man Like That - Mable John 15. My Baby Won't Come Back - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas 16. Give Our Love A Chance - Ada Ray 17. What s Wrong With Me - Gerri Granger 18. Don't Ask Me No Question - Barbara George 19. The Headshrinker - Johnnie Mae Matthews 20. Second Fiddle Girl - Barbara Lynn
trax 3:
1. We Need Them - Barbara English 2. Echo - Brenda Holloway 3. You Don't Have To Be A Tower Of Strength - Gloria Lynne 4. My Man, He's A Lovin Man - Betty Lavett 5. Don t Feel Rained On - Esther Phillips 6. I Sold My Heart To The Junkman - Patti LaBelle & her Blue Belles 7. Looking For A Man - Mable John 8. Cry On - Irma Thomas 9. I Found You - Yvonne Fair & The James Brown Band 10. Operator - Gladys Knight & The Pips 11. The Time - Baby Washington 12. Foxy - Claudine Clark 13. If I Knew Then (What I Know Now) - Maxine Brown 14. Tide Of Love - Miss LaVell 15. Lonely Heartaches - Barbara Lynn 16. First Love - Baby Lena Calhoun 17. It s Nobody s Fault - Christine Kittrell 18. Don't Wait Too Long - Erma Franklin 19. Soul-Mate - Ramona King 20. (Desafinado) Slightly Out Of Tune - Freda Payne
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