"Deep & Gritty The Sound Of The City" Vol 3: Detroit

Deep, tough and rare Detroit soul from the 60’s into the early 70’s - most have never been on a compilation before!Thanks to a huge Afro-American migration, Detroit in the 50’s was jumping with the blues - around the Hastings Street area there was a vibrant club scene. When rhythm and blues mutated into soul in the 60’s, Berry Gordy’s Motown juggernaut changed the local recording landscape totally.  But just below this surface there were a few enterprising record men who remained interested in the older music, and who integrated R&B with the younger gospel based singers to make hard edged soul. This CD features the very best of that type of Motor City magic - as deep and as gritty as you will find anywhere.

trax:

1. I Don't Know Why (I Love You Like I Do) - Branding Iron 2. Please Let Me Help You - Diane Lewis 3. I Wanna Go Home - Darrell Banks 4. Mercy Mercy (Have A Little Mercy) - The Citations 5. I'll Shed No Trars - Dee Edwards 6. Lack Of Attention - The Green Brothers 7. No More Tears - Herbie Ross 8. If You Just Love Me - E.J. & The Echoes 9. You Ain'tthe Only Man (God Created) - Jeanie Reynolds 10. When You Lose The One You Love - Buddy Smith 11. Thats What My Man (Is For) - Johnnie Mae Matthews 12. If You Need Me - Wilson Pickett 13. Forget Him - The Superlatives 14. Three Knocks On My Door - Earl King 15. Baby Don't You Weep - Fred Bridges 16. Please Mr Foreman - Joe L. 17. So Will I - Laura Lee 18. Love On A Lease Plan - Johnnie Burke 19. It's Just Infatuation - Rick Nichols 20. (It's) My Very Own Broken Heart - John Goodwine

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