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| Do you like good music? Yeah! Yeah! Get on board the soul train for Eric Records'
first-ever collection of foot stompin' sweet and soulful classics. Sweet
Soul Sounds 1963-1971 surveys the years when soul music came together, combining the
rural and urbane, the sacred and profane into a truly modern groove that spoke of struggle,
freedom,
love, loss, and lust. Sweet Soul Sounds includes such classics as Clarence Carter's cheating epic, "Slip Away," and Archie Bell's dance ultimatum, "There's Gonna Be A Showdown." But the great joys of this anthology are the hard-to-find gems previously unavailable to most collectors - songs like "(I Wanna) Testify," featuring a pre-P-Funk George Clinton, or Johnny Adams' "Reconsider Me," a swooping supplication cut by the "Tan Canary" for tiny SSS International Records in 1969. Of special note are two soul classics making their CD debut. Denise LaSalle's "Trapped By A Thing Called Love" is one of the last great soul songs, recorded in 1971 as soul music was morphing into funk and disco; it appears on a U.S. CD for the first time ever. And, Little Sister, a female trio featuring Sly Stone's younger sibling, is represented by two cuts, one of which - "You're the One (Parts 1 & 2 )" - has never been available on any CD anywhere! Here's the COMPLETE version - in stereo, no less! Sweet Soul Sounds includes 20 pop hits (16 of them Top Thirty), and all tracks have been digitally mastered to the exacting standards of Eric Records - in true stereo wherever possible. CD includes an 12-page booklet with detailed liner notes on each song written by renowned soul authority, Randy Poe. |
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| Track | Title | Artist | Pop Chart |
R&B Chart |
Date | Stereo Mono |
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| 1. | Sweet Soul Music |
Arthur Conley | #2 | #2 | Mar. 1967 | Mono | ||
| 2. | Funky Street Rare | Arthur Conley | #14 | #5 | Mar. 1968 | Stereo | ||
| 3. | There's Gonna Be a Showdown | Archie Bell & The Drells | #21 | #6 | Nov. 1968 | Stereo | ||
| 4. | Just One Look | Doris Troy | #10 | #3 | Jun. 1963 | Mono | ||
| 5. | Cry to Me | Betty Harris | #23 | #10 | Sep. 1963 | Mono | ||
| 6. | The Sweetest Thing This Side of Heaven | Chris Bartley | #32 | #10 | Jul. 1967 | Stereo | ||
| 7. | Open the Door to Your Heart Rare | Darrell Banks | #27 | #2 | Jul. 1966 | Mono | ||
| 8. | She's Looking Good Stereo Debut | Rodger Collins | #101 | #44 | Feb. 1967 | Stereo | ||
| 9. | I'm the Lover Man | Little Jerry Williams | #102 | -- | Nov. 1964 | Mono | ||
| 10. | Dry Your Eyes | Brenda & The Tabulations | #20 | #8 | Feb. 1967 | Stereo | ||
| 11. | Part Time Love |
Little Johnny Taylor | #19 | #1 | Aug. 1963 | Stereo | ||
| 12. | Slip Away | Clarence Carter | #6 | #2 | Jul. 1968 | Stereo | ||
| 13. | Stand By Your Man Rare |
Candi Staton | #24 | #4 | Aug. 1970 | Stereo | ||
| 14. | Reconsider Me | Johnny Adams | #28 | #8 | Jun. 1969 | Stereo | ||
| 15. | Expressway to Your Heart New Stereo Mix | Soul Survivors | #4 | #3 | Sep. 1967 | Stereo | ||
| 16. | (I Wanna) Testify Rare | The Parliaments | #20 | #3 | Jul. 1967 | Mono | ||
| 17. | You're the One (Parts 1 & 2) CD Debut | Little Sister | #22 | #4 | Feb. 1970 | Stereo | ||
| 18. | Trapped by a Thing Called Love U.S. CD Debut | Denise LaSalle | #13 | #1 | Aug. 1971 | Stereo | ||
| 19. | Somebody's Watching You Rare | Little Sister | #32 | #8 | Nov. 1970 | Stereo | ||
| 20. | Love Land | Charles Wright & the Watts103rd Street Rhythm Band | #16 | #23 | Mar. 1970 | Stereo | ||
Chart positions taken from Joel Whitburn's Record Research series of Billboard chart books.
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