The latest instalment of Mountains of Soul Episode 7 was released last Friday (20 Jan '23). This time out half of the tracks are from New Orleans based labels/artists.
01 - Big Daddy Rogers [1968] - I'm a Big Man [Midas #9006]
Dated '68 but sound earlier as this is a driving R&B number by blues singer Big Daddy Rogers.
02 - The Rubaiyats [1968] - Omar Khayyam [Sansu #456]
The Rubaiyats were duo Willie Harper and Allen Toussaint and this seems to be their only recoding together as The Rubaiyats but thanks to a comment left we now know they recorded another on Sansu as Willie & Allen "I Don't Need No One" / "Baby Do Little".
03 - Syl Johnson [2010] - I've Been Talked About [Numero Group #NUM 322]
This song was released on a Numero Group Syl Johnson album compilation "Complete Mythology" in 2010 and featured on the album "Do You Know What Soul Is?" which was also sold separately (NUM 322.2) and appears to be a previously unreleased album.
04 - Inell Young [196?] - The Next Ball Game [Big 9 #1001]
The only release on New Orleans label Big 9 which isn't dated but must be late 60s. The song was written and arranged by Edwin J. Bocage aka Eddie Bo. Both sides have been reissued several times by Soul Jazz Records in UK.
05 - Gerri Hall [1966] - Who Can I Run To [Hot Line #905]
Another New Orleans outing from the same label that gave the scene Donna King "Take Me Home". Hall released a handful of singles before becoming one of Ray Charles' Raeletts.
06 - Holly Maxwell [1965] - (Happiness Will Cost You) One Thin Dime [Constellation #C-152]
Back to Chicago for Holly Maxwell's first single. She had another biggie "Only When You're Lonely" from her half a dozen singles.
07 - Lydia Marcelle [1967] - It's Not Like You [Manhattan #809]
Another New Orleans release this time from blue-eyed singer Lydia Marcell who was from L.A.
08 - Fuller Brothers [1969] - Time's A Wasting [Soul Clock #SC-105]
A NS classic by brothers Erskin and Major Fuller. They also released only around half a dozen singles for west coast labels between 1966-70. The same backing was used by The Whisper on Remember Me.
09 - The Shadows [1970] - My Love Is Gone [Golden Sound #2001]
The only listed single for the Chicago group originally released on Golden Sound and picked up be U.S.A. Records for national release in 1970.
10 - Chuck Ray [1967] - I Don't Mind [Tam-Boo #6719]
The final song is one featured on Richard Searling's Crossover 100 by Chuck Ray and , for me, the best of the bunch on this compilation. He released only five singles and at least another three of them have had exposure on the scene, "Reconsider", "I Go For Love" and "Pleased Don't Go", only the funky track "Double Dog" has been ignored.
| Rating: | 8.2 |
| Explicit: | N |
| Genre/Style: | Northern Soul |
| Format: | Album / Compilation |
| Media: | Digital |
| Label: | Charly |
| Cat No: | None |
| Date: | 20/01/2023 |
| Price: | £7.89 |
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Willie Harper and Allen Toussaint recorded another single, also on Sansu.
ReplyDeleteI Don't Need No One / Baby Do Little as by Willie & Allen