The Deep Vault Pt.1 - Soul Deeeep - The Podcast

In response to an unprecedented reaction to the Soul Deeeep Spotify playlist posted last week we received a number of requests to do a podcast for it, so have now posted one on  Podbean where it can also be downloaded to listen to offline.

The tracks are the same but in a different order from the Spotify playlist as we have attempted to do a smoother blend / transition based on key and tempo. The running time is 2 hrs 13 mins. (35 songs).

Artist	Title / Album	Year
Loleatta Holloway	What Now [Loleatta (Gold Mind) LP]	1976
Renaldo Domino	I'm a Good Man [Twinight 45]	1971
Millie Jackson	There You Are [Spring 45]	1976
Barbara & The Browns	I Don't Want To Have To Wait [Cadet 45]	1966
Jesse James	I Need You Baby [Zea 45]	1971
The Controllers	Somebody's Gotta Win,Somebody's Gotta Lose [In Control (Juana) LP]	1977
Bobby Wade	Four Walls And One A Window [Way Out 45]	1967
Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes	Be for Real [Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes (PIR) LP]	1972
Loleatta Holloway	Worn Out Broken Heart [Loleatta (Gold Mind) LP]	1976
The Soul Children	What's Happening Baby [Friction (Stax) LP] (1974)	1974
The Soul Crusaders	I Sit In My Room [Lu Tall 45]	1976
Eddie Parker	Crying Clown [Deep Soul 45]	2019 1976
Carla Whitney	Questions [Attic 45] (1975)	1975
Eddie Parker	But If You Must Go [MAM Miko / Deep Soul 45]	1976 2016
James Dee & A Piece Of The Action & The Primettes	Jealous Over Love [Enrica 45]	1969
Ann Peebles	It Was Jealousy [Tellin' It (Hi) LP]	1975
Gene Townsel	Time Wounds All Heels [Time Wounds All Heels (Dobre) LP]	1978
Mike & The Censations	There's Nothing I Can Do About It [Highland 45]	1967
Larry Saunders	Where Did Peace Go? [Sound Of Soul 45]	1971
Bessie Banks	Try To Leave Me If You Can (I Bet You Can't Do It) [Volt 45]	1974
Loleatta Holloway	Cry To Me [Aware 45] (1974)	1974
Debbie Taylor & The Hesitations	All That I Have [Deep Soul 45] (2016)	2016
The Emotions	Anyway You Look At It [Volt 45]	1974
Jackie Wilson	Just as Soon as the Feelings Over [Brunswick UK 45]	1977
Chuck Cissel	Love Is Missing From Our Live s [If I Had The Chance (Arista) LP]	2023
The Dells	I Touched A Dream [20th Century Fox 45]	1980
Roger Hatcher	We Gonna Make It [Brown Dog 45]	1975
Barbara Brown	Pity A Fool [Sounds Of Memphis 45]	1972
The Masqueraders	I'm Just An Average Guy [AGP 45]	1968
The Knight Bros.	Temptation 'Bout To Get Me [Checker 45]	1965
The Rance Allen Group	Just My Imagination (Just My Salvation) [Truth 45]	1972
The High Keys	Let's Take A Chance [Verve 45] (1966)	1966
Buddy Smith	When You Lose The One You Love [Brute 45]	1967
Debbie Taylor	Let's Prove Them Wrong [GWP 45]	1969
Ray Gant & Arabian Knights	Don't Leave Me Baby [Jay-Walking 45]	1971

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The Deep Vault Pt. 1 - Soul Deeeep!

The Deep Vault is something new we decided to launch to highlight the deeper side of soul music which is at the root of 'our' music. It wont be a regular feature but something we drop in occasionally when it's all quiet on the new release front. 

It may be opportune for some who expound the virtues of R&B, dance music, neo/future/progressive soul to reacquaint themselves with what soul music is really about, i.e. real musicians with real voices singing with 'soul' as, lets face it, any of us could parade around with our voices autotuned over beats, what's 'real' about that? Enough of the samples, drum machines and auto-tuned vocals, let's get real!

Most, if not all, of these in our first instalment will be known to soul connoisseurs but hopefully may be 'new' to others who may gain a new appreciation of the raw artistry of the backbone to soul music.

As a logo for the series we've borrowed Dave Godin's 60s Soul City label image with the motto: 'Soul as deep as you like and then some'. Dave was a big exponent of the genre in his Blues & Soul columns and is probably responsible for single-handedly turning many of us onto the genre but, as with most 'labels', it is one that is not tightly defined, it is something you have to feel. It's not just ballads, slow jams or quiet storm it goes much 'deeper' than that. Gut wrenching rawness that you know that the singer means every word that is being sung. Someone once said that you can't sing soul if you've never been hurt! 

Sit back, pour a drink and an wallow in the mastery. Every one, in our opinion, is an absolute gem. If these songs don't move you then you ain't got (or you just don't get) soul. Gin and razor blades are optional!

 

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