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The Very Best of Otis Redding

CD-Charts > Music > Southern Soul
by: Otis Redding

Release Date October 30, 2000
This cd deserves more than 5 stars. Forty great tracks from one of the greatest singers of all time. Otis Redding was a great influence on the likes of Paul Rodgers. What a tragedy he died so young.

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Like A Fire

CD-Charts > Music > Southern Soul
by: Solomon Burke

Release Date June 23, 2008
Solomon Burke's latest CD is a personal and understated if not sparse affair. For most of his career the man from Philadelphia has been switching between country and soul, often choosing songs from the (white) country tradition but singing them with (black) preacher type phrasing. Until recently Burke's accompaniment also stuck to traditional soul patterns. Nothing wrong with that! Now, once again, there is not a sax or trumpet in sight. If anything this CD is even more introspective than its predecessor. Is it good? Yes, but I'm beginning to believe it's not as good as the three preceding ones, Don't give up on Me, Make do with what you've got and Nashville. My ideal verdict would be three and a half stars but that is not possible.
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OST American Gangster

CD-Charts > Music > Southern Soul
by: Soundtrack

Release Date November 05, 2007
Solomon Burke's latest CD is a personal and understated if not sparse affair. For most of his career the man from Philadelphia has been switching between country and soul, often choosing songs from the (white) country tradition but singing them with (black) preacher type phrasing. Until recently Burke's accompaniment also stuck to traditional soul patterns. Nothing wrong with that! Now, once again, there is not a sax or trumpet in sight. If anything this CD is even more introspective than its predecessor. Is it good? Yes, but I'm beginning to believe it's not as good as the three preceding ones, Don't give up on Me, Make do with what you've got and Nashville. My ideal verdict would be three and a half stars but that is not possible.
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CD-Charts Position 4
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Best of Friends (CD + DVD)

CD-Charts > Music > Southern Soul
by: Jools Holland

Release Date October 15, 2007
The mix of music is perfect.Lulu was great and loved Valantine moon. Gave as christmas presents all round.

CD-Charts Position 5
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Aretha Franklin: Rare and Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul

CD-Charts > Music > Southern Soul
by: Aretha Franklin

Release Date March 03, 2008
Soul nectar, from the Queen.

This is jaw-dropping astonishing stuff. There is so much heart and soul in 'I'm Trying to Overcome' that I wonder why other singers actually bother...

Even if you don't know much of her work, this double CD set is essential. Her cover versions, again, give old songs new meaning.

Listen. Listen again. Enjoy.

CD-Charts Position 6
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The Dock of the Bay: the Definitive Collection

CD-Charts > Music > Southern Soul
by: Otis Redding

Release Date December 07, 1992
this is a fantastic cd. Fantastic voice, from a great soulful gorgeous man ! can listen to this all day ! His voice is second to none, you must buy it !!! He sings with feeling and experience - it shows in his voice.

CD-Charts Position 7
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The Best Of Booker T. & The MG's

CD-Charts > Music > Southern Soul
by: Booker T. & The MG's

Release Date June 22, 1992
These are the best of the Booker T & MGs recording from 1968 to 1972, after their succesful Atlantic career. Time is tight, Soul limbo and Melting pot were the huge hits with a more funky and outspoken sound. The other instrumentals vary from good to excellent (great versions of Born under a bad sign, Something, Mrs. Robinson) except for the weak vocals on Johnny I love you. This is the one to buy after the Atlantic Best Ofs.

CD-Charts Position 8
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Otis Blue: Otis Redding Sings Soul

CD-Charts > Music > Southern Soul
by: Otis Redding

Release Date December 07, 1992
If you really want to know the meaning of Soul then listen to this album by Otis. This album shows how his rapidly developing talent had matured into excellent writing on his own songs such as "Ole Man Trouble", "Respect" and his biggest hit "I've Been Loving You Too Long".

Even the usual covers you get on most albums are delivered by Otis with that feeling of Soul which enhances how they were done by the original artists. Just see what I mean by his versions of " Change Gonna Come" by Sam Cooke, "My Girl" by Smokey Robinson, which was a hit for the Temptations, and so on.

One of the reasons the music on this album is so good, is that Otis was a multi talented artist who could sing, play several instruments and at around this time he was ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 9
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Stax - 50th Anniversary Celebration

CD-Charts > Music > Southern Soul
by: Various Artists

Release Date May 21, 2007
Not fot the first time we get a Stax retrospective but here it comes with the half century marker.
Like the other famous Memphis label-Sun-the label concentrated on black music after its beginnings as a country music label called Satellite.
The first hit single was by Carla Thomas daugter of Rufus who'd once been on Sun and who made the first Stax single as a duet with Carla.
Gee Whiz strraddled the boundaries between high school pop and R & B and has been much covered.
Sun was actually ready to set as Stax set the pace for what was to follow in the 60s which was even blacker music and the label would eventually be sold out to the corporates in the 70s
The reissue programs would come shortly and it never ends

CD-Charts Position 10
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New Orleans Funk: the Original Sound of Funk 1960-1975

CD-Charts > Music > Southern Soul
by: Various Artists

Release Date October 15, 2007
Funk is a word which reminds me of the boring music of James Brown or the people who do all that Maggot brain funkadelic crap but this is the real thing The word was conjured up in New Orleans and means basically "sweaty".
Linking up to psychedlia killed the music for me but New Orleans carried on as a major force well into the 70s when it began leasing to a Mississipi label called Malaco