Sweet Soul Music: 1967

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Overview

A sequel of sorts to Bear Family's amazing R&B series Blowin' the Fuse -- which covered the growth of R&B from 1945 to 1960 and its evolution into soul -- the Sweet Soul Music series picks things up from there, and charts the unfolding of soul music in all of its incarnations from 1961 to 1970 through ten wonderfully packaged and assembled sets arranged chronologically and drawing on all of the music's major players, from Motown and Chess to Stax and Atlantic and beyond. It's an impressive achievement in licensing and vision, and each volume features Bear Family's usual care and attention to detail, but what makes it all work, of course, is the music, which is as delightful to hear as it is historically vital. This volume covers the year 1967 and includes classics like Martha & the Vandellas' "Jimmy Mack," Aretha Franklin's "Respect," the Parliaments' "(I Wanna) Testify," Etta James' "Tell Mama," and so much more. Every track shines and reveals new joys by affiliation -- listening to these 30 sides is like time traveling back to a beautiful summer's night and a long drive with the top down. This is what Bear Family does so well, turning out collections of essential music lovingly assembled, remastered, and restored. Sweet is exactly the right word for each of the ten volumes in this series. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	09/01/2009
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127169723
Rank:	103237

Tracks

1. Are You Lonely for Me
2. Mercy, Mercy, Mercy
3. Funky Broadway, Pt. 1
4. Girls Are Out to Get You
5. Sweet Soul Music
6. Nothing Takes the Place of You
7. Jimmy Mack
8. She's Looking Good
9. Eight Men, Four Women
10. Tramp
11. Ain't No Mountain High Enough
12. Respect
13. Make Me Yours
14. Baby Please Come Back Home
15. Soul Finger
16. I Was Made to Love Her
17. Some Kind of Wonderful
18. Hypnotized
19. Come on Sock It to Me
20. (I Wanna) Testify
21. Cold Sweat, Pt. 1
22. Get on Up
23. (Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher
24. Dirty Man
25. Expressway to Your Heart
26. Soul Man
27. I Heard It Through the Grapevine
28. Piece of My Heart
29. Skinny Legs and All
30. Tell Mama

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Jackie Wilson   Primary Artist
Laura Lee   Primary Artist
James Brown & His Famous Flames   Primary Artist
Tammi Terrell   Primary Artist
Carla Thomas   Primary Artist
The Fascinations   Primary Artist
Erma Franklin   Primary Artist
Joe Tex   Primary Artist
Sam & Dave   Primary Artist
Rodger Collins   Primary Artist
Martha & the Vandellas   Primary Artist
Etta James   Primary Artist
Linda Jones   Primary Artist
The Soul Survivors   Primary Artist
Aretha Franklin   Primary Artist
Syl Johnson   Primary Artist
Bar-Kays   Primary Artist
Bettye Swann   Primary Artist
Marvin Gaye   Primary Artist
The Parliaments   Primary Artist
Otis Redding   Primary Artist
O.V. Wright   Primary Artist
Cannonball Adderley   Primary Artist
Arthur Conley   Primary Artist
Stevie Wonder   Primary Artist
Gladys Knight & the Pips   Primary Artist
Toussaint McCall   Primary Artist
Soul Brothers Six   Primary Artist
J.J. Barnes   Primary Artist
Dyke & the Blazers   Primary Artist
Freddie Scott   Primary Artist
The Esquires   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Sylvia Moy   Composer
Bert Berns   Composer
Jimmy McCracklin   Composer
Kenny Gamble   Composer
Isaac Hayes   Composer
Lamont Dozier   Composer
James Alexander   Composer
Barrett Strong   Composer
Ben Cauley   Composer
Joe Tex   Composer
Deadric Malone   Composer
Sam Cooke   Composer
Valerie Simpson   Composer
Rodger Collins   Composer
Juergen Crasser   Mastering
Donald Davis   Composer
Carl Cunningham   Composer
William Sheppard   Composer
Dave Booth   Tape Research,Reissue Producer,Discographical Information
Patrick Robinson   Composer
Andreas Merck   Photo Scanning
Gilbert Moorer   Composer
Daron Taylor   Composer
Wolfgang Taubenauer   Photo Scanning
Bill Dahl   Liner Notes
Toussaint McCall   Composer
Henry Cosby   Composer
Marcus Daniel   Composer
Gary Jackson   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Arthur Conley   Composer
Arlester "Dyke" Christian   Composer
John Ellison   Composer
David Porter   Composer
Wilbur Terrell   Composer
Nickolas Ashford   Composer
Norman Whitfield   Composer
Syl Johnson   Composer
Lowell Fulson   Composer
Pee Wee Ellis   Composer
Lula Mae Hardaway   Composer
Phalon Jones   Composer
Jesse Anderson   Composer
Jerry Ragovoy   Composer
Richard Poindexter   Composer
Otis Redding   Composer
Raynard Miner   Composer