VA - The Great American Soulbook: Pioneers Of Soul Chapter 1 (2017)

Here is the first volume in a new series devoted the R&B sounds that are burning up dance floors across the UK and Europe. In America too these kinds of sounds are becoming more and more popular with specialist nights springing up all over the globe. 25 remastered selections present some of the biggest names in R&B including: Ruth Brown, Little Stevie Wonder, Wilson Pickett plus many of the most hopelessly obscure. What they all have in common is the ability to make you shake your hips and stomp your feet to a beat that in many instances was getting us all prepared for the eventual arrival of what we still call soul music in the mid-sixties.

Track List:

01. Harvey Fuqua - Any Way You Wanta! 02:46
02. Ruth Brown - (Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean 02:55
03. Roy Brown - Mr. Hound Dog’s in Town 02:35
04. Herbert Hunter - The Big Oak Tree 02:24
05. J. J. Jackson - Oo-Ma-Liddi 02:37
06. James Ray - I’ve Got My Mind Set on You, Pts. 1 & 2 03:28
07. Johnnie and Joe - I Want You Here Beside Me 02:18
08. Johnnie Taylor - Rome ("Wasn’t Built in a Day") 02:37
09. Judy Clay - Do You Think That’s Right? 02:03
10. Alan Knight - I Get Chills 02:16
11. Kissy Darnell - You Jeopardize My Life 02:33
12. Esther Phillips - Wild Child 02:19
13. Little Prince & The Freeloaders - Nursery Love 02:51
14. Little Stevie Wonder - Contract on Love 02:15
15. Mack Rice - Baby I’m Coming Home 02:14
16. Miss Lavell - Stop These Teardrops 02:20
17. Bruce Cloud - My Book 02:23
18. Little Eddie Mint - Bring Yourself Back Here 02:05
19. Prince Love and His Royal Knights - Don’t Want No War 02:05
20. Big Martha - You Don’t Love Me Like You Used To 02:26
21. The Equallos - In Between Tears 02:35
22. The Miracles - Determination 02:20
23. Tony Middleton - My Home Town 02:06
24. Wilson Pickett - Let Me Be Your Boy 02:49
25. Young Jessie - Big Chief (King of Love) 02:31