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Artist: Various |Label: Kent /Ace |Format: 7×45 |Genre: Soul / R&B | Single Condition: New | Jacket Condition: Sealed
Various Artists
Goldwax Records: Memphis Sol Rarities 1964-1969
Kent / Ace LTDBOX022 – 7 disc 7″ 45 box set
The renowned Memphis 60s soul label Goldwax was a medium-sized operation with just short of a hundred releases. Though it ran a tight ship, inevitably some of their recordings fell by the wayside.The label is revered by fans of the classic age of soul music around the world. In the late 70s the Japanese Vivid Sound label contacted Goldwax owner, Quinton Claunch and accessed his tapes. They found a dozen excellent, previously unheard, tracks and issued them, along with Goldwax favourites on a short series of LPs in 1977. In 2000 Ace Records purchased the label from Claunch and his partners gaining full ownership of the tapes, which lead to more musical discoveries. Our releases on Ace and Kent over the past twenty plus years have seen most of these recordings featured, primarily on CD – the medium of the early years of the 21st century. More recently the renewed demand for vinyl has led to new 12 compilations and to augment those we have come up with a neat, boxed collection of seven singles that will appeal to the soul collectors who live for this format. Of the 14 tracks, only three have been singles before – the sublime harmony vocals of the Vel-Tones and the Lyrics with their mid-60s Goldwax releases and Barbara Perrys R&B explosion A Man Is A Mean Thing first released on Kent but now long gone and craved for. Goldwaxs star James Carr kicks us off with Your Love Made A U-Turn, a funk groove from 1969. This would surely have prolonged his and the labels lifespans had it been issued at the time. Our flip however would have needed to be an underground hit; it is doubtful that any radio station would have entertained such smutty lyrics in the 60s. Connoisseurs of the mid-60s Detroit soul sound will be thrilled to have the Ovations I Miss You on a 45 at last; it really has all the ingredients of a Motor City classic. What Did I Do Wrong makes a great stomping B side – complete with virtuoso harmonica. The label was known for its gritty southern sound, so To Me Its Storming is an atypical, softly melodic, mid-tempo song sung by, but oddly not penned by, George Jackson and Dan Greer. George does get to sing his own, tougher, composition Let The Best Man Win on the flip. Apart from her aforementioned New Breed classic, Barbara Perrys 45 features the charming, country-soul beat ballad Welcome Home Baby, which is a real grower. We do have one exclusive debutant with Willie Walkers original take on the Homer Banks written Lucky Loser. This version is in the classic Goldwax southern sound and groove, recorded two years before his funked-up version was released on Chess. James Carrs rendition of this song was recorded at the same session but did not have the splendid brass section Willies boasts. The flip is a southern rave-up from Chicagoan Lee Shot Williams who regularly visited Memphis and was given a two-song contract and recording session which didnt earn a release until we belatedly found the tape. The Lyrics/Vel-Tones original releases make up our sixth disc. The ender is a dramatic big city-style ballad from Phillip & The Faithfuls, which was clearly inspired by the Righteous Brothers. It is coupled with a beguiling oddity from an unknown artist. Its Really Alright is as catchy as they come and despite its limited orchestration makes a wonderful 45 and a mystery to be solved.
Contains;
Disc One:
Your Love Has Made a U-Turn – James Carr
Who’s Been Warming My Oven? – James Carr
Disc Two
I Miss You – The Ovations feat Louis Williams
What Did I Do Wrong – The Ocations feat Louis Williams
Disc Three
To Me It’s Storming – George & Greer
Let The Best Man Win – George Jackson
Disc Four
Welcome Home Baby – Barbara Perry
A Man is a Mean Thing – Barbara Perry
Disc Five
A Lucky Loser – Willie Walker
You Gotta Have Soul – Lee “Shot” WIlliams
Disc Six
So Hard to Get Along – The Lyrics w/ The Top Notes
I Do – The Vel Tones
Disc Seven
If You Love Her – Phillip & the Faithfuls
It’s Really Alright – Unknown
NEW SEALED 7 disc 7″ 45 box set
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