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Artist: Spencer Wiggins |Label: Kent / Goldwax511 |Format: LP |Genre: Soul/Funk/R&B | Album Condition: New | Cover Condition: Sealed
Spencer Wiggins
The Goldwax Years
Kent / Goldwax 511 – import re-issue from the UK
A vinyl album featuring 14 of the great southern soul singers finest Goldwax recordings.
Although Spencer Wiggins first made the R&B charts with his Fame 45 Double Lovin in 1970, it is his eight Goldwax singles, released in the latter half of the 60s, for which he is most famous among soul fans. Veering from deep melancholic ballads to raucous uptempo groovers, those 45s epitomise southern soul.
Southern soul is a close cousin of the blues, and Lovers Crime, Spencers first single on Goldwaxs Bandstand USA subsidiary, was an early Isaac Hayes composition of that ilk. Sweet Sixteen, which was unreleased until 1977, is a full-on blues, presumably shelved by Goldwax as they wanted to keep Spencer known as a soul singer, even though he excels on the number. A strong country influence is apparent on I Never Loved A Woman (The Way I Love You) which rivals Aretha Franklins Atlantic breakthrough single from a couple of years earlier. Once In A While (Is Better Than Never At All), written by Goldwax boss Quinton Claunch, an ex-country singer, and songwriter George Jacksons Old Friend are also in the country bag.
The dramatic ballad Up Tight Good Woman, penned by Dan Penn, Spooner Oldham and Jimmy Johnson, is probably Spencers best-known recording and remains a highlight of his live performances. Penn and Oldham also provided Take Me Just As I Am, another standout track. Hes Too Old and Im A Poor Mans Son are vibrant, warm-hearted numbers taken at a jaunty pace, although still very much southern soul, whereas Lonely Man is the only song with hints of a Detroit influence, and has consequently cost collectors appreciably more than the norm.
Spencer is primarily a preacher today but his 2010 appearance at the Cleethorpes rare soul weekender demonstrated he is still a great performer. More recently he completed a successful two-date visit to London and Manchester with his brother Percy.
Includes:
I Never Loved a Woman (The Way I Love You)
Old Friend (You Asked me If I Miss Her)
Up Tight Good Woman
That’s How Much I Love You
Take Me Just As I Am
I’m a Poor Man’s Son
Lonely Man
He’s Too Old
Anything You Do Is Alright
I’ll Be True to You
Sweet Sixteen
The Power of a Woman
Lover’s Crime
Once in a While (Is Better Than Never at All)
NEW SEALED import LP
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