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This compilation starts off at a thunderous pace with three rollicking Northern Soul Classics, Al Wilson's 'The Snake', Soul City's 'Everybody Dance Now' and Hank Jacobs' 'Elijah Rockin' With Soul'. Other soulful grooves include 'We Got A Thing That's In The Groove' by those 'Cool Jerk' boys The Capitols, 'If It's All The Same To You Babe' by Luther Ingram, 'Baby Don't You Do It' by The Poets and three further tracks from Billy Preston, The Soul Runners and the Luther Ingram Orchestra. It total there are ten tracks from a compilation of twenty three which could reasonably be classified as soul. After such a tremendous beginning the soul fan may be a little disappointed to find that the rest of it is made up of 'R&B' and 'Beat' records. Despite the fact much of this compilation is not Soul music many of the other tracks will still be familiar to the aficionado. This is because several of the beat numbers are cover versions of soul originals or conversely may be the originals of soul covers. The Bobby Fuller Four do a version of Melba Moore's 'Magic Touch', Truman Thomas covers Edwin Starr's '25 Miles' whilst The Powerhouse give a rather insipid performance of Sam Cooke's 'Chain Gang'. No question that it's an interesting compilation with some unusual tracks but as a die hard soulie I'm not sure that I'm entirely happy with the concept of this album. I've always regarded Goldmine as being a bastion of soul music and with the exception of their third 'Out On The Floor' compilation they've always given their devotees 'soul' in its purest form. This smacks of them having lost their way a bit, possibly because of a lack of new material to release. Kev Roberts might have been better putting this out on his KRL label with his 'North of Watford' Series rather than sully the purity of his 'Goldmine' label. It's an interesting offering, but of limited interest to the pure soul aficionado and will probably appeal more to the ageing mod. My favourite tracks are inevitably Hank Jacobs 'Elijah Rockin With Soul' and 'Exus Treck' by the Luther Ingram Orchestra, but I am quite getting to like Bo Junior's R&B style 'Coffee Pot'. Track Listing:- The Snake - Al Wilson Everybody Dance Now - Soul City Elijah Rockin With Soul - Hank Jacobs Coffee Pot (Pt. 2) - Bo Junior Magic Touch - The Bobby Fuller Four Jump and Dance - Carnaby We Got A Thing That's In The Groove - The Capitols If It's All The Same To You Babe - Luther Ingram Alligator Boogaloo - Sandy Nelson Baby You Got It - The Truth Baby Don't You Do It - The Poets Secret Agent Man - Johnny Rivers Ain't Got No Time To Play - Billy Preston Indian Rope Man - Julie Driscoll, Brian Auger And The Trinity These Boots Were Made For Walkin' - The Happy Cats Crawling Up A Hill - John Mayall Charley - The Soul Runners Fever - Patti Drew 25 Miles - Truman Thomas Exus Treck - Luther Ingram Orchestra Boogaloo Tramp - AC Reed Wobble Legs - Tommy Dark Chain Gang - The Powerhouse Check out my guestbook for Dave Clark's (Promoter of the Hipshaker Club) comments on this review |
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