VARIOUS - Soul Music: The First Five Decades - 7CD Box Set [MAR 14]

Limited Edition 7CD Box Set. Two 24-page booklets written by John Ridley and Nick Duckett set out the historical background and explain some of the technical features that make these beautiful songs the precursors of soul music.

This collection of breathtaking, soulful blues and spiritual music brings you some of the most impassioned, compelling vocal performances ever to be recorded. In a comprehensive overview from 1927 to 1973, History of Soul Records’ 7CD anthology chronicles the genesis of soul music. The first three CDs trace the early connections between R&B, jazz and blues, and gospel, between the secular and the sacred. The remaining CDs continue the story from the 60s into the 70s, covering a large portion of soul music’s Golden Age with 100 tracks by soul’s greatest superstars, live on TV and radio. Two 24-page booklets written by John Ridley and Nick Duckett set out the historical background and explain some of the technical features that make these beautiful songs the precursors of soul music.

Tracklist: 

CD 1:
1. Sister Mary Nelson - Judgement
2. Blind Willie Johnson - Lord I Just Can't Keep from Cryin'
3. Bessie Smith - Moan, You Moaners
4. Mahalia Jackson - Oh, My Lord
5. Rev R V Gates - This Heart of Mine
6. The Wright Brothers - Gospel Train
7. Ernestine B Washington - If I Could Just Make It In
8. Georgia Peach - I'm Waiting for Jesus
9. Rosetta Tharpe & Marie Knight - Beams of Heaven
10. Professor J Earle Hines - How Sweet It Is
11. Sister Mathews - Stand by Me
12. Cora Martin - There's a Place
13. Jackson Gospel Singers - Heaven Bound Train
14. The Dominoes - Do Something for Me
15. Percy Mayfield - Please Send Me Someone to Love
16. Dorothy Love Coates - I'm Sealed
17. The Five Keys - Too Late Baby
18. Little Esther - I'll Be There
19. Little Miss Cornshucks - Try a Little Tenderness
20. Ray Charles - Misery in My Heart
21. Ruth Davis - When He Spoke
22. Bobby Bland - Crying All Night Long
23. The Davis Sisters - I'm Tired
24. Lloyd Price - Lawdy Miss Clawdy
25. The Soul Stirrers - Just Another Day
26. The "5" Royales - Baby Don't Do It
27. Alex Bradford - Too Close to Heaven
28. The Dominoes - I'm Going to Move to the Outskirts
29. The Pilgrim Travelers - I've Got a New Home

CD 2:
1. Ray Charles - I've Got a Woman
2. The Caravans - The Angels Keep Watching
3. The Aladdins - Help Me
4. The Swan Silvertones - Jesus Brought Me
5. Little Richard - Directly from My Heart
6. B.B. King - Ten Long Years
7. The Diablos - The Way You Dog Me Around
8. Linda Hopkins - I Can't
9. Bobby 'Blue' Bland - Farther Up the Road
10. The Ramblers - Don't You Know
11. The Soul Stirrers - Be With Me Jesus
12. Billy Gayles - Let's Call It a Day
13. Little Willie John - Fever
14. The Staple Singers - Uncloudy Day
15. James Brown - Hold My Baby's Hand
16. Judy Clay/Drinkard Singers - That's Enough
17. Gene Phillips - Steelin' The Blues
18. The "5" Royales - Tell the Truth
19. Ray Charles - What'd I Say
20. Betty Everett - I'll Weep No More
21. The Highway QC's - Working on the Building
22. Sugar Pie De Santo - Going Back Where I Belong
23. Barrett Strong - Money
24. The Meditation Singers - My Soul Looks Back
25. Ike & Tina Turner - I Idolize You
26. Jackie Wilson - Doggin' Around
27. The Drapers - Baby, One More Time
28. Mable John - Who Wouldn't Love a Man Like That
29. Al 'TNT' Braggs - Cigarettes and Coffee

CD 3:
1. The Sims Twins - Soothe Me
2. Etta James - Don't Cry Baby
3. Johnny & Jackey - Someday We'll Be Together
4. Ernie K-Doe - Waiting at the Station
5. Nina Simone - Gin House Blues
6. Johnny 'Guitar' Watson - Sweet Lovin' Mama
7. Mitty Collier - I Got to Get Away From It All
8. Prince La La - She Put the Hurt on Me
9. Johnny Adams - A Losing Battle
10. Earl King - Trick Bag
11. Brenda Holloway - Every Little Bit Hurts
12. Chris Kenner - Land of 1,000 Dances
13. Jerry Butler - Make It Easy on Yourself
14. Della Reese - Ninety Nine & A Half Won't Do
15. Paul Walters - She Put Me Down
16. Esther Phillips - No Headstone on My Grave
17. Hightower Brothers - Seat in the Kingdom
18. Contours - It Must Be Love
19. James Brown - I'll Go Crazy
20. The Four Rivers - Sooner or Later
21. Impressions - I'm the One Who Loves You
22. Little Milton - Losing Hand
23. The Falcons - I Found a Love
24. Marvin Gaye - Stubborn Kind of Fellow
25. Sam Cooke - Bring It on Home to Me
26. Miracles - You've Really Got a Hold on Me
27. Solomon Burke - If You Need Me
28. Tami Lynn - Mojo Hanna
29. Bobby Parker - It's Too Late Darling

CD 4:
1. Isley Brothers - Shout
2. Jackie Wilson - That's Why (I Love You So)
3. Tina Turner - A Fool in Love
4. Ben E. King - Stand by Me
5. Aretha Franklin - Runnin' Out of Fools
6. Rufus Thomas - Walking the Dog
7. Mary Wells - My Guy
8. Marvin Gaye - Can I Get a Witness
9. Booker T & The MG's - Bootleg/Green Onions
10. Ketty Lester - Love Letters
11. Sam Cooke - Blowing in the Wind
12. Ray Charles - Georgia on My Mind
13. Brenda Holloway - When I'm Gone
14. James Brown - Out of Sight
15. Tommy Tucker - Hi Heel Sneakers/Long Tall Shorty
16. Ronettes - Be My Baby
17. Etta James - Something's Got a Hold on Me
18. Barbara Lewis - Baby I'm Yours
19. Chuck Jackson - Since I Don't Have You
20. Dionne Warwick - You Can Have Him
21. Betty Harris - Cry to Me
22. Johnnie Taylor - Rome Wasn't Built in a Day
23. Shirelles - Will You Love Me Tomorrow
24. Vibrations - My Girl Sloopy
25. Contours - Do You Love Me

CD 5:
1. Four Tops - Ask the Lonely
2. Supremes - Come See About Me
3. Evie Sands - Take Me for a Little While
4. Jackie Wilson - Baby Workout
5. Fontella Bass - Every Day I Have to Cry
6. Dobie Gray - The "In" Crowd
7. Kim Weston - Take Me in Your Arms
8. Temptations - My Girl
9. Billy Stewart - Summertime
10. Shirley Ellis - The Clapping Song
11. Jr. Walker & The All Stars - Shotgun
12. Little Anthony & The Imperials - Hurt So Bad
13. Joe Tex - Hold What You've Got
14. Stevie Wonder - Uptight
15. Major Lance - The Monkey Time
16. Gene Chandler - (Gonna Be) Good Times
17. Dusty Springfield & The Vandellas - I Can't Hear You
18. Drifters - Under the Boardwalk
19. Freddie King - Have You Ever Loved a Woman
20. Bettye Swann - The Man That Said No
21. Dells - Oh, What a Night
22. Ikettes - Camel Walk
23. Robert Parker - Barefootin'
24. Willie Mitchell - Bootleg
25. Sam & Dave - You Don't Know Like I Know

CD 6:
1. Lou Rawls - Dead End Street
2. Ray Charles - I Don't Need No Doctor
3. Aretha Franklin - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
4. Maxine Brown - Oh No Not My Baby
5. Garnett Mimms - I'll Take Good Care of You
6. Maurice & The Radiants - You've Been Cheating
7. Cleo Randle - The Best Man I Ever Had
8. Earl Gaines - Best of Luck to You
9. Otis Redding - Pain in My Heart
10. Otis Redding - I Can't Turn You Loose
11. Barbara Lynn - You'll Lose a Good Thing
12. Delfonics - He Don't Really Love You
13. Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
14. Carnations - I'm So Glad to Be in Love
15. Arthur Conley - Sweet Soul Music
16. Patti LaBelle - Over the Rainbow
17. Percy Sledge - When a Man Loves a Woman
18. Mitty Collier - My Party
19. Kelly Brothers - I'm Falling in Love Again
20. Rodge Martin - Lovin' Machine
21. Gerri Taylor - Empty Arms and Bitter Tears
22. Intruders - (You'd Better) Check Yourself
23. Bobby Powell - It's Getting Late in the Evening
24. James Brown - Papa's Got a Brand New Bag

CD 7:
1. Nina Simone - Ain't Got No
2. Lee Dorsey - Get Out of My Life, Woman
3. Four Tops - Reach Out I'll Be There
4. Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness
5. Eddie Floyd - Knock on Wood
6. Billy Preston/Ray Charles - Agent Double O-Soul
7. Chambers Brothers - People Get Ready
8. Gladys Knight - I Heard It Through the Grapevine
9. Meters - Cissy Strut
10. James Brown - Cold Sweat
11. Wilson Pickett - Land of 1000 Dances
12. Ike & Tina Turner - Proud Mary
13. Joe Tex - Show Me
14. Sly & The Family Stone - Dance to the Music
15. Sly & The Family Stone - I Want to Take You Higher
16. Curtis Mayfield - Choice of Colors
17. Smokey Robinson - The Tears of a Clown
18. P.P. Arnold - The First Cut is the Deepest
19. Mar-Keys - Philly Dog
20. Joe Simon - Crying in the Chapel
21. Little Milton - We're Gonna Make It
22. Stevie Wonder - For Once in My Life
23. Aretha Franklin - I Say a Little Prayer
24. Jackie Wilson - Higher & Higher
25. Isley Brothers - It's Your Thing