A wealth of great tracks from the shiftier side of southern soul – that version of the genre that often deals with loving, lying, and messing around! The tracks here have plenty of love, that's mighty sure – but there's also some double-dealing too – as themes of cheating and fidelity play heavy on some of the best numbers. Most of these songs weren't really big hits back in the day, and many of them come from the Memphis scene – which, given its 70s sophistication, seems to be the epicenter of such grooves from back in the day!
Sourced almost exclusively from Hi with minor contributions from Crazy Cajun, Paula-Ronn and Ace - the sound quality, relative rarity of the selections and their sequencing provide a very pleasing listening experience up there with the Fantasy Stax-Volt reissues.
1. Do You Love Me - Quiet Elegance
2. This Is The Thanks I Get - Barbara Lynn
3. I Die A Little Each Day - Otis Clay
4. Could I Be Falling In Love - Syl Johnson
5. I'm Gonna Wait - George Jackson
6. You Ask Me - Jean Plum
7. One Woman - Al Green
8. Until You Get Enough Of Me - Ronnie Lovejoy
9. I'm Leaving The Choice To You - Fontella Bass
10. To Get What You Got - Bobby McClure
11. Back In Love Again - The Patterson Twins
12. I'll Take Care Of You - Oscar Perry
13. I Love Her - Willie Walker
14. Will You Be My Man (In The Morning) - Quiet Elegance
15. Anyway The Wind Blows - Sly Johnson
16. Tumbling Down - James Fry
17. Give Me Some Credit - Ann Peebles
18. Take Time to Know The Truth - Bobby Patterson
19. Let's Straighten It Out - O.V. Wright
20. Wake Up Fool - The Masqueraders
21. When You Move You Lose - Bobby Powel
22. I'll Go Crazy - Don Bryant
23. Back To You - Jean Plum
24. It Was Jealousy - Otis Clay
(2010)