CD REVIEWS LIST
Read about the CDs which ought to be in every deep and southern soul fan's collection - both new and not so new. And find out which ones are not so good.
Click on the Links in the reviews to find out more about the artists, and to listen to songs performed by them.
OLD FAVOURITES
SAM BAKER "I BELIEVE IN YOU" by KEV BRISCOE
LATTIMORE BROWN "NOBODY HAS TO TELL ME" by KEV BRISCOE
CLARENCE CARTER "THE FAME SINGLES VOLUME 1 1966 - 1970" by PETE NICKOLS
CLARENCE CARTER "THE FAME SINGLES VOLUME 2 1970 - 1973" by PETE NICKOLS
ARTHUR CONLEY "I'M LIVING GOOD" by SIR SHAMBLING
JOHNNY COPELAND "IT'S ME – CLASSIC TEXAS SOUL 1965-72" by PETE NICKOLS
BETTYE CRUTCHER "LONG AS YOU LOVE ME - WITH BONUS TRACKS" by PETE NICKOLS
KING FLOYD “I FEEL LIKE DYNAMITE – THE EARLY CHIMNEYVILLE SINGLES AND MORE 1970-74” by PETE NICKOLS
DAN GREER "BEALE STREET SOUL MAN" by PETE NICKOLS
WILLIE HOBBS "A PENNY FOR YOUR THOUGHTS" by PETE NICKOLS
GEORGE JACKSON "LET THE BEST MAN WIN" by PETE NICKOLS
ETTA JAMES "THE DREAMER" by SIR SHAMBLING
LAURA LEE "THE CHESS COLLECTION" by GREG MUDRY
MILLIE JACKSON "THE MOODS OF MILLIE JACKSON" by KEV BRISCOE
MILLIE JACKSON "ON THE COUNTRY SIDE" by GREG MUDRY
ETTA JAMES "QUEEN OF SOUL WITH BONUS TRACKS" by PETE NICKOLS
PAUL KELLY "HOT RUNNIN' SOUL" by SIR SHAMBLING
LATIMORE "LADIES CHOICE" by SIR SHAMBLING
JACKIE MOORE "MAKE ME FEEL LIKE A WOMAN" by PETE NICKOLS
MICKEY MURRAY "PEOPLE ARE TOGETHER" by PETE NICKOLS
DAN PENN "THE FAME RECORDINGS" by PETE NICKOLS
ERNIE K-DOE "HERE COMES THE GIRLS: A HISTORY 1960 - 70" by GREG BURGESS
ANN PEEBLES "THE COMPLETE ON HI RECORDS VOLS 1 & 2" by GREG MUDRY
WILSON PICKETT "CHOCOLATE MOUNTAIN" by PETE NICKOLS
REUBEN JAMES RICHARDS "ABOUT TIME" by GREG BURGESS
ROSCOE ROBINSON "WHY MUST IT END" by KEV BRISCOE
CANDI STATON "EVIDENCE - THE COMPLETE FAME MASTERS" by GREG MUDRY
CANDI STATON "LIFE HAPPENS" by GREG MUDRY
IRMA THOMAS "SOUL QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS" by GREG BURGESS
ELLA WASHINGTON "HE CALLED ME BABY" by KEV BRISCOE
JEAN WELLS "SOUL ON SOUL DELUXE" by GREG MUDRY
WILLIE WEST "LOST SOUL" by SIR SHAMBLING
VARIOUS ARTISTS "COMPACT SOUL" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "DAVE GODIN'S DEEP SOUL TREASURES VOLS 1 - 4" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "DEEP AND GRITTY: THE SOUND OF THE CITY VOL 6: CHICAGO PART TWO"
by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "LOST DEEP SOUL TREASURES VOL 1" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "LOST DEEP SOUL TREASURES VOL 2" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "LOST DEEP SOUL TREASURES VOL 3" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "LOST DEEP SOUL TREASURES VOL 4" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "LOST DEEP SOUL TREASURES VOL 5" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "LOST DEEP SOUL TREASURES VOL 6" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "LOST DEEP SOUL TREASURES VOL 7" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "LOST DEEP SOUL TREASURES VOL 8" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "LOST DEEP SOUL TREASURES VOL 9" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "LOVE AND JEALOUSY" / "THE PAIN GOES DEEP" by KEV BRISCOE
VARIOUS ARTISTS "SOUL DEEP" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "SOUL GEMS" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "TAKE ME TO THE RIVER" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "THE FAME STUDIOS STORY 1961- 1973" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "A DEEP DIP INTO ALABAMA SOUL PART 1" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "SWEET DREAMS - WHERE COUNTRY MEETS SOUL VOLUME 2" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "HARD TO HANDLE" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "MOVE WITH THE GROOVE" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "SOUTH TEXAS RHYTHM 'N' SOUL REVUE" by SIR SHAMBLING
VARIOUS ARTISTS "THANK YOU SAM!" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "THE DUKE OF SOUL VOL 1" by KEV BRISCOE
VARIOUS ARTISTS "THE DUKE OF SOUL VOL 2" by KEV BRISCOE
VARIOUS ARTISTS "THE MEMPHIS BOYS" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "THE SOUND OF THE SOUTH" by GREG BURGESS
VARIOUS ARTISTS “THIS IS REAL! – KENT/MODERN DEEP SOUL TREASURES" BY PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "KENT HARRIS R & B FAMILY" by SIR SHAMBLING
VARIOUS ARTISTS "DEEP AND GRITTY: THE SOUND OF THE CITY VOL 7: LOS ANGELES PART ONE"
by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "HALL OF FAME – RARE AND UNISSUED GEMS FROM THE FAME VAULTS" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "HALL OF FAME VOL 2" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "A DEEP DIP INTO FLORIDA SOUL VOL 2" by PETE NICKOLS
VARIOUS ARTISTS "NOBODY WINS STAX SOUTHERN SOUL 1968 - 1975" by PETE NICKOLS