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

WENDY RENE "AFTER LAUGHTER COMES TEARS: COMPLETE STAX & VOLT SINGLES + RARITIES 1964-65" 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

 

NEW REVIEWS

BOBBY PARKER "SOUL OF THE BLUES" by SIR SHAMBLING NEW

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