[bigred]Kent's Cellar Of Soul[/bigred]
[lilred]February 3, 2003[/lilred]



1. She’s Looking Good - Rodger Collins
2. My Elusive Dreams - Moses & Joshua Dillard
3. A Lot Of Love - Homer Banks
4. Chain Reaction - The Spellbinders
5. Make Me Yours - Bettye Swann
6. Cowboys To Girls - The Intruders
7. When She Touches Me (Nothing Else Matters) - Mighty Sam
8. You Better Make Up Your Mind - Brooks O’Dell
9. Hole In The Wall - The Packers
10. Karate Boo Ga Loo - Jerry-O
11. Everybody’s Going To The Love-In - Bob Brady & The Con Chords
12. Chills And Fever - Paul Kelly
13. The Real Thing - Tina Britt
14. Let Love Come Between Us - James & Bobby Purify
15. Get It From The Bottom - The Steelers
16. (I’m A Fool) I Must Love You - Falcons
17. You Gave Me Somebody To Love - The Dreamlovers Featuring Russ Gardner
18. Soul Serenade - Beau Dollar & The Coins
19. Get Down With It - Little Richard
20. Shine It On - Vernon Garrett
21. Keep My Woman Home - Danny White
22. She Shot A Hole In My Soul - Clifford Curry
23. Save Your Money - Lonnie Mack
24. You Left The Water Running - Barbara Lynn
25. The Right To Cry - Erma Franklin
26. That’s How Strong My Love Is - O.V. Wright

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[bigred]Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2[/bigred]
[lilred]January 30, 2006[/lilred]



• These tracks are mainly well known soul records by artists whom most soul fans will know well. They include many chart, radio and turntable hits. Ady Croasdell explains by way of a fascinating 5000 word note how these sounds tuned a generation of UK soul fans into black America.

• The compilation is strong on dance floor favourites but also features a few soulful ballads, including classics from Al Green, the Unifics and Debbie Taylor.

• The dancers come from Bobby Wells, Bobbi Lynn, King George, Al Kent, Joe Tex, Darrow Fletcher and JJ Jackson; while Leon Haywood, The Carltons, The Holidays and Billy Butler just sit there, clicking their fingers and sounding cool.

• Most were released in the UK at the time and were sold to the cognoscenti and all tracks are now new to the Kent label.

• This is a classy, high quality CD decorated with almost fifty photos, reviews and label scans. It will cross over to general soul fans as well as the purists: an ex-mod’s delight.

1. We're Doing Fine - Dee Dee Warwick
2. Sho' Nuff (Got A Good Thing Goin') - J.J. Jackson
3. Do Unto Me - James And Bobby Purify
4. Let's Copp A Groove - Bobby Wells
5. You Better Believe It Baby - Joe Tex
6. Earthquake - Bobbi Lynn
7. Mine Exclusively - The Olympics
8. Water - Geno Washington
9. You've Got To Pay The Price - Al Kent (Label Credits Artist As `Instrumental')
10. I Can't Work No Longer - Billy Butler And The Chanters
11. Can't You Hear The Beat - The Carltons
12. It's Got To Be Mellow - Leon Haywood
13. Never Gonna Let Him Know - Debbie Taylor
14. Come Back Baby - Roddie Joy
15. I'll Love You Forever - The Holidays Featuring Edwin Starr
16. In A Moment - The Intrigues
17. The Pain Gets A Little Deeper - Darrow Fletcher
18. Drive On James - King George
19. Ready Steady Go - Prince And Princess
20. Mr. Soul Satisfaction - Timmy Willis
21. Hmmm, With Feeling, Darling - The Spidells Featuring Billy Lockridge
22. Love In Them There Hills - The Vibrations
23. Keep On Loving - Otis Leavill
24. I Want You So Bad - Tommy G And The Charms
25. Back Up Train - Al Greene And The Soul Brothers
26. The Beginning Of My End - The Unifics

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I still need to get Vol 1, but I have Vol 2 and it's a fantastic CD. Here's hoping they come up with a Volume 3.

Took Amazon almost a month but this finally arrived. Well worth the wait.

The Brits have great taste in American soul music. Without them, I probably would never have heard most of these wonderful songs.