Carl Carlton - "Everlasting: The Best of Carl Carlton"CD Edition limited to 5000 non-numbered limited edition copies
SITE PRE-SALE DATE: 5/8/09
SITE SHIP DATE: 5/15/09
For a teenager from Detroit, lightning struck not once but thrice. Having recorded sides for the Lando label which garnered him some local attention, Carlton inked with Don Robey’s Houston-based Back Beat imprint. Carl burst on the scene starting in ’68 with a string of soul stormers including “Look At Mary Wonder (How I Got Over)” and “Competition Ain’t Nothin’” and “46 Drums – 1 Guitar,” before shifting to the smoother Great Lakes balladry that echoed Jackie Wilson, Tyrone Davis and The Chi-Lites.
Carl adapted easily to soul’s evolution, cutting a hallmark proto-disco pop-soul tune: “Everlasting Love.” A cover of Robert Knight’s ’67 hit, “Everlasting Love” gave Carl his highest charting record to date, despite being released in the midst of ABC Records’ purchase of Robey’s Duke/Peacock/Back Beat empire. After issuing some of the most soulful—and at times, smoky—disco records of the era, Carl and ABC parted ways, relocating to 20th Century Records where, under the guidance of Leon Haywood, scored the biggest hit of his career, “She’s A Bad Mama Jama (She’s Built, She’s Stacked).”
http://www.hip-oselect.com is proud to present, for the first time, Carl Carlton’s finest. Everlasting: The Best of Carl Carlton gathers 22 tracks—1968-1985—from the Back Beat, ABC, 20th Century and Casablanca labels. So come get it quick, ’coz this collection’s rated extra.
1. Look At Mary Wonder (How I Got Over)
2. 46 Drums 1 Guitar
3. Competition Aint Nothin
4. Dont Walk Away
5. Drop By My Place
6. I Can Feel It
7. You've Got So Much (To Learn About)
8. Sure Miss Loving You
9. Wild Child
10. The Generation Gap
11. I Wont Let That Chump Break Your Heart
12. I Wanna Be Your Main Squeeze
13. You Cant Stop A Man In Love
14. Everlasting Love
15. Smokin Room
16. Morning, Noon and Nightime
17. Aint Gonna Tell Nobody (About You)
18. This Feelings Rated X-tra
19. Shes A Bad Mama Jama (Shes Built, Shes Stacked)
20. I Think Its Gonna Be Alright
21. Private Property
22. Slipped, Tripped (Fooled Around And Fell In Love)
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