[2022-03-25] Joe Simon "Nine Pound Steel: The Best Of Joe Simon" 3CD set (Sunset Blvd)

Linda · **Posted:** Thu Jan 27, 2022 10:13 pm

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QKNTV86/?tag=imwan-20

Description
3 CDs / 61 tracks.

Call Joe Simon the reluctant soul star. Despite his mountain of hits during the 1960s and '70s, his heart just wasn't into his work, aural evidence obviously to the contrary. You'd never know it from listening to the contents of this collection, culled from his fabulous hit-loaded 1966-1970 stint with producer John Richbourg at the helm for Sound Stage 7 Records. His conviction sounds unshakable. Maybe that's a large part of the reason why Simon scored 16 R&B chart entries during that timeframe for SS7, including a #1 seller. "I never wanted to sing rhythm and blues," said Simon, who until his untimely death in December 2021, was a bishop and leader of his own ministries in south suburban Chicago. "My heart was never in it, but yet I could sing rhythm and blues. John Richbourg was my producer. And he used to ask me, how could I sing these songs so great and never knew 'em? But I never had an interest to go in the studio and know a song. I just said, 'Man, I just sing 'em!'" Sunset Blvd Records is proud to present the most comprehensive collection of Joe Simon's extraordinary work with Nashville soul label Sound Stage 7. $1.00 from each unit sold will be donated to Minister Joe Simon Outreach Ministries.

Tracklist
[CD1]
1. Too Many Teardrops
2. Travelin’ Man
3. Nobody But You
4. My Special Prayer
5. What Makes A Man Feel Good
6. That’s All I Want (From You)
7. Teenager’s Prayer
8. The Girl’s Alright With Me
9. Long Hot Summer
10. When A Man Loves A Woman
11. Miss You So
12. Too Many Rivers
13. (You Keep Me) Hangin’ On
14. No Sad Songs
15. I Worry About You
16. Nine Pound Steel
17. Put Your Trust In Me (Depend On Me)
18. In The Same Old Way
19. Can’t Find No Happiness
20. Come On And Get It

[CD2]
1. Misty Blue
2. It’s Too Late
3. Standing In The Safety Zone
4. In Reach Of Your Arms
5. I’m Going Home
6. Twinkle
7. Dreamin’
8. Looking Back
9. Funny How Time Slips Away
10. She Went A Little Bit Farther
11. Baby, Don’t Be Looking In My Mind
12. (Sittin’ On The) Dock Of The Bay
13. Little Green Apples
14. Lonely Man
15. The Chokin’ Kind
16. Yours Love
17. Help Yourself (To All My Lovin’)
18. Wichita Lineman
19. Don’t Let Me Lose The Feeling
20. I’m Too Far Gone To Turn Around
21. In The Still Of The Night (I’ll Remember)

[CD3]
1. Silver Spoons And Coffee Cups
2. It’s Hard To Get Along
3. In The Ghetto
4. I Got A Whole Lot Of Lovin’
5. Wounded Man
6. Time And Space
7. Straight Down To Heaven
8. When
9. After The Lights Go Down Low
10. San Francisco Is A Lonely Town
11. Rainbow Road
12. Just A Dream
13. Moon Walk Part l
14. Moon Walk Part ll
15. Farther On Down The Road
16. That’s The Way I Want Our Love
17. Who’s Julie
18. Someone To Lean On
19. Today I Started Loving You Again
20. Oon-Guela (High Life) Part l

Packshot (click for full size):

Jason Michael · 30 May 2012

Such a shame. None of his collaborations with Jack Kirby?

(Sorry.)

Linda · **Posted:** Fri Jan 28, 2022 12:27 pm

Jason Michael wrote:

Such a shame. None of his collaborations with Jack Kirby?

(Sorry.)

This compilation is available for pre-order now:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09QKNTV86/?tag=imwan-20

Linda · **Posted:** Wed Mar 16, 2022 7:52 pm

A sample:

Linda · **Posted:** Tue Mar 22, 2022 10:41 pm

And another:

[2022-03-25] Joe Simon "Nine Pound Steel: The Best Of Joe Simon" 3CD set (Sunset Blvd)

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