Take Me To The River: A Southern Soul Story

[andymacandy]

Worth having just for Pickett's groovy "Ninety-Nine And A Half".

[The Modernist]

My guess is he means "Northern" Soul vs Southern/Deep Soul.

Ah, I see. Northern soul's just a bit of fun really, isn't it? Deep soul is where it's at

I like to dance but I agree "Deep" is where it's at!

It seems a pointless distinction to me. Why is a gospel derived ballad intrinsically better than a faster, more uptempo number?
This is the kind of BCB soul snobbery Adam rightly dissed earlier.

[Kenji]

I like heartbreakers and hipshakers - but I prefer deep soul.

I don't think "I prefer [A] more than [B]" is snobbery...

[BARON CORNY DOG]

It seems a pointless distinction to me. Why is a gospel derived ballad intrinsically better than a faster, more uptempo number?

No one has said any such thing.

[bhoywonder]

I like heartbreakers and hipshakers - but I prefer deep soul.

I don't think "I prefer [A] more than [B]" is snobbery...

I agree 100%. I genuinely think there is far more in a deep soul record that suits my tastes than in northern soul, which, while fun to dance to, doesn't move me so much. Each to his own, but my taste is nothing to do with snobbery.

[BARON CORNY DOG]

A great record is a great record is a great record.
What you call them or how you categorize them, of course, is a different matter.

[Bungo the Mungo]

This is the kind of BCB soul snobbery Adam rightly dissed earlier.

glad you're back, G.

there's plenty of 'deep' in northern soul, and some great 'deep soul' dancers.

we can't let the BCB soul cognoscenti sway the board on such issues.

[BARON CORNY DOG]

This is the kind of BCB soul snobbery Adam rightly dissed earlier.

glad you're back, G.

there's plenty of 'deep' in northern soul, and some great 'deep soul' dancers.

I'm glad you are seeing it my way!

[Leg of lamb]

Disc 3, by the way, is fucking dynamite. Smoother and more puckered in some ways but ... damn, there's some fiery performances. And great songs. 'Breaking Up Somebody's Home' by Denise LeSalle is un-bel-iev-able.

[bhoywonder]

we can't let the BCB soul cognoscenti sway the board on such issues.

I'd love to know who the BCB soul cognoscenti are, and in what way they try to sway things. All this allusion is embarrassing. If you have something you want to say, as Bettye LaVette might put it, just say so. I want names and examples.

[Kenji]

'Breaking Up Somebody's Home' by Denise LeSalle is un-bel-iev-able.

A few days ago I listened to Bill Coday's "Right On Baby - The Crajon Recordings":



Denise was the owner of Crajon (with her former husband) and she wrote and produced most of the 15 songs on this compilation. When I was listening I thought I'll ask on BCB for Denise's recommendations but I forgot about that!

So now it's good timing again - what albums by Denise LaSalle can you recommend?

[Leg of lamb]

'Breaking Up Somebody's Home' by Denise LeSalle is un-bel-iev-able.

A few days ago I listened to Bill Coday's "Right On Baby - The Crajon Recordings":



Denise was the owner of Crajon (with her former husband) and she wrote and produced most of the 15 songs on this compilation. When I was listening I thought I'll ask on BCB for Denise's recommendations but I forgot about that!

So now it's good timing again - what albums by Denise LaSalle can you recommend?

I'm afraid that I can't recommend anything! Her song on Take Me to the River is my introduction to her work. However, if the quality of that is anything to go by, I'd say she'd definitely be worth a try.

[Fwancis Albert Spinatra]

GReat news........



On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 10:49 AM, Tony Rounce <[email protected]> wrote:


Hi Graeme,

Thanks for the kind words about TMTTR.

Originally both Dean Rudland and I had decided that there would be no
'volume two', but demand for one has been both genuine and overwhelming.


Thus it is that "A Southern Soul Story Chapter Two" will definitely be
in Kent's future - but not until 2010 at the earliest, and probably not
until 2011. It took us nearly two years to clear the entire repertoire
for the first set, and I don't see things clearing any quicker for the
second.

We've already decided that it will incorporate several things that were
deliberately missing from the first one e.g. recordings not made in the
American South that sound like they should have been, more tracks by
artists who were not primarily considered southern soul artists but
whose labels sent them down to Fame, Criteria etc - that sort of thing.
There will also be a bit more 'blue eyed soul' on this one, but don't
wince - it'll be by Dan Penn, Jeanie Greene etc.

Essentially, though, we're only in the very early stages of planning,
having only decided to go ahead with it a few days ago!

Watch this space...

Best wishes,

TONY ROUNCE - A & R DIVISION
ACE RECORDS LTD.

[Molony]

Nothing of substance to add to this thread, except to say that this is still a mainstay on the CD player and is one of the best soul collections I have come across. I am loving it.

[Leg of lamb]

Nothing of substance to add to this thread, except to say that this is still a mainstay on the CD player and is one of the best soul collections I have come across. I am loving it.

Me too. The misgivings I expressed earlier in the thread melt away more with each listen.

Current favourite: 'A Smile Can't Hide a Broken Heart' by Ollie & the Nightingales.

[Leg of lamb]

Great news about Volume 2, as well - though who knows where my listening will be at two years hence!