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| 1. Eight Men, Four Women |
| 2. Ace Of Spades |
| 3. You're Gonna Make Me Cry |
| 4. When You Took Your Love From Me |
| 5. A Nickel And A Nail |
| 6. If It's Only For Tonight |
| 7. Monkey Dog |
| 8. Gone For Good |
| 9. Heartaches, Heartaches |
| 10. What More Can I Do (To Prove My Love For You) |
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5 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
In June 2007 my wife and i took a little trip to Memphis , just for the fun of it and to visit all the usual tourist attractions .Thoroughly enjoyed it too and what made it even better was when , on the last day of the trip , i strolled into Memphis Music on Beale Street and heard an absolutely beautiful voice singing about " A Nickel and a Nail " , well i had to ask the guy in the shop who was that fantastic singer and , yes , it was this man , O.V. Wright . Well ! What a revelation . Friends , i bought that CD straight away and it's utterly classic . A real gem and one of the greatest Southern Soul records i've ever heard . And here it is , 8 Men , 4 Women by the man himself . It's superb , so buy it .
What's really needed now is a new compilation of all his early stuff with updated sound and sleevenotes but for now this and "The Soul Of...." , whilst entirely inadequate , will have to do . Someday O.V. will get his true recognition because , believe me this guy was a better singer than Otis and that's saying something . Then again , so was James Carr but that's for another day.........
PS it's a real shame that neither O.V.Wright nor James Carr get much of a mention in the Memphis Rock n Soul Museum despite being , obviously , two of the greatest singers to ever be associated with that fine city . They only have so much room i suppose but still . However it's still well worth a visit as is Stax Museum out there on the famous McLemore Avenue .
What's really needed now is a new compilation of all his early stuff with updated sound and sleevenotes but for now this and "The Soul Of...." , whilst entirely inadequate , will have to do . Someday O.V. will get his true recognition because , believe me this guy was a better singer than Otis and that's saying something . Then again , so was James Carr but that's for another day.........
PS it's a real shame that neither O.V.Wright nor James Carr get much of a mention in the Memphis Rock n Soul Museum despite being , obviously , two of the greatest singers to ever be associated with that fine city . They only have so much room i suppose but still . However it's still well worth a visit as is Stax Museum out there on the famous McLemore Avenue .
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Heart and Soul on a Budget
23 April 2003
Format:Audio CD
This is likely one of the best budget titles you could buy. Seven of the ten cuts appear on The Soul of O.V. Wright, so if you have that one, don't buy this (unless you really need those other songs). But for the money, you get O.V.'s four biggest Back Beat hits ("Eight Men, Four Women" "Ace Of Spades" "You're Gonna Make Me Cry" "A Nickel and a Nail"), plus enough of his other songs to give you an idea of the depth of this man's talent. Two other songs, "If It's Only for Tonight" and "Gone For Good" came from album sources. "What More Can I Do" is more rare. It was released on ABC Records after that label purchased Back Beat (along with Duke and Peacock) from its owner, Don Robey. While it was a medium-sized hit, O.V. either chose to leave or was shown the door by ABC, shortly thereafter. But he was soon to sign with Hi Records (whose president, Willie Mitchell was O.V.'s regular producer), where he continued to record until the time of his death in 1980.
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