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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Astounding recording from littleknown soulsters,
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This review is from: Lost Friends (Audio CD)
Whew! I bought this recording without knowing much about Ernie and Eddie and without being familiar with the records. The fact that it was on the excellent Kent label meant that it wasn't too much of a risk. Speculation turned to joy as great song after great song blew out the cobwebs in my hi-fi. I bought it thinking that there might be one or two gems, but it is packed with must-have soul songs. There is not one bad recording on this CD. I questioned the wisdom of putting on a cover version of "Tell it like it is", but it is a different song in the hands of these two experts. Buy it today
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Friends Reunited,
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This review is from: Lost Friends (Audio CD)
The late, lamented Dave Godin rated Eddie Campbell & Ernie Johnson as the greatest deep soul duo ever and they were the only artists to feature on all four volumes of his seminal 'Deep Soul Treasures' series; this 2002 compilation was the culmination of Godin's personal ambition to bring Eddie & Ernie's scattered recordings from 1961-72 'under one roof'. Eddie & Ernie's career was dogged by bad luck and wrong turns, but it wasn't for lack of effort - they tried just about everything: downhome Southern soul, up-tempo stompers, sessions with big time New York producers Juggy Murray and Richard Gottehrer, major label releases on Chess and Columbia but despite some fleeting successes (they were no mean songwriters and The Animals recorded their track 'Outcast' in 1966), none of it stuck. They had their lighter moments but on the whole these songs are not the sound of lives lived on the sunny side of the street, and it's no great surprise that Eddie Campbell drank himself to death before he reached 40. It was a tragic waste but we should be grateful that Eddie & Ernie left an indelible legacy of truly haunting music, some of the very deepest of deep soul.
NB Godin wanted to get as much of Eddie & Ernie's output into the public domain as possible so this CD doesn't duplicate any of the other eight tracks available elsewhere on Kent compilations. Unfortunately this means that 'Lost Friends' omits two of their greatest moments: 'I'm Goin' for Myself' (available on Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol.1: Taken from the Vaults) and 'Time Waits for No-One' (from The Birth of Soul Vol.2). However that's just all the more incentive to buy these excellent CDs too.
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3.5 out of 5 stars (2 customer reviews) 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Like Sam & Dave, you'll love Eddie & Ernie,
By B. Margolis - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lost Friends (Audio CD)
Quite simply, they were the other all-time greatest Soul male duo. This excellent retrospective contains 24 gut-wrenching soul classics...a number of them were previously unissued. Unfortunately, the tracks originally issued on Eastern (4 tracks) are hopelessly distorted.All-in all, the track "Falling Tears (Indian Drums) recorded for Columbia is worth the price of the CD. Just amazing. Also, finally, 'Self Service" from 1964 (originally issued on the tiny Madley label and picked up by 20th Century-Fox Records) as "The New Bloods" is perhaps the only known soul ballad ode to masterbation! ("I don't have noone to love me....so I'll have to serve myself...") 0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
I WAS DISSAPPOINTED,
By COMPUTERJAZZMAN "computerjazzman" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Lost Friends (Audio CD)
Having heard Eddie and Ernie on the Deep Soul Tresures Series, I was looking forward to hearing this compilation of all their other hard to find stuff on this CD. I was dissappointed. They sound good, but their choice of a lot of their material was not that great. It's enjoyable but not essential stuff.
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