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| 1. Mississippi Mud - SMITHSTONIAN |
| 2. I Can't Tell No Difference - DAVID PORTER |
| 3. Two Paces Ahead Of Love - WILLIE WALKER |
| 4. Pullin' - THE MINITS |
| 5. Strange Things - ART JERRY MILLER |
| 6. Shake - THE OVATIONS |
| 7. No Ending - STACY LANE |
| 8. Tip Toeing - ALVIN CASH & DORIS PORTER |
| 9. It's Bump Time - BOW LEGS MILLER AND FRIENDS |
| 10. Blackrock Yeah Yeah - BLACKROCK |
| 11. Keep The Faith - MEL AND TIM |
| 12. Who's Been Warming Your Oven - SIR WALTER |
| 13. Come What May - JOHN GARY WILLIAMS |
| 14. Watchdog (alternate) - BARBARA & THE BROWNS |
| 15. The Way Of Me - KANNON |
| 16. Don't Boom Boom - LILLIAN HALE |
| 17. Take A Giant Step - LACLEVE MILON |
| 18. Papa Killed A Chicken - WILLIE TOLIVER |
| 19. Hard Times - BILLY CEE |
| 20. Dig It (She's In The Groove) - THE OPTIMISTICS |
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* The death of Otis Redding in late 1967 was a watershed in the sound of Memphis soul. He had been the figurehead and defining figure as Stax had taken a distinctly gritty take on soul to the top of the US charts. "Memphis 70" shows what happened next as local musicians emerged from Otis' shadow and created new and exhilarating sounds. The most successful of these sounds meant artists such as Isaac Hayes eclipsed Otis' success, but in typical BGP style we take the road less travelled to bring a selection of sought-after rarities and unreleased gems that perfectly reflect the era.
* Our earliest cut is the in-demand funk/ R&B groove of Stacy Lane's `No Ending' produced by the legendary Packy Axton, the founder of the Mar-Keys. We have plenty of funky grooves for those that want to keep the dancefloor moving, such as Alvin Cash's duet with Doris Porter, `Tip Toeing', the incredibly rare `Hard Times' by Billy Cee, the collectable break-beat `Mississippi Mud' by the Smithstonian, and an amazing unreleased version of `Shake' by the Ovations. There are also great slices of funk by the Optimistics, Lillian Hale, Blackrock (a favourite of Paul Weller) and Bow-Legs Miller.
* The rest of the compilation is made up with some pieces of soul music that are truly for the connoisseur. There is an unreleased masterpiece from David Porter from the end of the Stax era, an unreleased version of Aretha Franklin's `Pullin'' by the Minits and an amazing two-stepper by the under-recorded Willie Walker, one that will please the collectors. We also have an Al Green-style take on `Who's Been Warming Your Oven' by the unknown, Sir Walter. The soul sides are rounded off by a couple of pure classics by John Gary Williams', `Come What May' and Mel and Tim's - `Keep The Faith'.
* The whole lot is rounded up with some fantastic pictures, in-depth notes and an amazing cover image to make this a fine start to 2008 for BGP.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent compilation of forgotten Memphis Soul'N'Funk......,
By TCH (Cambs, UK.) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Memphis 70: the City's Funk & Soul in the Decade After Otis 1968-1978 (Audio CD)
The series of BGP funk compilation of the last 10 years have so have been a little hit and miss (though infinitely better than most of the competition in this field) on average containing about 20 tracks with 6-7 keepers, 6-7 acceptable and the balance being made up of 6-7 duds [often unreleased] which you'll listen to once and then never again. However this one, Memphis 70, despite its rather unappealing title (which prompted me to yawn when I first read it) is one of the best of the BGP funk compilations if not THE BEST. It contains the standard score of tracks but unlike the usual third-third-third split between the good, the bad and the ugly these are ALL keepers being a rather brilliant mix of hard funk and soul funk with the occasion pure soul track thrown in for good measure which gives the CD an appealing balance with a much needed bit of variety since funk compilations can easily plumb the depths of monotony (especially those based purely on instrumentals....). More remarkable is that a fair few of these tracks were unreleased excavations from the vault which begs the question, "what were they smoking in the 70's?" Mentioning stand outs is a bit pointless when all the tracks pass muster but the first track, "Mississippi Mud" is particularly notable being a remarkable Gospel funk item with choral vocals, a bumping bassline and insistent piano riff. In conclusion; if you are a funk afficiando this is definitely one to get.
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