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Sweet Inspiration: The Songs Of Dan Penn & Spooner Oldham

Various Artists Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (31 Jan 2011)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Ace Records
  • ASIN: B004FEDV8A
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 22,758 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

1. OUT OF LEFT FIELD - Percy Sledge
2. I'M YOUR PUPPET - Dionne Warwick
3. SWEET INSPIRATION - The Sweet Inspirations
4. A WOMAN LEFT LONELY - Charlie Rich
5. I WORSHIP THE GROUND YOU WALK ON - Etta James
6. I'M LIVING GOOD (VERSION 2) - The Ovations
7. TAKE ME (JUST AS I AM) - Solomon Burke
8. CRY LIKE A BABY - Arthur Alexander
9. IT TEARS ME UP - Jeanne Newman
10. SLIPPIN' AROUND - Art Freeman
11. I MET HER IN CHURCH - Tony Borders
12. ARE YOU NEVER COMING HOME - Sandy Posey
13. LET IT HAPPEN (ALTERNATE TAKE) - James Carr
14. EVERYTHING I AM - The Box Tops
15. FEED THE FLAME - Ted Taylor
16. WATCHING THE TRAINS GO BY - Tony Joe White
17. IN THE SAME OLD WAY - Arthur Conley
18. DENVER - Ronnie Milsap
19. DREAMER - Patti LaBelle & The Bluebelles
20. GOOD THINGS DON'T COME EASY - Irma Thomas
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1-Out Of Left FieldSLEDGE, Percy 2-I'm Your PuppetWARWICK, Dionne 3-Sweet InspirationSWEET INSPIRATION 4-A Woman Left LonelyRICH, Charlie 5-I Worship The Ground You Walk OnJAMES, Etta 6-I'm Living GoodOVATIONS 7-Take Me (Just As I Am)BURKE, Solomon 8-Cry Like A BabyALEXANDER, Arthur 9-It Tears Me UpNEWMAN, Jeanne 10-Slippin' Around With YouFREEMAN, Art 11-I Met Her In ChurchBORDERS, Tony 12-Are You Never Coming HomePOSEY, Sandy 13-Let It HappenCARR, James 14-Everything I AmBOX TOPS 15-Feed The FlameTAYLOR, Ted 16-Watching The Trains Go ByWHITE, Tony Joe 17-In The Same Old WayCONLEY, Arthur 18-DenverMILSAP, Ronnie 19-DreamerLaBELLE, Patti & BLUEBELLES 20-Good Things Don't Come EasyTHOMAS, Irma 21-I Need SomeoneWALLACE BROS 22-He Ain't Gonna Do RightLYNN, Barbara 23-Wish You Didn't Have To GoROE, Tommy 24-Let's Do It OverSIMON, Joe (2011/ACE) 24 tracks w.28 page booklet.

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5.0 out of 5 stars "...I'm Yours...To Have And To Hold..." 31 Jan 2011
By Mark Barry, Reckless Records, London HALL OF FAME TOP 50 REVIEWER VINE™ VOICE
Format:Audio CD
You know you're in the presence of a great compilation when the compilers put Dionne Warwick and Charlie Rich on a 'soul' CD - clever choices and class acts. And this latest issue in Ace's 'Songwriters' series is a real class act - a bit of a masterpiece frankly. But to the details first...

Released Monday 31 January 2011 in the UK (15 February 2011 in the USA), Ace Records CDCHD 1284 breaks down as follows (66:52 minutes):

1. Out Of Left Field by PERCY SLEDGE (1967, Atlantic 2396)
2. I'm Your Puppet by DIONNE WARWICK (1968, Scepter 12352)
3. Sweet Inspiration by THE SWEET INSPIRATIONS (1968, Atlantic 2476)
4. A Woman Left Lonely by CHARLIE RICH (1971, Epic 10745)
5. I Good Things Don't Worship The Ground You Walk On by ETTA JAMES (1968, Cadet 5606)
6. I'm Living Good by THE OVATIONS (1969, Goldwax 342)
7. Take Me (Just As I Am) by SOLOMON BURKE (1967, Atlantic 2416)
8. Cry Like A Baby by ARTHUR ALEXANDER (1969, Sound Stage 7 2652)
9. It Tears Me Up by JEANNE NEWMAN (Previously Unreleased Goldwax Recording From 1966)
10. Slippin' Around With You by ART FREEMAN (1966, Fame 1008)
11. I Met Her In Church by TONY BORDERS (1969, Revue 11040)
12. Are You Never Coming Home by SANDY POSEY (1967, MGM 13824)
13. Let It Happen by JAMES CARR (Previously Unissued Alternate Version of Goldwax 323)
14. Everything I Am by THE BOX TOPS (1967, Mala 580)
15. Feed The Flame by TED TAYLOR (1967, Atco 6481)
16. Watching The Trains Go by TONY JOE WHITE (1968, Monument 1053)
17. In The Same Old Way by ARTHUR CONLEY (1966, Fame 1007)
18. Denver by RONNIE MILSAP (1969, Scepter 12246)
19. Dreamer by PATTI LaBELLE And THE BLUEBELLES (1967, Atlantic 2408)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Southern Soul At It's Best! 15 Oct 2011
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I believe that Sweet Inspiration is the best album released by Ace Records in 2011 and I rate it as a solid five star album!!!
To begin with, Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham are masters of Southern soul, and these songs exemplify what the musical genre can artistically achieve through intelligent and awe-inspiring songwriting.
Here is what I believe Southern soul is all about: Southern soul music, is made up of different stories which represent various aspects of the human condition. You have stories of lonely and desolate people saved and spiritually elevated by love; you have stories of hurt and regret, stories of wanting to make good after inflicting wrong; stories of the passionate and guilt ridden and the different roads that they've taken; stories of the volatility and insecurity of life, where love is generously offered one moment, and suddenly and without any reason, immediately withdrawn. And of course there are stories of betrayal; women betraying men and men betraying women, as well as endless other tales.
What makes quality Southern soul really special to me, is that you have all these great singers acting out all these fantastic stories and poignantly and passionately bringing them to life. This is something that Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham artfully achieve through their masterful music.
There best songs are spiritually unlifting and very poetic, and not only is one enthralled and really moved by the beautiful melody, but also the story being told as acted out by the very talented singers.
In conclusion, there are too many great songs on this album to go through them one by one. All I can say is go out and buy it, because this is an excellent album!!!!!
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5.0 out of 5 stars From small beginnings 31 Mar 2011
By Richard
Format:Audio CD
The kid born as Daniel Pennington was in his early teens when he first heard black music on the radio and by the time he was 16 he joined Benny Cagle & the Rhythm Swingstars which is where he met soon to be Nashville producer Billy Sherill.Both would join the Fairlanes where he became the singer.Cutting a single for the Spar label Penn had written a song called Is A Bluebird Blue which Conway Twitty recorded.This was in 1960.
The Spar label was owned by Florence Alabama Music Enterprises or FAME for short.A recording studio which has begun with a single called A Fallen Star made by one Bobby Denton and issued on the Tune label who became a politician and ended up as the State Senator.But the song ended up with 5 covers on the Hot 100 including Ferlin Husky and Jimmy Newman.It was at this studio where one Lindon Oldham was a musician.Denton was a rarity among State Senators in that he was completely normal and had the same wife for over 50 years at the time of writing,returning after 40 years to the music business when he cut 5 albums in the 90s
Florence Alabama was the birthplace of Sandy Posey as well as the Carter Family & Cathy who were a white Gospel act and nothing to do with the real Carter Family
The first hit to come out of Fame was by former bellhop Arthur Alexander who was to become the only artist to have songs covered by the Beatles,Stones and Elvis.
So this is the background to what's on this CD
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Not always the obvious choices of recordings of these songs but it goes to show the quality of the writing. Another great album from Ace.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham 22 Mar 2011
By danny
Format:Audio CD
I purchased Do Right Man a number of years ago. I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to it. If the new C.D. is the same quality then it will be just as pleasurable listening to it. I saw Dan and Spooner in concert at The Arches in Glasgow a number of years ago. They were stunning. It was an acoustic soul set by Dan with Spooner accompanying him on the electric organ.The combination of Dan's soulful vocals and acoustic guitar, singing those wonderful songs made it a masterpiece. His vocals sounded even better live. Spooner accompanied Dan and reminisced about working with some of the stars from the 60's. It was a privilege listening to these two artists singing and playing real soul music.
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