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| 1. Someday Well Be Together | |||
| 2. Rainy Night In Georgia | |||
| 3. Thank You Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin | |||
| 4. Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye | |||
| 5. Wichita Lineman | |||
| 6. The Flick | |||
| 7. Cissy Strut | |||
| 8. Stand By Me | |||
| 9. My Cherie Amour | |||
| 10. Fuschia Moods | |||
| 11. The Stingray | |||
| 12. The Whip - A | |||
| 13. Runaway Child, Running Wild | |||
| 14. Gonna Give Her All The Love Ive Got | |||
| 15. Fever In The Funkhouse (Alternate mix)* | |||
| 16. Behold* | |||
| 17. Greedy Green* | |||
| 18. Up On Your Feet* | |||
| 19. Too Busy Thinking About My Baby | |||
| 20. Ode To Benny B* | |||
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Indispensible If You Love The Classic Motown Sound
20 April 2012
Format:Audio CD
You won't find the name Earl Van Dyke (born in Detroit on July 8, 1930) in either the R&B or Pop chart listings of national hit singles, but the fact is, if you loved the Soul, Funk and Jazz sounds of the late 1960s/early 1970s, chances are you heard this talented musician on more of the bigger hits of that era than you can imagine. A keyboardist wonderfully proficient on both the grand and electric piano, electric organ as well as the harpsichord, on the 1965 smash "It's Growing" by The Temptations you'll even hear him plunking away on a toy piano in the opening grooves.
After his initial recording experience in the early 1960s backing Jazz sax legends Ike Quebec and Fred Jackson at New York City's Blue Note Records, which dates all the way back to 1939, Earl was hired on by Berry Gordy 1964 to replace Joe Hunter as his in-house (The Funk Brothers) band leader/keyboardist for his Motown Records empire. In addition to the one mentioned above, other major Motown hits that feature his music include that same group's Run Away Child, Running Wild, Marvin Gaye's seminal I Heard It Through The Grapevine, and Bernadette by The Four Tops - among many more.
But here in this great 45-track set from Hip-O Select you get to hear all 24 tracks from his own two LPs: tracks 1 to 12 on Disc 1 from 1965's "That Motown Sound" (Motown MT631) billed as Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers; and tracks 1 to 12 on Disc 2 from 1970's "The Earl Of Funk" (Soul SS 715 - Soul being a Motown subsidiary) billed simply as Earl van Dyke, some of which have him playing over the original Motown tracks while others are straight covers. Also here are all 12 sides from these six Soul singles, several of which also appear in the albums:
Soul Stomp/Hot `N' Trot - Soul 35006 - September 1964 as simply Earl Van Dyke
All For You/Too Many Fish In The Sea - Soul 35009 - January 1965 billed as Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers (a name change dictated by Gordy as he was never too fussy about the word "funk")
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)/How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - Soul
35014 - September 1965 billed as Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers
The Flick (Part I)/The Flick (Part 2) - Soul 35018 - November 1965 billed as Earl Van Dyke &
The Soul Brothers
6 By 6/There Is No Greater Love - Soul 35028 - December 1967 billed as Earl Van Dyke &
The Motown Brass
Run Away Child, Running Wild/Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got - Soul 35059 - March 1969 billed simply as Earl Van Dyke
The sound quality is excellent and there are informative liner notes by the well-known music instructor/author Allan Slutsky whose notable work includes the 1997 film "Ultimate Beginner: Beyond Basics - Funk Guitar Rhythm Chops" and November 2002's "Standing In The Shadows Of Motown, based upon his book with the same title.
Sadly, Earl passed away in Detroit at age 62 on September 18, 1992 of 62, after a courageous battle with prostate cancer.
After his initial recording experience in the early 1960s backing Jazz sax legends Ike Quebec and Fred Jackson at New York City's Blue Note Records, which dates all the way back to 1939, Earl was hired on by Berry Gordy 1964 to replace Joe Hunter as his in-house (The Funk Brothers) band leader/keyboardist for his Motown Records empire. In addition to the one mentioned above, other major Motown hits that feature his music include that same group's Run Away Child, Running Wild, Marvin Gaye's seminal I Heard It Through The Grapevine, and Bernadette by The Four Tops - among many more.
But here in this great 45-track set from Hip-O Select you get to hear all 24 tracks from his own two LPs: tracks 1 to 12 on Disc 1 from 1965's "That Motown Sound" (Motown MT631) billed as Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers; and tracks 1 to 12 on Disc 2 from 1970's "The Earl Of Funk" (Soul SS 715 - Soul being a Motown subsidiary) billed simply as Earl van Dyke, some of which have him playing over the original Motown tracks while others are straight covers. Also here are all 12 sides from these six Soul singles, several of which also appear in the albums:
Soul Stomp/Hot `N' Trot - Soul 35006 - September 1964 as simply Earl Van Dyke
All For You/Too Many Fish In The Sea - Soul 35009 - January 1965 billed as Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers (a name change dictated by Gordy as he was never too fussy about the word "funk")
I Can't Help Myself (Sugar Pie, Honey Bunch)/How Sweet It Is (To Be Loved By You) - Soul
35014 - September 1965 billed as Earl Van Dyke & The Soul Brothers
The Flick (Part I)/The Flick (Part 2) - Soul 35018 - November 1965 billed as Earl Van Dyke &
The Soul Brothers
6 By 6/There Is No Greater Love - Soul 35028 - December 1967 billed as Earl Van Dyke &
The Motown Brass
Run Away Child, Running Wild/Gonna Give Her All The Love I've Got - Soul 35059 - March 1969 billed simply as Earl Van Dyke
The sound quality is excellent and there are informative liner notes by the well-known music instructor/author Allan Slutsky whose notable work includes the 1997 film "Ultimate Beginner: Beyond Basics - Funk Guitar Rhythm Chops" and November 2002's "Standing In The Shadows Of Motown, based upon his book with the same title.
Sadly, Earl passed away in Detroit at age 62 on September 18, 1992 of 62, after a courageous battle with prostate cancer.
Earl Van Dyke set
8 May 2012
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
I think this is a great cd because it contains all of EVD's studio lps
and a wealth of vaulted tracks. My only criticizems of the vaulted tracks
is that they come across as somewhat repetitious. This might be because
the lp tracks where mostly covers of bonified Motown hits written and produced by
Motown's A list of writters. As is the case with most of the vaulted material
released on other Motown sets there are alot of hit and misses. Understanably
most of HDH Norman Whitefeid and Smokey tracks have seen the light of day.
This being that the Quality control team, only wanted the best stuff released
and clearly the vaulted stuff is secound rate as it dosed not have the
energy level or exitment of the released stuff. Only occasionally do we
really find a track or two from the vaults that had hit potential.
and a wealth of vaulted tracks. My only criticizems of the vaulted tracks
is that they come across as somewhat repetitious. This might be because
the lp tracks where mostly covers of bonified Motown hits written and produced by
Motown's A list of writters. As is the case with most of the vaulted material
released on other Motown sets there are alot of hit and misses. Understanably
most of HDH Norman Whitefeid and Smokey tracks have seen the light of day.
This being that the Quality control team, only wanted the best stuff released
and clearly the vaulted stuff is secound rate as it dosed not have the
energy level or exitment of the released stuff. Only occasionally do we
really find a track or two from the vaults that had hit potential.
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