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| 1. Found True Love (Single Version) - Billy Butler & The Four Enchanters | |||
| 2. Lady Love (Single Version) - Billy Butler & The Four Enchanters | |||
| 3. Gotta Get Away - Billy Butler & The Enchanters | |||
| 4. I'm Just A Man - Billy Butler & The Enchanters | |||
| 5. Can't Live Without Her - Billy Butler & The Chanters | |||
| 6. My Heart Is Hurtin' - Billy Butler & The Chanters | |||
| 7. Nevertheless - Billy Butler & The Chanters | |||
| 8. My Sweet Woman - Billy Butler & The Chanters | |||
| 9. I Can't Work No Longer - Billy Butler & The Chanters | |||
| 10. Tomorrow Is Another Day - Billy Butler & The Chanters | |||
| 11. (I've Got A Feeling) You're Gonna Be Sorry - Billy Butler & The Chanters | |||
| 12. (You Make Me Think) You Ain't Ready - Billy Butler & The Chanters | |||
| 13. Right Track | |||
| 14. Boston Monkey (Mono Single Mix) | |||
| 15. Does It Matter? (Second Version) - Billy Butler & The Four Enchanters | |||
| 16. Fighting A Losing Battle - Billy Butler & The Four Enchanters | |||
| 17. To Be Or Not To Be (First Version With Solo Vocal) - Billy Butler & The Chanters | |||
| 18. Lady Love (First Version) - Billy Butler & The Four Enchanters | |||
| 19. Found True Love (Stereo Album Version) - Billy Butler & The Four Enchanters | |||
| 20. Does It Matter? (First Version) - Billy Butler & The Four Enchanters | |||
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Album Description
* Presenting the `holy grail' of 60s Chicago soul CDs - the first legitimate issue of the Complete OKeh Recordings of Billy Butler.
* Although never a big name in the way that his elder brother Jerry has always been in chart circles, Billy Butler is considered by soul fans to be synonymous with quality and excellence, his small catalogue of recordings outranking those of artists of far greater fame. The fans have been waiting for this CD for years. It's wholly appropriate that now it's here, it's on Kent.
* As well as the A- and B-sides of all of Billy's OKeh 45s, and the rare version of `Found True Love' that was originally issued by accident on the stereo version of Billy's "Right Track" album, our CD features all of the surviving alternate takes and unissued tracks - both vocal and instrumental - that Billy left behind when he left OKeh for Brunswick in late 1966.
* Some of these tracks are also making their stereo debut, mixed down from original Columbia 3 and 4-track masters where such things have survived.
* It also features six hitherto unissued masters and alternate takes, plus five instrumental backing tracks which feature Billy on rhythm guitar only, and which remained unfinished when Billy left OKeh for Brunswick in late 1966.
* In the early days of Northern soul, Billy Butler's OKeh 45s were among the most cherished by the scene's pioneering collectors. Nearly 40 years later, it is the hallmark of quality that sets "The Right Tracks" apart from many other such collections.
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1-Found True Love 2-Lady Love 3-Gotta Get Away 4-I'm Just A Man 5-Can't Live Without Her 6-My Heart Is Hurtin' 7-Nevertheless 8-My Sweet Woman 9-I Can't Work No Longer 10-Tomorrow Is Another Day 11-(I've Got A Feeling) You're Gonna Be Sorry 12-(You Make Me Think) You Ain't Ready 13-Right Track 14-Boston Monkey 15-Does It Matter 16-Fighting A Losing Battle 17-To Be Or Not To Be 18-Lady Love 19-Found True Love 20-Does It Matter 21-To Be Or Not To Be 22-Singing The Blues 23-She Hurt Me 24-You Won't Let Me Forget It 25-Loneliness 26-Let's Make Up 27-Boston Monkey 28-Right Track 29-Boston Monkey (2007/KENT) 29 tracks (71:21) - the complete Okeh recordings 1963-66 of Jerry's baby brother with 16 page booklet.
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7 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Full marks to the team at Kent/Ace for the packaging, clearly a labour of love, well researched and beautifully presented these guys are head and shoulders above the rest. The recordings...crystal clear, the music...the very foundation of great sixties soul.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Superbly executed comprehensive collection
30 July 2009
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Not infrequently, siblings or offspring of superstars gain recognition beyond what their talents - or more accurately, lack of - merit. Conversely, a few who share lineage with high profile celebrities are destined to struggle, despite true talent, in the shadow of the chosen one. The latter came to be the story of Jerry Butler's younger brother, Billy. Despite his talent and skills, and the support of powerhouse icons in the industry like Curtis Mayfield, Billy's three-year stint at OKeh Records during the mid-60's yielded only modest chart success with one top-10, a few top-40 r'n'b charters and a single, anemic incursion into the pop top-100 with "I Can't Work No Longer".
Forty years' neglect of Butler's contributions finally ends now that Kent Records of the U.K., part of the Ace Records family, brings to market an outstanding - and the first legitimate - collection of Butler's OKeh recordings. This massive, 29-track collection contains all his a- and b-single sides, as well as alternate versions and eight additional, previously unreleased tracks done while at OKeh. All, save one, have been taken from the original tapes with several appearing in stereo for the first time. Ace consultant and collector, Tony Rounce contributes a session-by-session musical history of Butler's OKeh years to the 16-page liner notes booklet that also contains pics, illustrations and track details.
Though relegated to also-ran status in his day, Billy Butler's musical contributions get the premier treatment here. Going way beyond the run-of-the-mill best-of's or greatest hits pieces usually afforded even more successful artists of the era, this new Kent effort deserves shelfspace in the collector's musical library.
Forty years' neglect of Butler's contributions finally ends now that Kent Records of the U.K., part of the Ace Records family, brings to market an outstanding - and the first legitimate - collection of Butler's OKeh recordings. This massive, 29-track collection contains all his a- and b-single sides, as well as alternate versions and eight additional, previously unreleased tracks done while at OKeh. All, save one, have been taken from the original tapes with several appearing in stereo for the first time. Ace consultant and collector, Tony Rounce contributes a session-by-session musical history of Butler's OKeh years to the 16-page liner notes booklet that also contains pics, illustrations and track details.
Though relegated to also-ran status in his day, Billy Butler's musical contributions get the premier treatment here. Going way beyond the run-of-the-mill best-of's or greatest hits pieces usually afforded even more successful artists of the era, this new Kent effort deserves shelfspace in the collector's musical library.
1 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Billy Butler
30 Oct 2008
Format:Audio CD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This one was for my big brother. He loves the
Motown sound. He likes this CD.
Motown sound. He likes this CD.
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