Ain't Nothing But a House Party: '60s and Early '70s Club Soul Classics

Overview

Ain't Nothing But a House Party: 60s and Early 70s Club Soul Classics is a stellar collection of tracks that live up to the title and provide a perfect soundtrack for rolling up the rugs and getting a sweat going doing the jerk, the twist, the hucklebuck, or maybe even the monkey. The first two discs take a good look at the sweet soul coming out of the United States, and the third disc compiles selections from U.S. artists who recorded in the U.K., mods and rockers taking a crack at soul, and a few homegrown soul singers to boot. The selection of artists on the first two discs range from all-time greats like Marvin Gaye and Curtis Mayfield to middleweights (Solomon Burke, Edwin Starr) to names only known to obsessives (Rex Garvin, Mack Rice), while in the process touching on Motown, Philly soul, Stax, Chicago soul, and early funk to craft a solid primer of what was going on at the time. Plus, whether the songs deal in abject heartbreak or strutting joy, they each have a hip-shaking, finger-snapping beat that never stops. Frantic workouts like the Show Stoppers' "Ain't Nothing But a House Party" fit in nicely next to laid-back grooves like the Drifters' "One Way Love," tough rockers like Chuck Wood's "Seven Days Are Too Long" sound good next to slick productions like that of Dobie Gray's "See You at the Go-Go," and there's never a time when the Ramsey Lewis Trio's "The In-Crowd'' doesn't sound like a perfect song. Same with Bobby Bland's majestic "Shoes" or Eddie Floyd's thrilling "Big Bird." It's an impressive job of compiling, one that would be hard to beat most anywhere. The third disc is not as jam-packed with classic songs or classic artists, but it does do a fine job of gathering up fun examples of expats doing their thing -- typified by a smooth cut from the mighty Geno Washington -- along with Brits taking a hearty swing at soul and mostly connecting. Paula Parfitt's "Love Is Wonderful" is a lovely take on Motown-style girl group sounds, Carl Douglas' "Crazy Feeling" is a hard-rocking, big-band soul stomper, and Jason Knight's pop-soul "Our Love Is Getting Stronger" was good enough for him to be offered a contract by Motown. Even if the disc doesn't rise to the stunning heights of the first two, it does provide enough solid senders to keep the party going strong, and that's what this excellent compilation is all about. ~ Tim Sendra

Product Details

Release Date:	11/18/2022
Label:	Strawberry Recording Co.
UPC:	5013929431331
Rank:	65429

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Ain't Nothing But a House Party  - Carl Fisher  -  Showstoppers  - Joseph David Jr. Thomas
2. Soul Time  - Shirley Ellis  - Shirley Elliston
3. Dr. Love  - Nicholas Caldwell  - Bobby Sheen
4. Can I Get a Witness  - Marvin Gaye  - Brian Holland  - Eddie Holland  - Lamont Howze
5. I Can't Stand It  - Smokey McAllister  - Smokey Robinson  -  Soul Sisters
6. Agent Double O Soul  - Charles Hatcher  - Bill Sharpley  - Edwin Starr
7. You've Been Cheatin'  -  Impressions  - Curtis Mayfield
8. Girl (Why You Wanna Make Me Blue)  - Eddie Holland  -  Temptations  - Norman Whitfield
9. I'll Keep Holding On  - Ivy Jo Hunter  -  Marvelettes  - William "Mickey" Stevenson
10. Gonna Fix You Good (Everytime You're Bad)  -  Little Anthony & the Imperials  - Victoria Pike  - Teddy Randazzo
11. Just a Little Misunderstanding  - Morris Broadnax  -  Contours  - Clarence Paul  - Stevie Wonder
12. Open the Door to Your Heart  - Darrell Banks
13. Some Kind of Wonderful  - John Ellison  -  Soul Brothers Six
14. You Don't Know Like I Know  - Isaac Hayes  - David Porter  -  Sam & Dave
15. Tune Up  - Autry Dewalt  -  Walker
16. In My Lonely Room  - Brian Holland  - Eddie Holland  - Lamont Howze  -  Martha & the Vandellas
17. Keep Looking  - Dolores Burke  - Mark Burke  - Solomon Burke
18. Save Me  - Aretha Franklin  - Carolyn Franklin  - Curtis Ousley
19. Finger Poppin'  - Ike Turner  -  Turner
20. Shake a Tail Feather  - Otha Hayes  -  Purify  - Verlie Rice  - Andre Williams
21. The Duck  - Jackie Lee  - Earl Nelson  - Fred Sledge Smith
22. The Pain Gets a Little Deeper  - Ted Daniels  - Darrow Fletcher
23. Candy  -  Astors  - Steve Cropper  - Isaac Hayes
24. Landslide  - Tony Clarke
25. Hip Hug-Her  -  Booker T. & the MG's  - Steve Cropper  -  Don Dunn  - Al Jr. Jackson
26. Mickey's Monkey  - Lamont Dozier  - Brian Holland  - Eddie Holland  -  Miracles
27. The Memphis Train  - Mark Rice  - Willie Sparks  - Rufus Thomas
28. Country Girl  - Delmar Evans  - Johnny Otis
29. Baby Don't You Weep  - Fred Bridges  - Wilson Pickett  - Harrison Smith
30. Baby I'm Coming Home  - Marv Johnson  - Mack Rice
31. Witch Craft in the Air  - Bettye LaVette  - Thomas Neely  - Jack Thomas  - John Thornton

Disc 2

32. Move On Up  - Curtis Mayfield
33. Let's Wade in the Water  - Lee Magid  - Marlena Shaw
34. The "In" Crowd  -  Lewis  - Billy Page
35. See You at the "Go-Go"  - Dobie Gray  - Billy Page
36. Competition Ain't Nothin'  - Carl Carlton  - Louise Hiram  - William Webb
37. Something About You  - Lamont Dozier  -  Four Tops  - Brian Holland  - Eddie Holland
38. Seven Days Too Long  - James Bailey  - Vernon Harrell  - Chuck Wood
39. The Same Old Thing  - Sherlie Matthews  -  Olympics
40. So Is the Sun  - Dan Boller  - Hillery Johnson  - Joel Kaplin  -  World Column
41. Big Bird  -  Booker T. & the MG's  - Eddie Floyd
42. There's a Ghost in My House  - Lamont Dozier  - Brian Holland  - Eddie Holland  - R. Dean Taylor
43. Needle in a Haystack  - William "Mickey" Stevenson  -  Velvelettes  - Norman Whitfield
44. Helpless  - Lamont Dozier  - Brian Holland  - Eddie Holland  - Kim Weston
45. Shoes  - Bobby Bland  - Deadric Malone  - Don Robey
46. One Way Love  - Bert Berns  -  Drifters  - Norman Meade  - Jerry Ragovoy
47. Cool Jerk  -  Capitols  - Donald Storball
48. A Lot of Love  - Homer Banks  - Daniel Parker
49. Has It Happened to You Yet  -  Falcons  - James Gibson  - Carlis Munro
50. You Can't Do That  - Richard Tee  - Doris Willingham
51. Love on a Mountain Top  - Buzz Cason  - Mac Gayden  - Robert Knight
52. Walkin' Up a One Way Street  - Earl King  - Willie Tee
53. Hard to Handle  - Alvertis Isbell  - Allen Jones  - Otis Redding
54. Sock It to 'Em J.B., Pt. 1  - Clayton Dunn  - Rex Garvin  -  Garvin  - Pete Holman
55. Working on Your Case  - Larry Hancock  - Bobby Massey  -  O'Jays
56. Let's Copp a Groove  - Roscoe Murphy  - Bobby Wells
57. Compared to What  - Eugene McDaniels  -  Mister Floods Party
58. Give Me Just a Little More Time  -  Chairmen of the Board  - Ronald Dunbar  -  Wayne
59. Band of Gold  -  Chairmen of the Board  - Ronald Dunbar  - Freda Payne  -  Wayne
60. Skeletons in the Closet  -  Fork in the Road  - Edward Robinson  - Richard Scott

Disc 3

61. As Long as I Have You  - Bob Elgin  - Garnet Mimms  - Jerry Ragovoy
62. Get Down With It  -  Little Richard  - Richard Penniman
63. Number One in Your Heart  -  Goins  - Wilburt Jackson  - Clyde Wilson
64. I Really Got Carried Away  - Madeline Bell  - Mali Lewis  - Guy McDonald  - Doris Payne
65. I Feel So Bad  - Jackie Edwards
66. Come See Me  - Sidney Barnes  - J.J. Jackson  - Pierre Tubbs
67. Hi Diddley Dee Dum Dum (It's a Good Good Feelin')  - Billy Davis  -  James  - Robert Staunton  - Robert Walker
68. I've Been Hurt by Love  - Geno Washington  -  Washington
69. Beggin'  - Peggy Farina  - Bob Gaudio  -  Timebox
70. Ain't No Soul (Left in Those Old Shoes)  - Kenny Bernard  - Joe Levine  - Arthur Resnick
71. Number One Guy  -  Ferris Wheel  - Mike Kellaher
72. Love Is Getting Stronger  - Jason Knight  - Jason Knight  - Derek Ryan
73. Lost Summer Love  - Mark Barkan  - Dolores Fuller  - Lorraine Silver
74. Love Is Wonderful  - Mickey Clarke  - Andrew McMaster  - Paula Parfitt
75. The Painter  - Conan Byrne  - Warren Davis  -  Elmer Gantry
76. Crazy Feeling  -  Carl Douglas and the Big Stampede  - Carl Douglas  - Pierre Tubbs
77. Emergency 999  -  Bown  - Paul Korda
78. Am I Groovin' You  - Jeff Barry  -  Foundations  - Bert Russell
79. Jack & the Beanstalk  - Lucky Floyd  -  Lucas & The Mike Cotton Sound  - Bob Morris
80. Good Lovin' Never Hurt  - Norman Oliver  -  Soul Brothers  - Tony Wilson
81. My Love  - Gilbert Cabi  - Ronnie Jones  - Deadric Malone
82. Tramp  - Lowell Fulsom  -  Johnson  - Jimmy McCracklin
83. It's Alright  - Tito Simon  - Sugar Simone
84. I'm a Man  - Wynder K. Frog  - Jimmy Miller  - Steve Winwood
85. Sign on the Dotted Line  - Gene Latter  - Eric Woolfson
86. Love Feeling  - Tony Cox  - Joan Komlosy  - Val McKenna
87. The Right Track  - John Jones  - Major Lance
88. Swim  - Jack Hammer
89. Loving on the Losing Side  - Eddie Adamberry  - Tony Craig  - Tommy Hunt

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bobby Bland   Primary Artist
Carl Douglas and the Big Stampede   Primary Artist
Mr. Floods Party   Primary Artist
Martha & the Vandellas   Primary Artist
Tony Clarke   Primary Artist
Jackie Lee   Primary Artist
Bobby Johnson & The Atoms   Primary Artist
Paula Parfitt   Primary Artist
Sugar Simone   Primary Artist
Fork in the Road   Primary Artist
Herbie Goins & the Night-Timers   Primary Artist
Jason Knight   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Bobby Wells   Primary Artist
Chuck Wood   Primary Artist
The Miracles   Primary Artist
Gene Latter   Primary Artist
Darrell Banks   Primary Artist
The Temptations   Primary Artist
Darrow Fletcher   Primary Artist
The Velvelettes   Primary Artist
Timebox   Primary Artist
Major Lance   Primary Artist
Wilson Pickett   Primary Artist
Shirley Ellis   Primary Artist
Soul Brothers Six   Primary Artist
The Falcons   Primary Artist
The Ferris Wheel   Primary Artist
Bobby Sheen   Primary Artist
Booker T. & the MG's   Primary Artist
Jackie Edwards   Primary Artist
Freda Payne   Primary Artist
Johnny Otis   Primary Artist
Little Richard   Primary Artist
Marlena Shaw   Primary Artist
Ramsey Lewis Trio   Primary Artist
The O'Jays   Primary Artist
Aretha Franklin   Primary Artist
Wynder K. Frog   Primary Artist
Willie Tee   Primary Artist
Garnet Mimms   Primary Artist
Curtis Mayfield   Primary Artist
Elmer Gantry   Primary Artist
Eddie Floyd   Primary Artist
Carl Carlton   Primary Artist
Homer Banks   Primary Artist
Lucas & The Mike Cotton Sound   Primary Artist
Sam & Dave   Primary Artist
Lorraine Silver   Primary Artist
Robert Knight   Primary Artist
Junior Walker & the All-Stars   Primary Artist
Rufus Thomas   Primary Artist
Val McKenna   Primary Artist
Little Anthony & the Imperials   Primary Artist
Marvin Gaye   Primary Artist
Ronnie Jones   Primary Artist
Doris Willingham   Primary Artist
Jimmy James & the Vagabonds   Primary Artist
The Marvelettes   Primary Artist
R. Dean Taylor   Primary Artist
Otis Redding   Primary Artist
Showstoppers   Primary Artist
The Soul Sisters   Primary Artist
World Column   Primary Artist
Rex Garvin & the Mighty Cravers   Primary Artist
The Olympics   Primary Artist
Tommy Hunt   Primary Artist
The Alan Bown Set   Primary Artist
The Capitols   Primary Artist
Sir Mack Rice   Primary Artist
Solomon Burke   Primary Artist
The Astors   Primary Artist
The Soul Brothers   Primary Artist
Edwin Starr   Primary Artist
Bettye LaVette   Primary Artist
The Foundations   Primary Artist
Kenny Bernard   Primary Artist
The Four Tops   Primary Artist
The Impressions   Primary Artist
Ike & Tina Turner   Primary Artist
Jack Hammer   Primary Artist
J.J. Jackson   Primary Artist
Kim Weston   Primary Artist
The Drifters   Primary Artist
The Contours   Primary Artist
James & Bobby Purify   Primary Artist
Dobie Gray   Primary Artist
Chairmen of the Board   Primary Artist
Madeline Bell   Primary Artist
Geno Washington & the Ram Jam Band   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Shirley Elliston   Composer
Andre Williams   Composer
Solomon Burke   Composer
Sidney Barnes   Composer
Steve Winwood   Composer
Bert Russell   Composer
Bob Gaudio   Composer
Jimmy Miller   Composer
Jimmy McCracklin   Composer
Billy Davis   Composer
Ike Turner   Composer
Ivy Jo Hunter   Composer
Billy Page   Composer
Jack Hammer   Composer
J.J. Jackson   Composer
Isaac Hayes   Composer
Lamont Dozier   Composer
Clarence Paul   Composer
Tony Wilson   Composer
Curtis Mayfield   Composer
Don Robey   Composer
Steve Cropper   Composer
Bert Berns   Composer
Bob Morris   Composer
Booker T. & the MG's   Composer
Jackie Edwards   Composer
Curtis Ousley   Composer
Daniel Parker   Composer
Carolyn Franklin   Composer
Doris Payne   Composer
Eugene McDaniels   Composer
John Ellison   Composer
David Porter   Composer
Jeff Barry   Composer
Johnny Otis   Composer
Smokey Robinson   Composer
Marlena Shaw   Composer
Nicholas Caldwell   Composer
Rex Garvin   Composer
Aretha Franklin   Composer
Morris Broadnax   Composer
Norman Whitfield   Composer
Earl Nelson   Composer
Earl King   Composer
Clyde Wilson   Composer
Eric Woolfson   Composer
Eddie Floyd   Composer
Charles Hatcher   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Dolores Fuller   Composer
Edward Robinson   Composer
Fred Bridges   Composer
Carl Douglas   Composer
Mac Gayden   Composer
Lee Magid   Composer
Eddie Adamberry   Composer
Vernon Harrell   Composer
Tony Craig   Composer
Bobby Massey   Composer
Geno Washington   Composer
Victoria Pike   Composer
Jason Knight   Composer
Homer Banks   Composer
Deadric Malone   Composer
Robert Walker   Composer
Dolores Burke   Composer
Robert Staunton   Composer
Smokey McAlister   Composer
Mark Barkan   Composer
Mark Rice   Composer
Ronald Dunbar   Composer
Rufus Thomas   Composer
Jerry Ragovoy   Composer
Pierre Tubbs   Composer
Doris Willingham   Composer
Richard Tee   Composer
Marv Johnson   Composer
R. Dean Taylor   Composer
Otis Redding   Composer
Norman Meade   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Alvertis Isbell   Composer
Sir Mack Rice   Composer
Teddy Randazzo   Composer
Paul Korda   Composer
Carlis Munro   Composer
Norman Oliver   Composer
Gilbert Cabi   Composer
Mickey Clarke   Composer
Richard Penniman   Composer
Jack Thomas   Composer
John Jones   Composer
Don Dunn   Composer
Lucky Floyd   Composer
Tony Cox   Composer
Warren Davis   Composer
Edyth Wayne   Composer
Mark Burke   Composer
Harrison Smith   Composer
Richard Scott   Composer
John Thornton   Composer
Tony Clarke   Composer
Joe Levine   Composer
Larry Hancock   Composer
Verlie Rice   Composer
William Webb   Composer
Delmar Evans   Composer
James Gibson   Composer
Carl Fisher   Composer
Conan Byrne   Composer
Bill Sharpley   Composer
Lamont Howze   Composer
Hillery Johnson   Composer
Otha Hayes   Composer
Peggy Farina   Composer
Clayton Dunn   Composer
Bob Elgin   Composer
Andrew McMaster   Composer
Mike Kellaher   Composer
Louise Hiram   Composer
Derek Ryan   Composer
Allen Jones   Composer
Mali Lewis   Composer
Joseph David Thomas, Jr.   Composer
Joan Komlosy   Composer
Autry Dewalt   Composer
Dan Boller   Composer
Joel Kaplin   Composer
Wilburt Jackson   Composer
Pete Holman   Composer
Fred Sledge Smith   Composer
Thomas Neely   Composer
Willie Sparks   Composer
Lowell Fulsom   Composer
Roscoe Murphy   Composer
Guy McDonald   Composer
Al Jackson, Jr.   Composer
Brian Holland   Composer
Buzz Cason   Composer
James Bailey   Composer
Darrell Banks   Composer
Darrow Fletcher   Composer
Sherlie Matthews   Composer
Tito Simon   Composer
Arthur Resnick   Composer
Jon Harrington   Liner Notes
Donald Storball   Composer
William "Mickey" Stevenson   Composer
Ted Daniels   Composer