Brunswick Lost Soul, Vol. 2

Overview

In the history of American popular music, the name "Brunswick" has meant different things at different times, so it is worth pointing out that the music on this compilation is drawn from the R&B-oriented Brunswick (and its Dakar subsidiary) label run by Carl Davis in Chicago in the 1960s and '70s, not from the catalog of the Brunswick Records originally founded during World War I by the Brunswick-Balke-Collendar company, an Iowa piano manufacturer, and phased out at the end of the '30s, when it was owned by Columbia Records. Brunswick was revived as a subsidiary by Decca in the '40s, but by the time Davis was its A&R supervisor, it was in the process of being purchased by Nat Tarnopol. Throughout this latter period, its flagship artist was Jackie Wilson (whom Tarnopol managed), but, as this collection demonstrates, it also boasted such major artists as Major Lance and Little Richard. This second volume of Brunswick obscurities is more varied than its predecessor, including tracks from a wider time period and material licensed from other labels. It casts back to Isaac Hayes' 1962 inaugural vocal performance, "Sweet Temptation," originally issued locally on Memphis' Youngstown Records, then reissued nationally by Brunswick in 1964. On the other end, it also includes early-'70s tracks like Walter Jackson's "Easy Evil," which, with its prominent clavinet, recalls Stevie Wonder's "Superstition." That is one of many songs that ape the Motown sound, with Johnny Williams' "Just a Little Misunderstanding" (a remake of a Contours tune co-written by Wonder) featuring an arrangement in the Miracles mold, while Billy Butler's "Burning Touch of Love" and Wales Wallace's "Talk a Little Louder" both evoke the Temptations. But then, so much of the set sounds like the popular R&B of the era that listening is like discovering an alternate historical universe of should-have-been hits. ~ William Ruhlmann

Product Details

Release Date:	09/27/2011
Label:	Brunswick
UPC:	0646953302121
Rank:	90898

Tracks

1. It's Gonna Be Good  - Harold Beane  - William Bell  -  Jones
2. Burning Touch of Love  - Billy Butler  - Gary Jackson  - Nathaniel Smith
3. Baby It's Time  - Bobby Lester  - Eugene Record  -  Thompson
4. Just a Little Misunderstanding  - Morris Broadnax  - Clarence Paul  - Johnny Williams  - Stevie Wonder
5. Baby (Why Can't You Hear Me)  - William Butler  - Otis Leavill  - Robert Miller
6. Since You've Been Gone  - Willie Henderson  - Major Lance  - Lee Simmons
7. You Are  - Leon Barbour  - Bobby Reed  - Eugene Todd
8. I Want Something to Remember You By  - Carl Davis  - Marvin Smith  - Marvin Smith
9. Talk a Little Louder  - Eugene Record  - Wales Wallace
10. Karate Boogaloo  - Milton Brown  -  Emperors  - Tyrone Moss
11. How Can You Say Goodbye  - Carl Davis  - George Davis  - Sidney Joe Qualls  - A.J. Tribble
12. Sweet Temptation  - Isaac Hayes  - Cliffie Stone  - Merle Travis
13. Once You Fall in Love  - Eddie McLoyd  - Billy Nichols
14. Easy Evil  - Walter Jackson  - Alan O'Day
15. Try Some of Mine  - Don Covay  -  Little Richard

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Billy Butler   Primary Artist
Eddie McLoyd   Primary Artist
Wales Wallace   Primary Artist
Marvin Smith   Primary Artist,Primary Artist
Sidney Joe Qualls   Primary Artist
Johnny Williams   Primary Artist
Isaac Hayes   Primary Artist
The Emperors   Primary Artist
Walter Jackson   Primary Artist
Marshall Thompson & The Chi-Lites   Primary Artist
Major Lance   Primary Artist
Bobby Reed   Primary Artist
Johnny Jones & the King Casuals   Primary Artist
Little Richard   Primary Artist
Otis Leavill   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Kevin Goins   Research
Morris Broadnax   Composer
Joshua Marc Levy   Design,Art Direction
Harold Beane   Composer
Marvin Smith   Composer
Ivan Joseph Goldberg   Digital Remastering
Nathaniel Smith   Composer
Lee Simmons   Composer
Carl Davis   Composer
A.J. Tribble   Composer
Eugene Todd   Composer
George Davis   Composer
Leon Barbour   Composer
Don Covay   Composer
Paul Tarnopol   Executive Producer
Bill Dahl   Liner Notes
Billy Nichols   Composer
Bobby Lester   Composer
Clarence Paul   Composer
William Butler   Composer
Cliffie Stone   Composer
Eugene Record   Composer
Tyrone Moss   Composer
Merle Travis   Composer
Milton Brown   Composer
Alan O'Day   Composer
William Bell   Composer
Stevie Wonder   Composer
Gary Jackson   Composer
Willie Henderson   Composer
Robert Miller   Composer
Rich Kamerman   Project Manager